Pakistan: Eight killed on Afghan side during border clashes

At least eight people were killed and 13, including civilians, injured on the Afghan side during clashes, which continued till late Saturday night, according to security officials. The two sides have been exchanging fire since Pakistani fighter jets bombed alleged Read More …

Philippines: Troops foil roadside bombing in Maguindanao del Sur

Government troops have foiled a roadside bombing as they safely recovered and disposed an improvised explosive device (IED) in Datu Unsay, Maguindanao del Sur, the military said Saturday, December 28, 2024. Lieutenant Colonel Rowel Gavilanes, 90th Infantry Battalion commander, said Read More …

Russia’s FSB foils assassination attempts on defense officer, military blogger

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) reported to TASS that it has foiled terrorist attacks targeting a senior Defense Ministry officer and a military blogger covering the special military operation. According to the FSB, a Russian national, acting on orders from Read More …

Russia: FSB eliminates extremists who were plotting bomb blast outside police station in Moscow

The FSB has prevented a terrorist attack near a police station, which was being plotted by Central Asian natives – members of Wilayat Khorasan, a cell of the international terrorist organization Islamic State in Afghanistan, banned in Russia, the public Read More …

Yemen: Israel strikes Sanaa airport, Hodeidah power plant

Israel’s military says it struck multiple targets linked to the Houthi rebels in Yemen, including Sanaa International Airport and three ports along the western coast. The attacks carried out on Thursday hit Yemen’s Hezyaz and Ras Kanatib power stations as Read More …

Russia: FSB foils series of assassination attempts on senior Russian defense officials

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has foiled a series of assassination attempts on the lives of senior Russian defense officials in Moscow and their family members plotted by Ukrainian intelligence services, the FSB press office told TASS on Thursday. The Read More …

Afghanistan: Taliban Ministry of Defense vows to respond to Pakistan’s airstrike

The Taliban’s Ministry of Defense strongly reacted to the overnight Pakistani airstrike on Barmal, Paktika, stating that the attack would not go unanswered, emphasizing that defending their land and sovereignty was their legitimate right. The Ministry added that the “Waziristani Read More …

Israel: IDF unveils Hezbollah’s massive weapons arsenal

IDF forces confiscated at least 85,000 weapons and intelligence items, with additional findings still being uncovered along the Lebanon border. Tens of thousands of other pieces of weaponry were destroyed in Lebanon during the campaign but were not retrieved due Read More …

Pakistan: FC Balochistan uncovers IED manufacturing facility in Kharan Operation

Security forces uncovered an improvised explosive device (IED) manufacturing facility during an intelligence-based operation in Kharan, Balochistan, on December 20, officials reported. The operation, conducted by Frontier Corps (FC) Balochistan, led to the discovery of a facility used for producing Read More …

U.S. Central Command Forces Kill ISIS Leader During Precision Strike in Syria

On Dec. 19, U.S. Central Command Forces conducted a precision airstrike targeting ISIS leader Abu Yusif aka Mahmud in the Dayr az Zawr Province, Syria resulting in two ISIS operatives killed, including Abu Yusif. This airstrike is part of CENTCOM’s Read More …

Virginia college student arrested by FBI for plotting terrorist attack on Israeli Consulate

A Virginia college student was arrested by the FBI this week for allegedly plotting a terrorist attack on the Israeli Consulate in New York City. Abdullah Ezzeldin Taha Mohamed Hassan, an Egyptian national and 18-year-old student at George Mason University Read More …

Pope assassination plot foiled by UK intelligence

A plot to assassinate Pope Francis during a trip to Iraq was stopped following a tip-off from British intelligence, according to his upcoming autobiography. The Pope writes that, after landing in Baghdad in March 2021, he was told an event Read More …

Russia: FSB detains Uzbek national for carrying out terrorist attack that killed Russian general

The suspect behind the terrorist attack that killed Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, Chief of Russia’s Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Protection Troops, has been arrested. “The terrorist confessed to being recruited by Ukrainian intelligence. He was sent to Moscow on their Read More …

Hong Kong: Inter-departmental counter-terrorism exercise “WISDOMLIGHT” concluded

The Inter-departmental Counter Terrorism Unit (ICTU) coordinated a large-scale inter-departmental counter-terrorism (CT) exercise codenamed “WISDOMLIGHT” at the Youth Sports Ground in the Kai Tak Sports Park (KTSP) today (December 17). In addition to the six member departments of ICTU — Read More …

Mali Army says captured Islamic State group figure

In a statement, the Malian army said that units in Tagadeyate in the eastern Menaka region had on Sunday “captured Ahmad Ag Ditta, a top leader of the EIGS”, referring to the French acronym of the Islamic State in the Read More …

Nigeria: Operatives uncover use of wall clocks as timers by terrorists

In order to conceal their operations, indications have emerged that some terrorists may have resorted to the use of wall clocks as timers to detonate Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), at critical infrastructure in the country, Sunday Telegraph investigation has shown. Read More …

US-British airstrike targets Yemen’s Al-Tuhayta in Hodeida

Yemeni media report that a joint American-British airstrike has hit the Al-Tuhayta district in southern Hodeida governorate, located along the Red Sea in western Yemen. The latest airstrike on Yemen’s Al-Tuhayta district follows a month of intensive US-UK raids targeting Read More …

Russian authorities detain man in connection with car blast that killed Russian officer in Donetsk

A man has been apprehended in Donetsk on suspicion of planting a bomb under a Russian officer’s car, while working for Ukrainian intelligence, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has said. The vehicle exploded in the main city of Russia’s Donetsk Read More …

India: One killed, six arrested in counter-insurgency operation in Manipur

The Manipur Police gunned down an armed individual and nabbed six others during an alleged counter-insurgency operation in Thoubal district on Saturday. The incident occurred around 9:45 am at Salungpham Maning Leikai under the jurisdiction of Heirok police station. According Read More …

UN Security Council renews sanctions against Al-Shabaab terror group

The UN Security Council on Friday adopted a resolution renewing the sanctions against al-Shabaab terror group in Somalia until Feb. 28, 2025. The resolution, submitted by the UK, was unanimously adopted by the 15-member Security Council. It allows authorization for Read More …