Nigeria: Army general killed, pupils abducted as insecurity escalates

In a single harrowing week, Nigeria’s heartland was plunged into sorrow and fear as violence struck with brutal force from all possible angles – ambush, abduction, and attack. From the serene evening worship disrupted by gunfire in Kwara to the Read More …

Mozambique: ISIS insurgency is newly energized as US cuts impact aid programs

Mozambique – where more than half the population lives under the poverty line and the average age is 17 – had been particularly dependent on USAID. The $586 million given by USAID in 2024 amounted to about 3% of the Read More …

Pakistan: IED explodes prematurely in Bannu, kills terrorist planting bomb

One terrorist was killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) he was installing near Doh Ghoda Bridge in Bannu detonated prematurely on Tuesday, while his injured accomplice fled towards a nearby residential area, police said. No civilian casualties were reported, Read More …

Michigan, New Jersey and Washington terror plot arrests reveal a dangerous path to ISIS self-radicalization

They live in New Jersey, Michigan and Washington state — six young men arrested in recent weeks and charged in an alleged ISIS-inspired terror plot. The suspects, among others, are accused of using encrypted messaging and social media apps “to Read More …

Pakistan says Afghan nationals carried out this week’s suicide attacks

Pakistan’s interior minister said Thursday that Afghan nationals carried out two fatal suicide attacks this week — one targeting a cadet college near the Afghan border and the other outside a court in the capital, Islamabad. “In both of the Read More …

UK: Man pleads guilty to bomb plot as part of terror attack at Army barracks in Windsor

A man has pleaded guilty to a string of charges, including admitting to gathering parts to make a homemade bomb and visiting British Army barracks in Windsor. Ilyas Akhtar, 20, from Slough, in Berkshire, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey. Read More …

India: From Kashmir poster to Delhi car blast, how the attack unfolded

Twenty-six days before a huge blast ripped through a crowded thoroughfare in Delhi, killing 13 people, a pamphlet with a green letterhead had appeared in Nowgam, a staid neighbourhood of cinder-block homes and rutted streets on the outskirts of Srinagar, Read More …

Pakistan: Security forces kill 2 terrorists after attack on Wana Cadet College

At least two terrorists were killed during an attack on Cadet College Wana in South Waziristan on Monday as security forces conducted a clearance operation at the educational facility, said the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). The military’s media wing said Read More …

Myanmar: Innocent Civilian Injured After Stepping on Improvised Explosive Device Planted by KNU and PDF Terrorists in Bilin, Mon State

In order to cause injuries to both peaceable civilians and administrative authorities who are striving to restore the rule of law, extreme terrorists provide financial assistance and instigate destructive activities, such as detonating explosive devices and remote blasting, against public Read More …

Pakistan: Three police officers hurt in Hangu explosion, ‘Afghan IED expert’ killed in Tank

Three police officers, including an SHO, were wounded on Sunday when an improvised explosive device struck a police convoy conducting search operations near a cemetery in the Doaba area of Hangu, police said. According to a police official, Saqib, a Read More …

Nigeria says US help against Islamist insurgents must respect its sovereignty

Nigeria said on Sunday it would welcome U.S. help in fighting Islamist insurgents as long as its territorial integrity is respected, responding to threats of military action by President Donald Trump over what he said was the ill treatment of Read More …

Syria: SDF says captured five ISIS militants in Raqqa

Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Saturday said they “dismantled” an Islamic State (ISIS) cell, in a “precise” security operation in coordination with international coalition forces in Raqqa province, capturing five militants. “As part of our ongoing national mission to Read More …

Syria: Jolani-Affiliated Militants Accused of Sectarian Crime Against Syrian Shia

The Center for Documenting Violations Against Shia in Syria strongly condemns the horrific crime committed by armed gangs affiliated with the criminal Jolani in the Ghazlaniyah area of Damascus countryside. The attack claimed the life of citizen Atallah Al-Qattan, a Read More …

Sudan: RSF kills ‘at least 1,500 people’ in western Darfur region

Scores of people have been killed in attacks by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) during their recent capture of the city of el-Fasher in Sudan’s western Darfur region, according to a medical group and researchers. The RSF, which has been Read More …

Philippines: Special Action Force arrests bomb expert of Dawlah Islmiyah-Hassan Group in Sultan Kudarat

Elite policemen from the Special Action Force (SAF) arrested a suspected bombmaker of the Dawlah Islamiyah- Hassan Group during an operation in Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat. Police Lt. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez, Jr., acting chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), Read More …

Somalia: Founding al-Shabaab member killed in Middle Jubba airstrike

A senior al-Shabaab commander and founding member of the militant group was killed in a Somali government airstrike in Middle Jubba, the Defence Ministry announced Monday. The ministry said the strike, conducted on the night of October 26, targeted Bu’aale, Read More …

Kenya: Special Police Squad Thwarts Al-Shabaab Bomb Attack

enya’s Elite Special Operations Group (SOG) officers have stopped eight Al-Shabaab terrorists who were attempting to plant improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Garissa County. In a statement issued by the Kenya Counter Terrorism Policing on Sunday October 26, the SOG Read More …

Pakistan: Confronting Deadly Trifecta of Terrorist Groups

After more than two decades as a frontline state in the Global War on Terror, Pakistan continues to face a complex and adaptive threat landscape. Militant outfits affiliated with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the Baloch insurgency, and the Islamic State Read More …

India: Delhi Police foils ISIS-inspired terror plot; two operatives held for planning attack on prominent mall, public park

October 24 (ANI): In a major counter-terror operation, the Delhi Police Special Cell has arrested two ISIS operatives who were allegedly planning to carry out a terror attack in a high-footfall area of the national capital during the Diwali festive Read More …

Yemen: Al-Qaeda twin car bomb attack in Albyan Governorate kills at least 4

Members of the terror group Al-Qaeda have launched an attack on a Yemeni military headquarters in the country’s governorate of Albyan. The attack targeted the headquarters of the Security Belt First Support and Reinforcement Brigade in the al-Mahfad district of Read More …