French soldier killed in combat in Mali

A French soldier from the army’s First Parachute Hussar Regiment was killed in combat in Mali, President Emmanuel Macron’s office said Thursday. “This soldier … was killed in fighting against armed terrorist groups, when an improvised explosive device was triggered Read More …

Russian security service kills 4 suspected IS terrorists in North Caucasus

The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Wednesday it had eliminated in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic in North Caucasus four suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group. It said in a statement that the suspects were found in Read More …

Afghanistan: Three Key Security Officials Killed in Uruzgan Blast

Three key security officials and four other security force members were killed in a roadside mine blast in Uruzgan province on Wednesday morning, local officials said. The incident happened around 9:00 am local time after the security forces vehicle struck Read More …

Pakistan: At least one dead, six injured in Turbat explosion

At least one person was killed and six others were injured after an explosion in Turbat bazaar on Tuesday. The city, approximately 700 kilometres from the provincial capital of Quetta, has been frequently targeted by militants. According to law enforcement Read More …

Ukraine: Two IEDs destroyed outside subway station in Kyiv

Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko has said two improvised explosive devices have been disposed of outside the Minska metro station in Ukraine’s capital. “Bomb-disposal experts have just disposed of the two improvised explosive devices at the Minskiy market. At about 12:00 Read More …

UK DASA: Competition Document – Autonomy in Challenging Environments Phase 2

This Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) Phase 2 competition is seeking proposals that can provide a step change in the capability of unmanned autonomous military systems to operate in challenging environments. Successful proposals will aim to deliver a greater level Read More …

Thailand: Insurgents charged over Pattani bombings

Authorities yesterday arrested and charged six insurgents suspected of planting two bombs which injured four villagers in Pattani last week. All six suspects have been charged with planting explosives with the intention to injure and/or kill others. According to the Read More …

Security And Stability: The Kenya-UK Partnership

In 1934, American psychologist Abraham Maslow published his ‘hierarchy of needs’. During his lifetime he lived through the Great War, the Spanish Influenza, which killed roughly 50 million people globally, the crash of stock markets in 1929, the Great Depression Read More …

UK: One year after an attempted murder in Bolton police investigating want to speak to this man

Greater Manchester Police have released an e-fit one year after an attempted murder in Bolton. Detective Chief Inspector Alan Clitherow, of GMP’s Major Incident Team, said: “It has been one year since the Bolton area saw two shocking incidents which Read More …

IDF Thwarts Terror Attack Near Shechem, Arrests 4 Suspects

IDF forces operating in the area of Nablus (Shechem) thwarted a planned terror attack on Wednesday. The terror cell, which was comprised of four operatives, had in their possession an improvised explosive device and two Molotov cocktails. They are suspected Read More …

AFRICOM: Russia, Wagner Group complicating Libyan ceasefire efforts

U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) has clear evidence that Russian employed, state-sponsored Wagner Group laid landmines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in and around Tripoli, further violating the United Nations arms embargo and endangering the lives of innocent Libyans. Verified photographic Read More …

Duo arrested on suspicion of planning explosives attack in Barcelona

Catalan police have arrested two men on suspicion of planning an explosives attack in Barcelona. The two individuals of Algerian nationality, aged 41 and 43, are suspected of belonging to a cell that has been under investigation since 2017. The Read More …

Maritime security can help resolve the Mozambique insurgency

Over recent months the bloody insurgency in the northern Mozambique province of Cabo Delgado has taken an unprecedented maritime turn. If it worsens, it could have profound socio-economic and security implications for Southern Africa. The Islamic State-inspired Ahlu-Sunnah Wal Jama’at Read More …

Somalia’s army chief escapes car bomb attack in Mogadishu

Somalia’s military commander-in-chief narrowly escaped a car bombing on Monday that killed at least one person and ten others wounded in Mogadishu’s Hodan district. The commander general Odawa Yussuf Rageh was coming from the ministry of defense after a  car Read More …

Afghanistan: Women, children among 14 killed, wounded as Taliban IED hits civilian vehicle in Ghazni

An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by Taliban ripped through a civilian vehicle in South-eastern Ghazni province, killing or wounding at least 14 civilians. According to local government officials, the explosion killed at least 6 civilians and wounded at least Read More …