On Monday November 11th, Somali special forces dealt a blow to Al-Shabaab, a Sunni jihadist group aligned with Al-Qaeda. This comes amid a spat of attacks carried out by Al-Shabaab to denigrate the Somali Federal Government's ability to provide security for civilians. Many attacks are targeted in Mogadishu,
On Sunday November 10th, several members of the Colombian Armed Forces and National Police were kidnapped by locals in the conflict-ridden department of Cauca, located in southwestern Colombia. This comes after the end of a Colombian military operation that was launched in October to recapture the town of El Plateado,
On Thursday, U.S. President Joe Biden strongly opposed the International Criminal Court's decision to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. The warrants, issued on November 21, 2024, mark the first time in history that a sitting leader of
The G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ended last week. Participants claim the two-day conference produced large developments; however, the rest of the world barely noticed it happened at all. The previous two G20 summits in 2022 (Bali) and 2023 (India) published extensive declarations, but this year’s summit
The Kurram district of Northwestern Pakistan saw a flare-up in sectarian tension after gunmen of a Sunni tribe attacked a convoy of buses carrying Shia pilgrims on November 21st, resulting in 42 deaths. Survivors of the attack reported automatic fire smashing through the bus windows and killing fellow passengers around
79 children have been killed between September 1st and November 20th in South Africa's notorious Cape Flats, the Western Cape's gang crime hotspot. The communities that span the Cape Flats have been labeled as some of the most dangerous areas in South Africa, with locals referring
On November 13, a watchdog for Japan’s nuclear program, the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA), disqualified the Tsuruga No. 2 reactor from operation due to safety concerns. This is the first rejection concerning safety with regard to the 2011 Fukushima disaster. The claim being that the reactor was underneath fault
Late yesterday, amid a cruise missile attack focused on the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro, Russia launched a large ballistic missile that successfully struck what Russia claims are manufacturing complexes for the Ukrainian defense industry. Kyiv has claimed this missile was an ICBM, which would represent a serious escalation in
The Belarusian government under President Alexander Lukashenko has escalated its campaign of repression against citizens expressing support for Ukraine. This crackdown represents a calculated strategy to eliminate any public opposition to the regime's alignment with Russia's military actions. Hundreds of Belarusian citizens have been systematically targeted
As the world continues to closely watch Iranian-Israeli affairs, a jihadist insurgency continues to cause problems for Iranian security forces in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan. The group known as Jaish-al Adl operates not only in Iran but also in Pakistan and to a lesser extent in Afghanistan and has
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