Israel: IDF ground forces move into eastern Lebanon under air force cover

The IDF maneuvered into several villages in the eastern sector of Lebanon on Tuesday, where, according to intelligence, Hezbollah has terrorist infrastructure. IDF artillery also fired at the area, aiming to destroy terrorist infrastructure, kill Hezbollah terrorists, and disrupt terrorist Read More …

Canada supports peace and stability in Middle East, Africa and Central Asia

On September 30, 2024, the Government of Canada announced more than $38.3 million in funding for a total of 15 projects to support security, peace and stability in the Middle East and Central Asia. Through the Peace and Stabilization Operations Read More …

Burkina Faso: Nearly 70% of the territory is now under state control, compared to 40% in 2022

The Minister in charge of Foreign Affairs, Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré, spoke at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly on Monday, September 30, 2024, on behalf of Burkina Faso. Among other things, he said, to the cheers of the assembly, Read More …

Yemen: IDF hits Houthis with most powerful strike of war

Israel’s military says it has launched a series of air raids on Houthi targets in Yemen, further heightening fears of a wider regional conflict in the wake of intensified Israeli attacks on Gaza and Lebanon. In a statement on Sunday, Read More …

Israel kills Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in air strike on Beirut

Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah has been killed in an air attack on Lebanon’s capital Beirut, according to Israel’s military and the Lebanese group, in what is a significant blow to Hezbollah as it reels from an escalating campaign of Israeli Read More …

UK: Multi-agency exercise tests emergency services response to major incident

Police, Fire, and Ambulance services in West Yorkshire joined forces last week to test their joint emergency response to a major incident at Leeds Railway Station. Exercise Midnight Belle tested participants from British Transport Police (BTP), West Yorkshire Fire and Read More …

Northern Ireland: Hoax bomb accused takes legal action in bid to stop police accessing mobile phone material

A Co Tyrone man accused of buying parts for a hoax bomb left outside a police station is taking High Court action in a bid to stop detectives extracting messages and photos from his mobile phone. Sean Pearson claims the Read More …

Kenya: IED-making materials recovered from Garissa guest house

Multi-agency teams are searching for suspects behind the recovered bomb-making materials from a guesthouse in Garissa Town. The team said the materials were meant to make an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) for use at an undisclosed place. A team raided a Read More …

India: 15 arrested for allegedly planting IEDs across Assam

Assam Police Chief Public Relations Officer Pranabjyoti Goswami, in a statement, said that the force carried out the operations in collaboration with the National Investigation Agency (NIA). Terming it a major breakthrough in the investigation into the planting of IED-like Read More …

Lebanon: Israel kills top Hezbollah figure in Beirut strike

Israel killed a top Hezbollah commander in an airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Friday, two security sources in Lebanon said, sharply escalating the year-long conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed group. The target was Hezbollah’s operations commander Ibrahim Aqil, Read More …

Israel: Police raid near Nazareth finds tunnel shaft containing missile and ammunition

North District Police said on Saturday that it raided a compound in Yafa an-Naseriyye, an Arab town near Nazareth, and uncovered a stockpile of arms including four guns, hundreds of bullets, cartridges and a missile. Superintendent Daniel (Danny) Levy, the Read More …

Iraq: 4 ISIS leaders killed in raid that left 7 US service members injured

Four senior ISIS leaders were killed in last month’s U.S.-Iraqi military raid in western Iraq including the group’s top operations leader in Iraq and its chief bombmaker for whom the United States had offered a $5 million reward, the U.S. Read More …

Nigeria: MNJTF trains troops on counter-IED

As part of efforts to enhance Counter-Improvised Explosive Device (C-IED) capability in the Lake Chad Region, the MultiNational Joint Tasks Force (MNJTF) has organised a 4-week training course for its troops in the various sectors. The training organised in collaboration Read More …

Saudi Arabia executes three citizens for inciting terrorism

Saudi Arabia executed three citizens for committing acts of treason against the Kingdom, the Ministry of Interior announced Sunday in a statement. According to the ministry, the three nationals were accused of “providing support to terrorist entities, communicating with them, Read More …

Indonesia: Police arrests seven over Pope Francis ‘terror threats’

Security forces arrested seven people for making “terror threats” online against Pope Francis during his visit to the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country this week, the police said Friday. The 87-year-old pontiff made Southeast Asia’s biggest economy the first stop Read More …

Israel: IDF to change its combat tactics in Gaza tunnels to prevent murder of hostages

The IDF will change its combat tactics in the Gaza tunnels following the murder of the six hostages, KAN News reported Friday, citing military sources. The IDF has become more concerned that as troops enter and operate within the tunnels, Read More …

Somalia: 19 Al-Shabaab fighters killed in 2 air strikes in Galmudug and Hirshabelle

Nineteen members of the Al-Shabaab movement were killed in two separate air strikes in the Galmudug and Hirshabelle states in central and southern Somalia, the Ministry of Information announced yesterday. According to the statement, the Somali army, in cooperation with Read More …

New IAEA Publication about Detecting Nuclear and Other Radioactive Material out of Regulatory Control

A new IAEA publication titled Detection in a State’s Interior of Nuclear and Other Radioactive Material out of Regulatory Control offers law enforcement agencies and frontline officers detailed guidance to support them in combatting criminal acts involving nuclear or other Read More …

Israel: IDF retrieves six bodies of Gaza hostages from Rafah

The bodies of hostages Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eden Yerushalmi, Carmel Gat, Almog Sarusi, Alexander Lobanov, and Ori Danino were found in the Gaza Strip, the IDF said on Sunday morning. The IDF retrieved the bodies of the hostages from a tunnel Read More …