US Imposes Sanctions on 20 Individuals and 29 Firms in Maldives Over Terror Links

The United States has designated 20 individuals and 29 companies as being operatives and facilitators for the terror groups, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and al-Qa’ida in the Indian Ocean state of Maldives. The announcement by the US Read More …

Maldives arrests 14 for alleged Islamic State-tied bomb plot

Police in Maldives have arrested 14 people allegedly working with foreign Islamic extremists to carry out a bombing in the tiny archipelago state, police said. The suspects had been working with the Islamic State group and apparently planning an attack Read More …

Israel: Explosive balloon discovered in Kibbutz Dorot

A large balloon with an explosive device attached to it was discovered on Monday morning in the agricultural area of Kibbutz Dorot in southern Israel. A bomb disposal team was called to the site to safely neutralize the explosives. Read Read More …

Maldives: Explosion wounds Speaker Mohamed Nasheed

Mohamed Nasheed, the former Maldives president and current speaker of parliament, remains in hospital after a bomb attack that left him with serious shrapnel wounds and the Indian Ocean archipelago in shock. The 53-year-old had just left his house in Read More …

Amid Covid-19, Rising Tide of Narcotics Trafficking from Pakistan Feeds Jihadist Upsurge in Indian Ocean

Islamic State cells in the Maldives, known to have close links with Indian Ocean drug cartels, have over the past eight weeks staged multiple attacks, including bomb strikes on police boats. Fears are mounting that a surge in narcotics shipments Read More …