Terrorism Watch

One of Africa’s largest protected areas has been shaken by a series of attacks by Islamic State-linked extremists, which have left at least 10 people dead. Conservationists in Niassa reserve, Mozambique, say decades of work to rebuild populations of lions, elephants and other keystone species are being jeopardised, as conservation operations grind to a halt. On 29 April, militants attacked buildings in Niassa , killing two anti-poaching scouts. Two more scouts are missing and another seriously injured. The attack, which was later claimed by Islamic State-Mozambique, came 10 days after another raid on a nearby safari camp in which two people were beheaded and six soldiers were killed. A village of 2,000 people has been displaced by the violence and all conservation work has been suspended in Niassa reserve, according to local groups. On Monday, wildlife and community organisations warned that the violence is risking more than 20 years of conservation work in the area. “The worst thing a...

In the aftermath of the 6 May 2025, ‘ Operation Sindoor ’ by India on the terrorist camps inside Pakistan‘s territory across nine targeted sites, the Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent  (AQIS) declared  jihad  against India. The group avowed jihad as a religious duty under the ongoing situation between India and Pakistan. The declaration marks a serious escalation by the militant group’s rhetoric and strategic posturing. AQIS's core leadership is believed to operate out of Pakistan with  Osama Mehmood  as its Emir, enjoying relative sanctuary in tribal belts and urban safe houses, often under the indirect protection or passive negligence of elements within Pakistan’s security apparatus. The group has long  sought to recruit from  the Pakistani  faction  of Deobandi institutions like Darul Uloom Haqqania, and  Bahawalpur Madrasa  and Salafi religious networks and madrassa circuits, particularly in Pakistan. The group, in its recent...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Chinese efforts to spy on the Dutch are intensifying, with the focus on semiconductors, Dutch Defence Minister Ruben Brekelmans said on Saturday. "The semiconductor industry, which we are technologically leading, or technology advanced, of course, to get that intellectual property - that's interesting to China," Brekelmans said in an interview on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue security meeting in Singapore. The Dutch military intelligence agency said in its annual report in April last year that Chinese spies have targeted the Dutch semiconductor, aerospace and maritime industries to try to strengthen China's armed forces When asked if the spying had stopped, Brekelmans said: "It's continuing. In our newest intelligence reports, our intelligence agency said that the biggest cyber threat is coming from China, and that we do see most cyber activity when it comes to us being as from China. That was the case last year, but that's...

The Kremlin said Friday that it expects   Russian   and Ukrainian negotiators to discuss a list of conditions for a ceasefire during talks in Istanbul next week. Russia   has proposed holding the second round of talks with Ukraine on June 2. However,   Ukraine  wants to  see   Russia 's proposals for a peace deal before it sends a delegation to Turkey, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Friday. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the   Russia n delegation would be travelling to Istanbul and would be ready for talks with Ukraine on Monday morning. "At the moment, everyone is focused on the direct   Russia -Ukraine negotiations. A list of conditions for a temporary truce is being developed," Peskov told reporters. He said the details of the memorandum will not be made public. news Trump Special Envoy Says Russian Concerns Over NATO Enlargement ‘Fair’ Read more Reuters   reported   earlier this week that Putin's conditions for end...

Memorial meetings in honour of slain Maoists to be conducted from June 11 to August 3 across the country to condemn encounter and protest against ‘Operation Kagar’, says CPI (Maoist) Party Central Committee spokesperson Abhay Published Date - 31 May 2025, 08:44 PM Representational Photo Kothagudem:  CPI (Maoist) Party Central Committee spokesperson Abhay called for ‘Bharat Bandh’ on June 10 condemning the killing of the Central Committee general secretary Nambala Keshav Rao alias Basavaraju in an encounter in Chhattisgarh on May 21. He said at the directions of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, large number of commando and paramilitary forces, and Chhattisgarh Police raided forests in Maad of Narayanapur district and killed many cadres of the PLGA. Memorial meetings in honour of the slain Maoists have to be conducted from June 11 to August 3 across the country to condemn the encounter and protest against ‘Operation Kagar’. Keshav Rao, in his 51 years of revo...

Home ministry data reveals there were 1,936 incidents of Maoist violence in 2010, which came down to 374 in 2024. New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has repeatedly said that the government is committed to eradicating Maoism from India by March 2026, and the goal got a fillip when at least 27 Maoists -  including top leader Nambala Keshavrao alias Basavaraju, who carried a bounty of Rs 1.5 crore - were killed in an encounter in Chhattisgarh earlier this month. Data accessed by NDTV shows that the government and the security forces are inching closer towards the target of ending the Maoist movement, which began in 1967.  Home ministry data reveals that there were 1,936 incidents of Maoist violence in 2010, which came down to just 374 in 2024 - a drop of 81%.  The number of Maoist-affected districts has also seen a steep fall, going from 126 in 2013 to 70 in 2021 and just 18 as of April this year. Death Count Decreasing Too In terms of civilian deaths in Maoist violenc...

  The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have categorically denied claims reported by Al-Monitor, which alleged that Turkish officials, including the Foreign Minister or the head of Turkish intelligence, had offered to hold talks with SDF Commander-in-Chief Mazloum Abdi. In a statement released on Saturday, May 31, 2025, the SDF Media Center declared the information "inaccurate," asserting that no such proposal had been received by the SDF leadership or any delegation representing northern and eastern Syria in discussions with Damascus. Source:  SDF refutes alleged Turkish talks - ANHA

NORTHEAST SYRIA - The Trump administration warns Syria may face full-scale civil war within weeks. When CBN News visited the front lines of the battle-scarred country, we discovered the new war has already begun. Fighting rages across northern Syria with Turkish-backed forces clashing with Kurdish units at the Euphrates River while sectarian battles erupt in the south. All this comes as the new regime led by a former al-Qaeda commander struggles to unify the country. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, "It is our assessment that, frankly, the transitional authorities, given the challenges they're facing, are maybe weeks, not many months, away from potential collapse and a full-scale civil war of epic proportions." CBN News recently visited the Tishreen Dam which has been in the news as the scene of some heavy fighting between the Turkish-backed forces and HTS and the Kurds. Now the Kurds hold the dam, and there's a ceasefire that just recently came into effect, ...

  A French court is expected to deliver its verdict on Wednesday in the country’s biggest ever paedophilia case. Former surgeon Joël Le Scouarnec is accused of raping and sexually assaulting 299 children over more than two decades. He has admitted to all charges. Protestor holds a placard reading "Collective of victims of JLS" during a demonstration in support of the victims of former surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec outside the court in Vannes, western France, on May 19, 2025.  AFP - DAMIEN MEYER Advertising For many survivors, the case is not just about one man, but about the institutions that failed to protect them. “If a trial with 300 victims doesn’t change this blind society, then what will?” said one survivor in April, standing on the courthouse steps in Vannes, Brittany. The trial has exposed the crimes of France’s most prolific known child sex offender – and the gaps in the systems meant to stop him. Le Scouarnec, now 74, is already serving a 15-year sentence for abusing fo...

Beirut: The commander of Kurdish forces that control northeast Syria said on Friday that his group is in direct contact with Turkey and that he would be open to improving ties, including by meeting Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. The public comments represented a significant diplomatic overture by Mazloum Abdi, whose Syrian Democratic Forces fought Turkish troops and Ankara-backed Syrian rebels during Syria's 14-year civil war. Turkey has said the main Kurdish group at the core of the SDF is indistinguishable from the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which decided earlier this month to disband after 40 years of conflict with Turkey. Abdi told regional broadcaster Shams TV in an interview aired on Friday that his group was in touch with Turkey, without saying how long the communication channels had been open. "We have dir...