Counterterrorism

Bus attack claimed by ISIS kills 13 in Syria's Raqqa

Eleven government soldiers and two civilians were killed in an attack on a bus in northern Syria on Monday, the defence ministry said, and the Islamic State militant group later claimed responsibiliy for the action. Syrian state news agency SANA said the attack took…

Denmark charges 3 with planning to carry out terror attack

Three people have been charged with planning terrorist acts by acquiring weapons and bomb-making materials ”to be used in a terrorist attack in an unknown place in either Denmark or abroad,” a Danish prosecutor said Monday. The suspects, two men and a woman in their…

Military & Defense

Two US military veterans felt compelled to fight Russia. They've been captured in Ukraine.

That same month, not far away in Tuscaloosa, former Army Sgt. Alexander Drueke, a 39-year-old Iraq war veteran, had deliberated for a month before deciding to pack his gear for Ukraine. The families of the two Alabama men – who went missing near Kharkiv in a battle…

U.S., Iranian military vessels have near miss in Persian Gulf

The United States and Iran had their latest near miss Monday, after three vessels controlled by Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps buzzed two American ships at what the U.S. military called “dangerously high speed.” The USS Sirocco, a Cyclone-class patrol ship, and…

Cybersecurity

Inside North Korea’s global cyber war: The intersection of hacking and organized crime

While the vast majority of citizens in North Korea don’t have access to the global internet, the country has become a hacking superpower — but how? Speaking at the TNW Conference 2022, Author and Investigative Journalist Geoff White addressed this perplexing…

Was Iran behind siren cyberattacks in Jerusalem, Eilat?

False rocket warning sirens that were activated in Jerusalem and Eilat on Sunday evening were likely caused by a cyberattack, the Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD) confirmed on Monday morning. By Monday, there was rampant speculation that Iran was the perpetrator…

Counterintelligence & Espionage

IRGC Commander Says 'Sabotage' Killed Iranian Defense Engineer

A commander of Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) says the death of a Defense Ministry engineer in May was the result of "industrial sabotage," not simply an "accident" as official comments previously suggested. The commander, Mohammad Reza…

‘We are at risk’: Taliban tracking 200 Afghans they claim are Canadian spies

Two hundred Afghans, mostly women who worked on Canadian-funded aid projects in Afghanistan, are being tracked down by the Taliban and are in hiding after the militants obtained their names from a confiscated cellphone. A pair of Afghan women, whose names…

Transnational Organized Crime

Gunman in DC mass shooting at large, chief says 'must be held accountable'

Police are asking for the public's help after a mass shooting broke out in Washington, D.C., killing a 15-year-old boy. The Sunday night shooting took place during a festival called "Moechella," which was celebrating Juneteenth, officials said. The 15-year-old boy…

Mass shooting in Harlem, New York leaves college basketball star dead, 8 others wounded

A 21-year-old college basketball star was killed and eight others shot when gunfire erupted in Harlem overnight Monday. Seven men and two women ranging in age from 21 to 42 were struck in a park along the East River in the area of Fifth Avenue and East 139th Street just…