Rising Threat: ISIS-Inspired Attacks Highlight Southeast Asia’s Ongoing Terror Challenge
Southeast Asia persists in facing an active terror threat, especially from the ISIS militant group. In May 2024, a radicalised individual who was likely inspired by ISIS’ violent ideology struck a police station in Ulu Tiram, Johor, with a machete, slaying two police officers and injuring a third. The incident highlights the continued resonance of […]
The Role of Foreign Drones in Sudan’s Intensifying Civil War
Since January 2024, Iranian cargo aeroplanes have been noticed regularly at the airport in Port Sudan, the command for Sudan’s junta ruled by Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. Soon after those aircraft began coming, the SAF projected attacks against the enemy Rapid Support Forces (RSF) operating Iranian-made Mohajer-6 drones. In the meantime, […]
Moscow Vows Retaliation After Drone Attack on Voronezh Munitions Warehouse
Moscow has pledged to respond to Ukrainian attacks within its borders after a drone set on fire a storehouse allegedly storing munitions, evoking a state of emergency in Russia’s south-western Voronezh region. The drone attack took place in a colony in the Podgorensky district, Voronezh governor Aleksandr Gusev stated. Ukrainian sources expressed the warehouse was […]
Belarus Echoes Kremlin’s Nuclear Threats in Escalating Western Tensions
Belarus pledged in a bout of nuclear sabre-rattling on June 30, with the head of the Belarusian General Staff Pavel Muraveiko saying that his country would not hesitate to employ nuclear weapons if prompted. “We’ve learned how to handle these weapons. We know how to apply them confidently. And you can be sure that we […]
Russia’s Expansion in Libya: Deploying Soldiers and Mercenaries for Influence
Russia has deployed 1,800 soldiers to eastern Libya in what it expects will become a base of power to exercise influence in other parts of the continent. Some of those deployed were Russian soldiers, and others were mercenaries with Russia’s Africa Corps, still widely recognised by its ex-name, the Wagner Group. The deployment came after […]
Al-Shabaab vs. Somalia: The Battle for Online Narratives
Somalia and the al-Shabaab terrorist entity are battling a war within a war — a constant fight to prop up and take down websites and social media narratives that spread extremist propaganda and disinformation. Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency has advanced its actions by creating teams that explore the internet and alert tech companies […]
NATO Summit Offers Support but Falls Short on Decisive Actions for Ukraine
The annual NATO meeting in early July resulted in a degree of encouraging statements and practical steps in support of Ukraine. However, this widely anticipated meeting in Washington DC failed to build the kind of decisive actions that could convince Vladimir Putin to end his invasion. It was already apparent sometime before the NATO conference […]
Tensions Escalate as Israel Threatens Lebanon with Total Blackout
“We can plunge Lebanon completely into the dark and take apart Hezbollah’s power in days,” former Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz stated. It was just the fresh threat from a prominent Israeli public figure against Lebanon and Hezbollah as tensions flared. It won’t be challenging for Israel to plunge Lebanon into darkness. The country’s […]
Sudan’s Conflict Leaves Millions of Children Without Education
Amid the violence and chaos of Sudan’s civil war, 13-year-old Hadeer, her mother and three younger siblings fled their home in Omdurman to a displacement camp in Atbara, about 320 kilometres to the northeast. Hadeer’s aunt and uncle were extinguished, her cousins escaped the country, and her family lost touch with her father. With the […]
Russia’s Wagner’s Role in Propping Up Authoritarian Regimes in Africa
In Africa, the Russian-backed mercenary group previously known as the Wagner Group left a path of allegations of massacres, executions, suffering, rape and theft. Because Russia has partnered with a handful of repressive dictatorial regimes in Central Africa and the Sahel, none of the declarations of war crimes and human rights misuses have been fully […]