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The Finnish Defence Forces and police detonated an unexploded warhead found in a remote area of Iitti on Saturday. The device had detached from a suspected Ukrainian drone discovered nearby. Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (NCP) told Yle on Sunday that Read More …
A suspected unexploded World War II device was safely detonated in a controlled explosion at Mansel Park in Millbrook on Sunday afternoon. The Army’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal team rushed to the scene after the item was discovered by a man Read More …
More than 100,000 square kilometers of Ukraine’s territory remain potentially hazardous. The Office of the President of Ukraine reported this on Facebook on the occasion of the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. “More than 100,000 Read More …
A total of 63 people, including 21 children, were killed in landmine-related incidents in Libya during 2025, according to the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), which reaffirmed its commitment to supporting Libyan-led efforts to secure and better manage Read More …
Sudanese authorities temporarily closed an area in eastern Khartoum on Saturday to search for unexploded remnants of war after a shell exploded, causing panic among residents, a government official said. The explosion occurred in the Nasir Extension, Block 1, on Read More …
A World War II bomb found during construction works will be disposed of in a controlled operation by the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit on Thursday. In a statement, Singapore Police Force (SPF) said it had Read More …
In conflict and post-conflict settings, children face daily the risk of being killed or maimed from mines and explosive remnants of war. On the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General Read More …
Two members of an engineering unit specialized in mine clearance, affiliated with the Syrian Army’s 72nd Division, were injured due to the explosion of an old landmine while they were attempting to dismantle it in Ain Issa town in northern Read More …
An unexploded World War II mortar shell has been safely removed from the Epsom and Ewell Borough Council offices, allowing the town centre to fully reopen to the public. Earlier today, a member of the public brought the mortar shell Read More …
It is still not clear whether mines, which can sink vessels of all types if activated, have been deployed in the Strait of Hormuz, as part of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Most shipping has not been able Read More …
Over the weekend, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team from the Armed Forces of Malta were called out to two reports of unexploded World War II ammunition. Yesterday evening, the EOD Team responded to a call in a residence in Rabat Read More …
Burapha Task Force says it has cleared 39,100 sq m of a nearly 100,000-sq-m suspected hazardous area on the Thai-Cambodian border in Sa Kaeo, but more than 60% remains dangerous. A POMZ-2 anti-personnel mine was recently found and removed. Burapha Read More …
Images circulating online appear to show U.S.-made scatterable anti-tank land mines near a suspected Iranian missile facility outside Shiraz, raising questions about whether the United States has begun using area-denial weapons to hinder Iran’s missile operations. Iranian state media first Read More …
Authorities in Libya have recovered on March 25, unexploded ordnance near a key oil pipeline in the western part of the country, following an explosion at the site. The incident has raised fresh concerns about the safety of critical energy Read More …
One man was killed and another injured following a cluster munition explosion in Svay Chek district, Banteay Meanchey province, today. According to a post by the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) today, the incident occurred at approximately Read More …
The heads of United Nations landmine action programmes in Ethiopia and Sudan have called for more funding and awareness of contamination by munitions. Both say mines kill and maim a disproportionate number of children, adding that people cannot return to Read More …
The Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters has uncovered more than 300 landmines during ongoing clearance operations along the Thai–Cambodian border in Kap Choeng district, as efforts continue to secure the area for local residents. On 17 March, the Thai Mine Read More …
to this, around 1,000 people in the Hoffeld district will have to evacuate a safety zone within a radius of around 600 meters. The Baden-Württemberg Explosive Ordnance Disposal Service (KMBD) at the Stuttgart Regional Council discovered the unexploded bomb during Read More …
A land mine exploded and killed three children and injured another in the town of Canhongo, 65 kilometres from the municipal headquarters of Menongue, capital of Cubango province, local media reported on Thursday. The accident occurred when the children, aged Read More …
An Azerbaijani civilian was killed in a landmine explosion in the liberated Khojavand district, authorities said. The incident occurred on Thursday in the village of Ashaghi Veysalli, according to a joint statement issued by the Interior Ministry, the Prosecutor General’s Read More …
