A far-right extremist has pleaded guilty to terror offences and having explosives.
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European prisons releasing 1,000 returned ISIS fighters in 2020 poses new security challenge
The threat from ISIS will be greater after the release of 1,000 of its returned fighters from European prisons over the course of 2020, chief analyst at the UN told The National.
Read More »Hungary – Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles Extended Range (AMRAAM-ER)
The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Hungary of sixty (60) AIM-120C-7/C-8 AMRAAMER missiles, and two (2) spare AIM-120C-7/C-8 AMRAAM-ER guidance sections and related equipment for an estimated cost of $230 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress …
Read More »Trump 'personally ordered' marine incursion into Venezuela: Maduro
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says there is evidence his American counterpart Donald Trump “personally ordered” the recent military raid on the Latin American country, arguing that Washington swiftly cut remaining ties with Caracas thereafter.
Read More »WHO: 44 Million Africans at Risk for COVID-19
Up to 44 million people in Africa could come down with the coronavirus and 190,000 will die if the virus is not contained, the World Health Organization said.
Read More »Beijing Media Calls for Quadrupling China's Nuclear Weapons as US Continues Encirclement
In a Friday op-ed, Global Times editor-in-chief Hu Xijin called for China to quadruple its nuclear weapons stockpile from 260 to 1,000 weapons amid unprecedented pressure by the United States. In recent years, Washington has declared reversing China’s rise and undermining the Chinese Communist Party its primary geostrategic goals.
Read More »Spanish police arrest man in Barcelona over ISIS terror plot
Spanish police have arrested a man in Barcelona over a suspected ISIS terror plot.
Read More »IntelBrief: Instability in Southern Yemen Exposes Rift Between Riyadh and Abu Dhabi
Bottom Line Up Front In late April, Emirati-supported separatists in southern Yemen declared self-administration, demonstrating further strains in the Saudi Coalition and a growing divergence of interests between Riyadh and Abu Dhabi.
Read More »IntelBrief: What are the Policy Options Available for Countering Disinformation?
Bottom Line Up Front Disinformation campaigns can have wide ranging impacts, from altering elections to encouraging acts of violence.
Read More »Saudis and Sudan Terror Sanctions
The current image of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia continues to take a hit. Earlier this month was the one year anniversary of the murder of Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. The situation in Yemen continues to fester and earlier this summer a series of UAV …
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