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According to reports, China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) could use large underwater drones to lay mines to blockade the “First Island Chain” should tensions over Taiwan escalate. Suggested in a Chinese military magazine, Shipborne Weapons, the strategy would likely Read More …
A United Nations peacekeeper was killed and three others wounded after a UNIFIL patrol came under small-arms fire while clearing explosive ordnance along a road in the southern Lebanese village of Ghandouriyeh, the peacekeeping mission said on Saturday. Two of Read More …
A Ukrainian company contracted to manufacture critically needed land- and anti-personnel mines for the front pocketed nearly Hr.3 billion ($69.8 million) in taxpayer money and instead sent small volumes of munitions that frequently failed to function and sometimes blew up Read More …
At least seven people were killed and four injured when a vehicle carrying civilians struck a landmine in the Kudkudaaleey area of central Somalia’s Middle Shabelle region, local sources reported Sunday. The vehicle was carrying nearly 20 passengers en route Read More …
Thailand’s Second Army Area has disclosed details of the seizure of an improvised explosive device (IED) from a military area under Cambodian control, after what it described as an incursion to establish a military operating base and use the site Read More …
On December 19, 2025, Rear Admiral Parat Rattanachaiphan, spokesperson for the Royal Thai Navy, condemned the actions of the Cambodian military for clandestinely placing modified landmines intended to kill Thai soldiers in the area around Ban Nong Ree (Ban Sam Read More …
A Thai soldier was seriously injured after stepping on a landmine at Huai Ta Maria, opposite the Preah Vihear Temple in Si Sa Ket province, on Monday (November 10). The Second Army Area, which is responsible for the area, confirmed Read More …
A vehicle belonging to the United Nations Mine Action Service in South Sudan (UNMAS) was ambushed in Khor Lahkbata along the Torit-Juba Road, and the passengers’ properties were robbed on Monday. According to authorities, the bandits threatened the humanitarian workers Read More …
Former Taliban fighters are now helping the world’s largest landmine-clearing charity locate bombs which they planted during the long war against coalition forces in Afghanistan. One of the Halo Trust’s leaders has told how during a journey to investigate a Read More …
Two more members of Mexico’s armed forces have been killed by an improvised landmine, just days after two soldiers died in a similar blast, officials confirmed Thursday. The blasts, both in the western state of Michoacan, mark an unprecedented one-week Read More …
An improvised land mine apparently planted by a drug cartel killed two Mexican soldiers and wounded five others, Mexico’s defense secretary said Tuesday. Before the blast, the soldiers had discovered the dismembered bodies of three people, officials said. Gen. Ricardo Read More …
At least five people, including children, were injured in a series of landmine explosions in Galmudug village, Garasbaley district, over the past two nights as the number of the people killed in such attacks are increasing. Witnesses said six explosives Read More …
In central Sudan, at least 42 civilians were killed in a landmine explosion in Sinnar State on Friday and two attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Gezira State over the past two days, local volunteer groups reported Read More …
Abbas Ibrahim Gurey, the commander of Jubbaland’s Dervish forces, survived an assassination attempt on Monday when a landmine detonated near the Somali-Kenyan border, according to local reports. The explosion, which occurred in the Gedo region, caused significant damage to Gurey’s Read More …
In Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region, a civilian vehicle triggered a landmine, resulting in the death of three individuals and leaving another wounded, local officials reported Monday. According to the local administration’s statement, the incident unfolded in the Doonka region, on Read More …
At least seven loggers were reportedly killed and several others injured after their vehicle hit landmines in Konduga Local Government Area, Borno State, on Saturday. The incident took place around 11 a.m. between Masunfanari and Dogo Wire village along the Read More …
The Philippine Army (PA) strongly condemned the New People’s Army (NPA) after it allegedly attacked soldiers who were conducting relief work for victims of Severe Tropical Storm in Pio, Duran, Albay on Sunday, Oct. 27. A report reaching Camp Aguinaldo, Read More …
A landmine explosion in Mogadishu’s Karaan district killed three civilians and wounded multiple others on Saturday, local sources told Garowe Online. The IED blast occurred in the El Ali Gedi area, with the sound reverberating through nearby areas, though the Read More …
Cartel violence is gripping Mexico. In the state of Guerrero, the mayor of Chilpancingo was decapitated. In Sinaloa, a truck was discovered with at least five bodies along with the ominous message “Welcome to Culiacán.” And now Guanajuato has been Read More …
In Monywa Township, Sagaing Region, military trucks carrying reinforcements and junta soldiers left to clear mines were assaulted, reportedly killing ten soldiers and injuring three others. On September 19, around 11:30 AM, two military trucks carrying reinforcements to Chaung-U were Read More …
