Daily Intel Brief
Russia claims that Ukraine is planning to use a dirty bomb, Sudan shuts down the internet across the country, and Norway detains a university lecturer as a spy...
Counterterrorism
The gunman who killed a teacher and a 15-year-old girl in a deadly school shooting in the US city of St Louis, Missouri, was heavily armed and equipped with hundreds of rounds of ammunition, police say. Police Commissioner Michael Sack said on Tuesday…
Israeli security forces blew up a weapons workshop and killed the leader of an alleged terrorist cell during a deadly raid in Nablus early Tuesday, military officials said. At least five Palestinians were killed and more than 20 injured in the fighting, according to Palestinian…
Military & Defense
Russia has told the United Nations Security Council that Ukraine is preparing to use a “dirty bomb” laced with radioactive material on its own territory, an assertion dismissed by Western and Ukrainian officials as a pretext for escalating the war. Moscow sent a letter detailing the…
The two sides in Ethiopia's civil war have begun formal peace talks for the first time since the conflict started nearly two years ago. The African Union-brokered talks are being held in South Africa, where a spokesperson for the president confirmed the news. The fighting in…
Cybersecurity
Germany’s federal cybersecurity office warned on Tuesday that ransomware, political hacking, and other cybersecurity threats facing the country are “higher than ever.” In its annual report, the office said ongoing criminal activities were responsible for the threat level, alongside…
Online access in Sudan was disrupted Tuesday as tens of thousands protested on the anniversary of a military coup that derailed a transition towards democratic governance. Multiple global web traffic monitors reported an internet shutdown that significantly…
Counterintelligence & Espionage
Norway's domestic security agency said Tuesday it has detained a man who entered the country as a Brazilian citizen but is suspected of being a Russian spy. A local court ordered him held for four weeks. Martin Bernsen, a spokesman for the Norwegian Police Security…
Police carried out raids in several Turkish cities on Tuesday and detained 11 journalists affiliated with pro-Kurdish media for their alleged links to Kurdish militants, officials and reports said. The detentions come days after Turkey ratified a controversial new media law…
Transnational Organized Crime
Police in El Salvador said Tuesday they have arrested 11 alleged members of a migrant trafficking ring that charged as much as $15,000 to smuggle migrants to the United States. Prosecutors said in a report the traffickers charged dozens of migrants between $10,000…
South Africa says it will allow a sanctioned Russian oligarch to dock his superyacht in Cape Town. The $521m (£472m) vessel, which belongs to Alexei Mordashov - an ally of Russian leader Vladimir Putin - left Hong Kong earlier this week. South African opposition leaders…