Ukraine strikes Russian shadow fleet tanker in Mediterranean for first time

In an unprecedented attack, Ukrainian aerial drones struck a Russian shadow fleet tanker in neutral waters of the Mediterranean Sea, an official at Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) told POLITICO on Friday. The SBU official said the drones hit the tanker Read More …

Iran: Three police officers killed in terrorist attack at checkpoint in Kerman province

At least three police officers were killed after coming under fire during an armed clash with unidentified terrorists at a security checkpoint in Iran’s southeastern province of Kerman, authorities said. In a statement released Tuesday, the Quds Base of the Read More …

Ukraine Claims World’s First Underwater Drone Attack On Russian Submarine

Ukraine’s state security service (SBU) said it carried out the first-ever uncrewed underwater vehicle (UUV) attack on a Russian vessel. The strike was on a Project 636 Varshavyanka class, or Improved Kilo class diesel-electric submarine, in the Black Sea naval Read More …

Thailand cuts Laos fuel route as Cambodia border conflict deepens

Thailand’s military said on Monday that it has stopped fuel shipments passing through a border checkpoint with Laos because of fears they were being diverted to Cambodia, with which it is fighting a fierce border conflict. The Thai and Cambodian Read More …

Sudan: Six peacekeepers killed in drone attack on UN logistics base in South Kordofan

A solemn farewell ceremony was held on Monday at the headquarters of the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) to honour six Bangladeshi peacekeepers killed in a drone attack on a UN logistics base in Kadugli, South Kordofan. Providing Read More …

Bondi Beach terror attack: Police uncover ‘several devices’ as public urged to ‘stay away’

Police have said a number of “improvised explosive devices” found in a shooter’s car have been removed from Bondi Beach after officiers earlier warned the public to stay away from the area after at least 16 people were killed.. According Read More …

Nigeria: Troops repel ISWAP attack in Mairari, destroy Vehicle-Borne IEDs, recover arms cache

Troops of Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) have recorded another major success against terrorism in the North East, decisively repelling a coordinated attack by Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters on a forward operating base in Mairari. The foiled assault, Read More …

Syria: Two US soldiers and an interpreter killed in suspected Islamic State attack

Two U.S. Army soldiers and a civilian interpreter were killed in Syria on Saturday by a suspected Islamic State attacker who targeted a convoy of American and Syrian forces before being shot dead, the U.S. military said. The attacker was Read More …

Somalia: Local clan militias kill al-Shabaab fighters in operation near Beledweyne town

Local clan militia forces known as Ma’awisley have killed several al-Shabaab militants during a military operation in the Dhoqor area, near the town of Beledweyne in the Hiiraan region, on Thursday. According to local sources, the operation was carried out Read More …

Thailand: Army suspects foreigners operating Cambodian drones

The Thai army says it suspects English-speaking foreigners might be controlling Cambodian bomber drones that have targeted Thai forces during the ongoing border clashes. The 2nd Army Area, which is responsible for northeastern Thailand, said on its Facebook page on Thursday Read More …

Thailand launches air strikes after border clash with Cambodia kills soldier

Thailand launched air strikes on its neighbour Cambodia today, the Thai army said, with both sides trading blame for the latest eruption of fighting on their disputed border which killed a Thai soldier. After Cambodian troops fired on Thai forces Read More …

Russian tanker Midvolga 2 targeted in Black Sea

The tanker Midvolga 2, en route from Russia to Georgia carrying a cargo of sunflower oil, came under attack 80 miles off the coast of Turkey, the country’s Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure reported. Russia’s Federal Agency for Sea and Read More …

Ukraine hits two Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tankers with drones in Black Sea

Ukrainian underwater drones have struck two tankers belonging to Russia’s so-called shadow fleet in the Black Sea, according to an official in Ukraine’s security services (SBU). Ukraine claimed the attacks after explosions hit the two vessels on Friday and Saturday. Read More …

Russia: Caspian Pipeline Consortium reports halts in Black Sea oil loading after new attack

The Caspian Pipeline Consortium, which handles most of Kazakhstan’s crude exports through Russia to the Black Sea, halted loading after one of its three moorings was damaged amid overnight Ukrainian attacks in the region. “As a result of a targeted Read More …

UK: Ex-soldier tried to blow up police station and vans with petrol bombs

A former soldier endangered a police officer’s life during a bid to “blow up” a police station with petrol bombs, a court has heard. Jamie Taylor, 34, launched three molotov cocktails at Police Scotland vans parked outside the force’s Livingston Read More …

Italy sends Ukrainian suspect in Nord Stream pipeline blast to Germany

A Ukrainian man suspected of coordinating the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipeline in 2022 arrived in Germany on Thursday after Italy’s top court approved his handover last week, German prosecutors accuse him of belonging to a group of Read More …

Bangladesh: Police arrest suspect in bomb attacks on Catholic sites

Dhaka police have arrested a 28-year-old man in connection with homemade bomb attacks that targeted a Catholic cathedral and a Church-run school in Bangladesh’s capital this month. Police investigators identified the suspect as a member of Bangladesh Chhatra League, the Read More …

Somalia: Attackers fire grenades and board tanker heading to South Africa

Attackers firing machineguns and rocket-propelled grenades have boarded a ship off the coast of Somalia, United Kingdom officials say of the latest assault, likely by resurgent Somali pirates, in the region. “The Master of a vessel has reported being approached Read More …

UK: Two arrested, ten people in hospital after mass stabbing attack on board Doncaster to London train

Ten people are in hospital – nine believed to have life-threatening injuries – after a stabbing attack on board a Doncaster-London King’s Cross train on Saturday. Two people have been arrested after the train made an unscheduled stop at Huntingdon Read More …

Syria: Jolani-Affiliated Militants Accused of Sectarian Crime Against Syrian Shia

The Center for Documenting Violations Against Shia in Syria strongly condemns the horrific crime committed by armed gangs affiliated with the criminal Jolani in the Ghazlaniyah area of Damascus countryside. The attack claimed the life of citizen Atallah Al-Qattan, a Read More …