Libya: Italy and international partners relaunch support for mine clearance

According to data from the Libyan Centre for Mine and War Remnants Activities, since 2011 over 688 million square metres of Libyan territory have been contaminated by explosive devices or war remnants. Italy, the European Union, and nine other countries Read More …

UK: AI-powered drones to detect explosive threats and protect military personnel

UK military personnel are set to be better protected on the battlefield as a result of trials which demonstrate cutting-edge AI in drones can rapidly recognise new threats, such as landmines and other explosive ordnance. The major trial by the Read More …

Bangladesh: Youth critically injured in landmine blast near Myanmar border

A Bangladeshi youth was critically injured in a landmine explosion along the Teknaf border today, locals say — a day after a child was injured by a stray bullet fired from across the Myanmar border. The injured youth was identified Read More …

UK: Homes evacuated after WW2 firebombs found in Penarth

Earlier today, fifty homes in Penarth were evacuated after unexploded ‘highly flammable’ German bombs from World War Two were discovered in a local garden. Three unexploded incendiary bombs have been discovered in Plassey Street, Penarth. Incendiary bombs are weapons designed Read More …

Philippines: WW2 bombs, Japanese grenade found at Philippine General Hospital

Two vintage World War II bombs and a Japanese grenade have been unearthed on the ground floor of Salcedo Hall at the University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH) on Monday, 7 July. In an announcement released by the UP-PGH Read More …

Ukraine: 30,000 square kilometers of land cleared of mine threats, operations expanding further

Ukrainian Colonel Ruslan Berehulia, head of the Ministry of Defense’s Environmental Safety and Mine Action Department, reported that Defense Ministry specialists have cleared 30,000 square kilometers of Ukraine over the past two years – an area comparable to the size Read More …

Angola: Five killed by anti-tank mine explosion in central Bié

At least five people died Saturday in Cunhinga municipality, central Bié Province, after setting off an anti-tank mine, ANGOP has learnt. The victims, three men and two women, aged between 12 and 56, were travelling on a three-wheeled motorbike and Read More …

Ukraine: The lethal minefields holding up Kyiv’s counter-offensive

A Ukrainian soldier drags himself through the long grass, one leg trailing limply behind him. Seconds later, a flash of bright orange and a cloud of white smoke mark the spot, just a few metres away, where yet another land Read More …

Michigan: Video of TSA worker’s handling of bomb dog draws outrage

A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employee has been removed from canine handling duties after video taken Sunday at Detroit Metro Airport circulated online. The video, taken by Reddit user ProfessionalEye3568 from the Delta Sky Club on the second level, shows Read More …

Yemen: Bomb explosion in Abyan province leaves two soldiers killed and four other people injured

Two soldiers were killed and 4 other people were wounded following a bomb explosion in Yemen’s Abyan province, news sources reported on Thursday night. The bomb exploded in the path of two armored vehicles belonging to the forces of the Read More …

Pakistan: Eight injured as terrorists attack policeman’s house in Bannu

At least eight people sustained injuries when unidentified terrorists attacked the house of Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Ameenullah in North Waziristan, ARY News reported. Earlier, a Pakistan Army soldier was martyred in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Read More …

Myanmar junta forces destroy resistance base in Magway

A base run by a local resistance group operating in Magway Region’s Pakkoku Township was overrun by regime forces on Tuesday, according to a spokesperson for the group. Around 250 junta troops swarmed the base, located on the western bank Read More …

Syria: 2 Damascus officers killed in IED attack in Daraa countryside

Damascus’s police patrol was hit by an IED in Gharz area, east of Daraa, leaving at least two officers dead and others injured. SOHR reported that a police patrol of Damascus was hit by an IED in Gharz area, east Read More …

Thailand: Large arms cache found on border with Cambodia

A large quantity of wartime munitions were found in a forest near the Thai-Cambodian border in Sangkha district of this lower northeastern province on Saturday. The munitions were discovered by villagers from Ban Kalengwek, Moo 2 village in tambon Thepraksa Read More …

Myanmar’s Rebels Get Resourceful With Improvised Drones

Since the Islamic State first systematically started using commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) drones to drop munitions in 2016, the use of small, remotely controlled airborne devices to carry out attacks has been replicated around the world, from rebels in Ukraine, to Read More …

Philippines: Woman killed in Basilan town explosion

A woman was killed after an improvised explosive device (IED) went off early Tuesday, January 11, 2022, in Sumisip, Basilan province, the police said. Police Major Faisal Tandico, Sumisip police chief, identified the fatality as Junayra Saad, 47, single, a Read More …

India: Over 250 Kg Explosives Found In Manipur’s Border Town Near Myanmar

Explosives of over 250 kg have been recovered from an area along the border with Myanmar in Manipur, a border state where assembly election will be held next year, raising security concerns. Troops of the Assam Rifles recovered 243 improvised Read More …

Kosovo Arrests Five Suspects for Plotting Terrorist Attacks

Kosovo’s Special Prosecution on Sunday said police had arrested five persons suspected of planning terrorist actions against country’s constitutional order and security. Explosive devices, fire arms, drones and anti-tank weapons were seized during the operation, which was conducted after several Read More …

Thailand: Police seize ping-pong bombs in Bangkok raids

Police have seized 75 ping-pong bombs and arrested two men and a woman at a house in Don Muang district of Bangkok on Friday morning. One of the suspects reportedly admitted to having delivered firecrackers and ping-pong bombs to anti-government Read More …