Daily Intel Brief
A Russian bomber crashed into an apartment complex, 3 U.N. peacekeepers were killed in a bombing in Mali, and 100 migrants were found naked near the Greece-Turkey border...
Counterterrorism
Three U.N. peacekeepers from Chad have been killed in northern Mali after a roadside bomb exploded as the men approached on foot and several others were seriously wounded, officials said Monday. Their deaths come just one day before the U.N. Security Council is holding a…
Gunmen attacked a church in north-central Nigeria during a service, killing a woman and her young daughter, a government official said Monday as the hunt for the suspects intensified. The motorcycle-riding assailants arrived at the Celestial Church on Sunday and fatally shot…
Military & Defense
A Russian military bomber crashed Monday into the courtyard of an apartment complex in the Russian resort town of Yeysk, which is a few dozen miles across the Sea of Azov from Ukraine, Russia's Defense Ministry said. Four people died and 25 others were injured…
Russian drone strikes in central Kyiv during morning rush hour have killed four people, the mayor says. The deaths on Monday included a woman who was six months pregnant and her partner, who were killed when a “kamikaze” drone hit a block of flats on the edge of central…
Cybersecurity
Police have arrested 31 members of an organized crime group in Europe that sold technology allowing thieves to hack and steal keyless entry cars. The arrests include the software developers behind the tools, as well as resellers and the car thieves who used them on the…
New research examining pro-Kremlin edits made to the English-language page for the Russo-Ukrainian war has shed light on how Wikipedia can be manipulated for information warfare. The analysis, from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) and the Centre of the Analysis of…
Counterintelligence & Espionage
Four Russian nationals — three men and one woman — have been arrested and held in custody after they were seen taking pictures of objects that are subject to a ban on photography in central Norway, police said Monday. Officers found “photographic…
UK police are investigating the apparent assault of a Hong Kong pro-democracy protester who was pulled into Chinese consulate grounds and beaten. The incident happened during a demonstration against Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday (October 17) in the city of…
Transnational Organized Crime
The discovery of nearly 100 migrants found stripped naked near the border between Greece and Turkey has sparked an angry dispute between the neighbors and calls for an urgent investigation. The two countries have blamed each other for the apparent mistreatment of…
On October 11, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) led an operation in Las Pinas City, on the outskirts of Metro Manila, that led to the arrest of one Juanito Jose Remulla III. Remulla has since been charged with possession of $22,000 worth of high-grade…