Counterterrorism
A 14-year-old boy suspected of building pipe bombs in his Douglas home will serve at least 18 months in a juvenile detention facility. The Sierra Vista Herald reported Monday that the teen pleaded guilty to one count each of promoting terrorism and possession of a prohibited…
Imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny, along with his brother and eight allies, were added to Russia's registry of terrorists and extremists by Russian authorities. Russia, which, according to the Associated Press, is cracking down on supporters of the opposition…
ISIS Fighters are Using 700 Boys as Human Shields as They Battle Their Way Out of a Prison in Syria, NGOs say
Islamic State fighters who attacked a prison in Syria are using 700 boys detained in the facility as human shields, according to several reports. The siege on Guweiran prison entered its fifth day on Monday as ISIS militants attempted to free the 3,000 or so fighters imprisoned…
Military & Defense
A U.S. Navy aircraft appeared to fly a circle around Taiwan early on Tuesday following 48 hours of intense Chinese warplane operations involving more than 50 aircraft. Plane spotters watching the skies around the democratic island, which China claims as part of its territory…
Russia has no plans to cancel its planned military drill off the Irish coast next month, the Russian ambassador to Ireland has indicated. Asked last night if Russia would consider calling off the exercise given the tension it has caused in recent days, Yury Filatov…
Newly obtained photographs of missile fragments provide the first material evidence that Ethiopia used a Turkish drone this month in an attack that killed 58 civilians sheltering in a school. Turkey’s growing prowess as a drone exporter is styled as a point of national pride…
Cybersecurity
With more than 100,000 Russian troops poised at the Ukrainian border, the Department of Homeland Security is warning that Russia could conduct a cyberattack against the United States if it feels threatened by further actions the U.S. takes in response to a possible Russian…
A pro-democracy Hong Kong site was used to launch watering-hole attacks that planted a powerful macOS backdoor that researchers dubbed DazzleSpy. A new family of cyber-espionage malware targeting macOS and delivered via a Safari exploit was used against…
Some of the bursts of traffic reached up to 10Gbps, reports noted, overwhelming the country’s only ISP, and crippling Andorran Squidcraft gamers along with the rest of the population. A massive Minecraft tournament styled after the Netflix blockbuster Squid Game…
Counterintelligence & Espionage
A Frenchman detained in Iran and hunger striking to protest his treatment has been sentenced to eight years in prison on what his lawyer insisted Tuesday are trumped up espionage and propaganda charges. Benjamin Brière, 36, was arrested in May…
The tide of public opinion may be turning against the Justice Department's China Initiative, as more cases fall apart and more of the researchers charged are speaking out. The big picture: Chinese government-linked economic and industrial espionage in the United States is a real…
The Government is seeking to keep secret its court battle with the BBC over plans by the broadcaster to allegedly identify a spy working overseas. Suella Braverman, the Attorney General, will apply on Wednesday for the hearings into its injunction to block publication to…
Transnational Organized Crime
More Than 600 Organised Crime Groups Disrupted by ADDER Projects
Over 600 organised crime groups have been disrupted and more than 13,000 people supported in drug treatment interventions delivered by outreach workers just one year on from the launch of the Project ADDER programme, which was set up to cut drug-related crime…
Nineteen people have died after a fight between rival gangs led to a fire at a nightclub in Indonesia. Two groups attacked each other with machetes, arrows and Molotov cocktails inside the karaoke bar in East Sorong. One person was fatally stabbed, while 18 bodies were…
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated human trafficking, the U.S. State Department said in its annual Trafficking in Persons Report released Tuesday. "This year's Trafficking in Persons Report sends a strong message to the world that global crises, such as the COVID-19…