Headlines- The latest attack on Saudi Arabia's King Khalid International Airport resulted in one fatality and eleven injuries.
- Residents of Riyadh have been given the all-clear by Saudi Arabia's civil defense agency after the military's announcement that incoming missiles fired toward the capital by the Houthis in Yemen had been shot down.
- Iran's alleged involvement in a security alert outside a UK/US airbase in southern England last month led the British government to summon the ambassador and announce sanctions against two people.
- In a sophisticated overnight cyberattack, hackers commandeered refrigeration systems throughout France, spoiling stock at major chains and forcing hundreds of supermarkets to discard perishable goods on Monday.
- According to a transcript and audio recording of the calls made on the nite of Christa Pike's botched execution, 911 callers reported that she was unconscious and had difficulty breathing an hour after receiving two fatal injections of the sedative pentobarbital.
- An "incident involving a roller coaster" at a Six Flags theme park in Georgia resulted in one fatality and multiple injuries, according to the authorities.
Tag: Terror Watch
Militia Attacks in Burkina Faso
According To Human Rights Watch, The Strike In Burkina Faso Last Month That Killed 160 Civilians Was In Retribution For Pro-Government Civilian Militia Operations In The Area
Second UN High-Level Conference of Heads...
The second United Nations High-Level Conference of Heads of Counter-Terrorism Agencies of Member States is chaired by Raffi Gregorian, Director and Deputy to the Under-Secretary-General of the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism (28-30 June 2021)
Three Day Second UN High-Level Conference...
Terrorist groups’ gains in Africa, according to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, “have been extremely concerning,” and he stressed that “helping African governments to combat and defeat the risks presented by these groups must be a worldwide priority for us all”
Increasing Violence Effects Nigerian Economy
The Nigerian Chamber of Commerce has cautioned that rising levels of violence and kidnappings are deterring investors and causing economic damage
Terrorism, Cryptocurrency and Social Media
One of the major dynamics of the Internet is its ability to connect physically distant people, with different profiles and those with common job description, and educational lane. This global connectivity on the cyberspace, allows people to easily connect and interact with the use of social applications, which help public and private sectors reconfigure their systems
Intelligence in the Age of Globalization...
The globalization era has changed the narrative of defense intelligence, with the emergence of a highly interconnected global economy, reshaping international alliances and the incorporation of new technologies. This interconnectivity offers new opportunities, and has also led to new security challenges, such as; regional instability, resulting from jihadist tendencies, migration, and resource capture, which requires new ‘grand strategy’
The Role of civil society and...
The socio-economic development of many African nations has been retarded because of the advent of terrorism. Several academic writings relating to global security menace have been published, with considerable narratives on activities of Al Shabaab in the horn of Africa
IS Operatives in Syria
IS Operatives Behind More Than 40 Killings Since January in Syrian Camp TEASER: US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, who used 5,000 personnel last week to crackdown on Islamic State (IS) sleeper cells in Syria’s al-Hol camp, say the Islamist group has killed 47 camp residents since January
Islamic State in 2020
A year after its territorial defeat in Iraq and Syria, the Islamic State (IS) managed to mount dozens of deadly attacks in 2020 around the world from the Middle East to Africa to Europe
The Nine Journalists of a Catholic...
The Community Radio Forum “was able to provide logistical support to all journalists in order to reach the relatively safe areas of Namialo, Montepuez and Pemba”.
The last two journalists of the group arrived in safety on November 16 and “are already meeting their relatives in the district of Montepuez”