Counterterrorism

Will ‘Salad Bar Extremism’ Replace ‘Old-School World’ Terrorism?

The recent tragic shooting at the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois sparked a familiar partisan argument. Some on the political Left raced to depict the shooter as a violent Donald Trump supporter, while elements of the Right painted him as an unhinged liberal…

Man who placed explosive in Warsaw probed for terrorism

Prosecutors in Poland’s capital said Wednesday that a 31-year-old man is facing allegations of having posed a threat to the life and health of many people in Warsaw with the use of an artillery shell that he possessed illegally. Poland’s top National Prosecutor’s Office said it…

Military & Defense

Russian missiles kill at least 22 in Ukraine, wound over 100

Russian missiles that struck a city in central Ukraine killed at least 22 people and wounded about more than 100 Thursday, Ukrainian authorities said. Ukraine’s president alleged the attack deliberately targeted civilians in locations without military value…

Chinese fighter jet had ‘unsafe’ interaction with U.S. military plane in June

A Chinese fighter jet had an “unsafe” and “unprofessional” interaction with a U.S. special operations C-130 aircraft in the South China Sea last month, according to two people with knowledge of the incident. The interaction, which has not been previously reported, comes…

Cybersecurity

Twitter working again after global outage impacts users

Twitter users across the globe were reporting an outage on the social media service that started early Thursday morning and lasted for about an hour. Starting at around 5 a.m., users started experiencing the outage on the app. Many users saw over capacity error messages and…

Log4j software flaw 'endemic,' new cyber safety panel says

A computer vulnerability discovered last year in a ubiquitous piece of software is an “endemic” problem that will pose security risks for potentially a decade or more, according to a new cybersecurity panel created by President Joe Biden…

Counterintelligence & Espionage

State-Backed Hackers Targeting Journalists in Widespread Espionage Campaigns

Nation-state hacking groups aligned with China, Iran, North Korea, and Turkey have been targeting journalists to conduct espionage and spread malware as part of a series of campaigns since early 2021. "Most commonly, phishing attacks targeting journalists are…

Ex-Gambian spies get death sentence for killing activist under Jammeh

A Gambian court has sentenced former intelligence chief Yankuba Badji and four other members of the intelligence service to death for the killing of a political activist Ebrima Solo Sandeng during the rule of former strongman Yahya Jammeh. The ruling was given on…

Transnational Organized Crime

Mexican Army and National Guard carry out historical seizure of fentanyl in Sinaloa

The Ministry of National Defense informs that within the framework of the National Strategy for Public Security and the Zero Impunity policy of the Federal Government, on July 4 July of this year, personnel from the Mexican Army, the National Guard and the Attorney General's…

Haiti violence: Scores killed as gangs fight for control

At least 89 people are reported to have been killed in a week of gang warfare in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. The mayor of the impoverished Cité Soleil neighbourhood said two criminal alliances, known as G9 and G-Pèp, were fighting for control of the area…