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The United Nations has reviewed progress and challenges in mine clearance operations across Libya, highlighting significant gains but warning of funding and capacity constraints. The UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS), operating under the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), said Read More …
The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) has expressed deep concern over a cluster munition blast that injured three electricity workers in Oddar Meanchey province, leaving some with serious injuries. CMAA said it is ready to support the Read More …
Cambodia’s national mine action authority and Norwegian People’s Aid signed an agreement on Monday to enhance the country’s demining capabilities, emphasising local oversight and long-term safety as the nation approaches its goal of being mine-free. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Read More …
In 2025, 33 people in Azerbaijan sustained injuries of varying severity as a result of landmine and unexploded ordnance (UXO) explosions in the liberated territories, Prosecutor General Kamran Aliyev said at an expanded board meeting reviewing the results of 2025. Read More …
A Yemeni farmer was killed today after a landmine, left behind by Houthi militias, exploded while he was plowing his field in the village of Nuba Amer, north of Mokha. Local sources reported that the victim, identified as Zaid Haidar Read More …
An unexploded bomb dating back to the Second World War has been recovered from a pond in a remote village of Ramu upazila in Cox’s Bazar. Remarkably, local residents had been washing clothes on the bomb for around 10 years Read More …
Armed forces have finished clearing landmines along the Thai-Cambodian border in Si Sa Ket, opening safe access after all explosive threats were removed. The Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters’ Thailand Mine Action Center (TMAC) on Saturday reported progress in mine Read More …
Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Ihor Klymenko and Chief Representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Ukraine Osamu Hattori signed a Grant Agreement for the implementation of the Emergency Response Program related to humanitarian demining and clearing Read More …
A bomb believed to be a remnant from World War II was discovered in a plantation at FELDA Bukit Senggeh, Nyalas here yesterday, triggering a swift response by police bomb disposal units. The explosive device was found by a 53-year-old Read More …
Fragments of a missile with a warhead weighing about 500 kg were located near residential buildings and a gas station in the Dniprovskyi district of Kyiv. This posed a high risk of explosion and civilian casualties. Police explosives technicians and Read More …
Detecting concealed chemicals and explosives remains a critical challenge in global security. Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) offers a promising non-invasive and stand-off detection technique owing to its ability to penetrate optically opaque materials without causing ionization damage. While many chemicals Read More …
The Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) has deployed additional technical measures by equipping heavy machinery with magnetic absorption systems and enhanced operator safety protection to improve security during operations to clear cluster munitions left from Thailand’s military actions. According to Read More …
A jungle of weeds fills the Sudanese finance ministry’s courtyard in central Khartoum, where the army-backed government says it plans a gradual return after nearly three years of war. Abandoned cars, shattered glass and broken furniture lie beneath vines climbing Read More …
A new cohort of 40 demining specialists, including war veterans and families of service members, has begun field operations across Kharkiv Oblast. Having completed intensive training in non-technical survey (NTS) and explosive risk education, these specialists – many of whom Read More …
The engineering and sapper unit of Kazakhstan’s national contingent is successfully fulfilling its tasks under the United Nations mandate on the Golan Heights, Qazinform News Agency cites the Kazakh Defense Ministry. Since April 11, 2025, the military conducted 44 operations, Read More …
wo people were killed in a landmine explosion in the Dera Bugti district while planting it underground on Sunday. Police officials said the explosion occurred in the Lanjo Safari area of Sui tehsil. A security official said, “The deceased were Read More …
The law enforcement investigation concerns possible misuse of budget funds during humanitarian demining of agricultural lands as part of the state expense-reimbursement program. The information was confirmed by the National Police and the Office of the Prosecutor General on January Read More …
Last week, New York University students returned to the United Nations Headquarters to share their immersive virtual reality simulation next to the UNMAS exhibition, “Forward NOT Fragmented”. The event, organized by the Visitors Services Section and the Mine Action Service Read More …
The Executive Mine Action Center branch in Hodeida province destroyed on Sunday 140 anti-vehicle landmines left by the Saudi-US aggression in al-Hali district. The operation was carried out as part of ongoing clearance efforts to secure residential areas and roads, Read More …
The bomb dredged out of Exmouth Marina on Wednesday, January 14, has been safely removed. A 100-metre cordon was initially set up around the area, with properties in the area evacuated. This cordon was later extended to 400m. In an Read More …
