Thailand: Pipe bomb attack injures four officers at Narathiwat base

A brazen attack occurred yesterday, December 21, as assailants hurled a pipe bomb at the Border Patrol Police base in Narathiwat, leaving four officers with minor injuries. The incident, captured on CCTV, has prompted a manhunt ordered by local police. Read More …

Pakistan: 16 soldiers killed in South Waziristan checkpost attack

Sixteen soldiers were martyred on Saturday while thwarting terrorists attacked on a checkpost in Makeen area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s South Waziristan district, the military’s media wing said in a statement. In a statement issued in the late hours of Saturday, Read More …

Mali: Over 20 civilians killed in Mopti village attacks

Suspected jihadists killed more than 20 people in a string of attacks on villages in central Mali’s insurgency-hit Mopti region on Friday, two local sources said. The unidentified assailants struck during the day and into the evening, ransacking and burning Read More …

US drops bounty for Syria’s new leader after Damascus meeting

Washington is scrapping a long-standing reward for the arrest of Syria’s new leader, a senior U.S. diplomat said Friday, following “positive messages” from a first meeting that included a promise to fight terrorism. Barbara Leaf, Washington’s top diplomat for the 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 …

New York: Luigi Mangione Indicted on Terrorism Charge over Brian Thompson Murder

Luigi Mangione, the suspected killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has been charged with murder as an act of terrorism, prosecutors in New York announced on Tuesday. Mangione faces an 11-count indictment, including one count of murder in the first-degree Read More …

Pakistan: Two police officers killed in Shangla grenade attack

Terrorists carried out a grenade attack on a police checkpoint in Chakesar, District Shangla, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, resulting in the martyrdom of two policemen and injuries to three others, Geo News reported on Tuesday. Terrorist attacks have been rampant in the Read More …

Russian general, his aide killed in Moscow blast

Chief of Russia’s Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Troops Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov and his aide were killed in a blast in southeastern Moscow on Tuesday morning. The blast was caused by an explosive device that had been planted in Read More …

DoJ: Founder of Iranian Company Arrested for Providing Material Support to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

Founder of Iranian Company and his Co-Defendant, an Employee of a U.S. Microelectronics Manufacturer, Also Charged with Violating Export Control Laws in Conspiracy to Procure Sensitive U.S. Technology for Use in IRGC Military Drones Mahdi Mohammad Sadeghi, 42, a dual Read More …

Nigeria: Terrorist-bandits gaining improvised explosive expertise

A disturbing development that challenges Nigerian military claims of having the upper hand against terrorists has surfaced. Fulani terrorists in Zamfara State now deploy Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), marking a dangerous shift in their tactical operations against terrorism. Two suspected Read More …

Somalia: Explosions target homes with CCTV, injure five In Mogadishu

At least five people, including children, were injured in a series of landmine explosions in Galmudug village, Garasbaley district, over the past two nights as the number of the people killed in such attacks are increasing. Witnesses said six explosives Read More …

India: Villager killed in IED explosion in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada

A 35-year-old man was killed after a pressure improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Naxalites went off in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district on Monday, a police official said. The incident took place at around 10 am near Kosalnar village under Barsoor 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 …

Ukraine: Explosion in Central Dnipro, one dead, police officers injured

Dnipro Oblast Police reported that one person was killed and several others injured in the explosion, including two police officers who were hospitalized. The explosion occurred on Dec. 14 at approximately 2:45 p.m. A police investigative team, explosives experts, a 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 …

Europol: Terrorists exploiting global tensions

Terrorists continue to adapt their methods and narratives to exploit global events, digital technology, and societal vulnerabilities. The EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report (EU TE-SAT) 2024, published today by Europol, provides a detailed overview of the evolving terrorism landscape Read More …

Afghanistan: ISIS-K claims responsibility for attack on Taliban Ministry of Refugees

The ISIS-Khorasan branch has claimed responsibility for the attack on the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation of the Taliban in Kabul. On the night of Wednesday, December 11, the group issued a statement on their Telegram channel, acknowledging their role Read More …