Counterterrorism
At least one person was killed and 24 others wounded, including children, in a shooting outside a car show in southeast Arkansas, police said. Arkansas State Police said in a news release Sunday that one person was in custody and authorities were searching for others who…
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have unleashed a barrage of drone and missile attacks on Saudi Arabia, targeting a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant, water desalination plant, oil facility and power station, Saudi state-run media reported. The attacks early on Sunday did not cause casualties…
Military & Defense
Russia's claim it used a hypersonic missile in Ukraine was a way to reclaim war momentum, but the next-generation weaponry has not proved to be a "game changer," the Pentagon's chief said Sunday. Moscow has said it has fired two hypersonic missiles in Ukraine…
Ukrainian officials warned on Sunday that the Belarusian military was preparing to invade at the onset of the fifth week since Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces first descended on Ukraine last month. In a statement shared to Facebook, Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense said…
Cybersecurity
Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) says the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) and other Chinese intelligence agencies are trying to get more info on the ongoing Russian war in Ukraine. Google TAG Security Engineer Billy Leonard says Google notified Ukrainian…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warns of AvosLocker ransomware being used in attacks targeting multiple US critical infrastructure sectors. This was disclosed in a joint cybersecurity advisory published this week in coordination with the US Treasury Department…
Counterintelligence & Espionage
A top commander of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) intelligence agency has been placed under house arrest amid upheaval and infighting among officials as President Vladimir Putin fumes over the botched Ukraine invasion, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday…
In the 1980s, when I lived in northeastern China, I used to visit a famous old railway bridge that spanned the Yalu River between the Chinese city of Dandong and Sinuiju, a town in North Korea. During what the Chinese call the Great Fatherland Liberation War…
Transnational Organized Crime
Boston Red Sox legend David Ortiz was allegedly targeted by an infamous drug lord when he was shot in June 2019, according to former Boston police commissioner Ed Davis. In a new report from The Boston Globe, Davis claimed that drug lord César "The Abuser" Peralta felt…
A female MS-13 gang member known as “Little Devil” will face trial Monday on charges she helped lure five young men into a savage 2017 ambush that left four of them dead. Leniz Escobar, nicknamed “Diablita,” is charged with coaxing the unsuspecting victims…