Terrorism Watch

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – Three Chinese nationals were killed in Tajikistan’s Khatlon province after a drone attack launched from the territory of Afghanistan, Tajikistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said. In a  statement , the ministry said the incident took place on Wednesday night, November 26, and targeted employees of LLC Shohin SM, a Chinese-linked company operating in the border region. According to the ministry, the attackers used firearms as well as an unmanned aerial vehicle carrying a grenade. All three victims were identified as Chinese citizens working for the company. The ministry strongly condemned what it described as an “act of terrorist groups” and urged the Taliban authorities to take effective steps to ensure stability and security along the state border between the two neighboring countries. “Despite the constant efforts by Tajikistan to maintain security and create an atmosphere of peace and stability in the border areas between Tajikistan and Afghanistan...

  Washington, DC [US] Nov 29 (ANI): The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) has released its weekly brief, highlighting the global community's continued silence on China's human rights violations, even as China positions itself as a leader in renewable energy. Citing a Coda report published on November 21, the WUC highlighted that China escaped scrutiny at COP30 despite the forced labour and environmental destruction underpinning its green-energy dominance. While Indigenous voices in Brazil demanded justice, major climate participants ignored evidence of coercive labour in East Turkistan and environmental exploitation in Tibet, both crucial to China's solar and battery industries. The Coda report noted that Tibet's environment is heating twice as fast as the global average, and that Uyghurs in East Turkistan remain trapped in state-imposed labour systems. The WUC became the first Uyghur organisation to attend COP, ensuring that Uyghur voices were heard amid widespread indiffere...

  A lawsuit claims the cryptocurrency exchange turned a blind eye as $1 billion used to finance the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel and other acts moved through its network. The families of 300 U.S. citizens hurt or killed in the Oct. 7 attack on Israel sued Binance, claiming the cryptocurrency exchange aided Hamas and other terrorist groups by transferring more than $1 billion among accounts they controlled. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in North Dakota on Monday, about a month after  President Trump pardoned Changpeng Zhao , Binance’s founder, who was convicted in 2023 of breaking money laundering rules. Binance “pitched itself to terrorist organizations, narcotics traffickers and tax evaders as beyond the reach of any single country’s laws or regulations,” according to  the lawsuit . It claims that the company ignored warnings from its compliance vendors about suspicious transactions and skipped basic security checks on funds flowing into its network. The lawsuit see...

  A woman and six men are accused of being behind a string of attacks between 2018 and 2023 that injured several people. A German court has opened the trial of several left-wing activists accused of violent attacks on right-wing hardliners. The court in Dresden in southeast Germany on Tuesday launched the case against seven members of the Antifa Ost group, who are accused of injuring several people in politically motivated assaults. They are accused of targeting neo-Nazi and other right-wing hardliners in bludgeoning attacks carried out between 2018 and 2023 in eastern Germany. The attacks saw them branded the “hammer gang”. The suspects include a  previously convicted  lead defendant, Lina E, and six men. Two of the suspects are also accused of injuring several people in Budapest in February 2023 during the Day of Honour event in the Hungarian capital, which draws right-wing hardliners from across Europe. Another German activist, Maja T, was earlier extradited to Hungary...

On November 18, security forces successfully neutralized the notorious Naxal (Maoist) commander Madvi Hidma, who was wanted with a bounty of one crore rupees, following a fierce firefight in a remote forested region. With Hidma’s elimination, it appears that the anti-Naxal operations have entered their final phase, bringing the Indian government closer to its goal of eradicating Maoist insurgency nationwide by March 2026, a target publicly announced by Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Undoubtedly, this marks another significant achievement for the Modi government, reflecting ongoing efforts in governance and development. However, a section of Indian society, particularly some factions within the Left, is in mourning following Hidma’s killing and the near total demise of Naxal movement. Hidma is accused of killing over 150 people, including the one in Tadmetla in 2010, which left 76 CRPF personnel dead and the 2013 Jhiram Ghati (Darbha) attack, which wiped out the Congress leadership in C...

Middle East specialist Dr.Tallha Abdulrazaq explains, “The EU is unlikely to copy the American designation outright due to strict legal frameworks, but the US move will trigger a ‘hardening of positions’ in capitals like Paris and Vienna" The case of Imam Mohamed Shahin in Turin—accused of making comments seen as sympathetic to the Oct. 7 attacks, though his lawyer maintains he has long cooperated with Italian authorities and would face persecution in Egypt for opposing its government—has reignited debate in Italy. Even as the investigation remains disputed and unresolved, the incident has brought renewed attention to the increasingly fraught atmosphere surrounding the Muslim Brotherhood in the country and to mounting political demands for tighter scrutiny of Islamist networks across Europe and the US. When US President Donald Trump signed a new executive order in late November 2025, instructing his administration to begin the process of designating branches of the Muslim Brotherh...

  Towhidi Janata, linked to several attacks on Hindus, attacked Baul supporters protesting to demand the release of a singer detained for allegedly hurting religious sentiments. In another instance of violence against minorities in Bangladesh, several Baul supporters were attacked by the members of an Islamist group called Towhidi Janata, who have been linked with several attacks on Hindus and other minorities and the demolition of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s sculpture in January. According to a report by  Dhaka Tribune , Baul supporters had called for a protest rally in Manikganj and Thakurgaon to protest the recent attacks on Baul performers and to demand the release of Baul leader Abul Sarkar, who was detained for allegedly hurting religious sentiments during a folk performance recently. When the Baul supporters arrived near the court premises in Thakurgaon on Wednesday, they were confronted by members of the Towhidi Janata, which escalated into a clash, leaving two people inju...

The exponential rise in electricity demand, driven by AI infrastructure and high-performance computing, has introduced new stressors. Water is a critical yet often overlooked dimension of the energy transition. Across all stages: extraction, development, refinement, construction, and transport, water remains a non-substitutable input for base-load energy systems. Its role becomes even more pronounced in energy media like hydrogen, carbon dioxide and batteries, particularly as electrification accelerates. SMRs and Data Centers: A Dual Demand for Water The global technological acceleration, spearheaded by artificial intelligence and the digital economy, has sparked a new “fever” for the construction of data centers. At the same time, the need for reliable, low-emission energy has turned the gaze of governments and industries to Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) as a solution to power these energy-intensive infrastructures. The combined development of SMRs and data centers requires integratio...

Ngabi Dora Tue, consumed by grief, was barely able to stand on her own. The coffin of her husband, Johnson Mabia, sat amid a crowd of stricken mourners in Limbe in Cameroon's South-West region - an area that had witnessed scenes like this many times before. While on a work trip, Johnson - an English-speaking civil servant - and five colleagues were captured by armed separatists. The militants were - and still are - fighting for the independence of Cameroon's two anglophone regions in what is a predominantly francophone country. A near-decade-long conflict that has led to thousands of deaths and stunted life in the area. When he was abducted four years ago, Dora struggled to reach Johnson. When she eventually heard from separatist militants, they asked for a ransom of over $55,000 (£41,500) to be paid within 24 hours in order to secure his release. Dora then received another call from one of Johnson's relatives. "He said… that I should take care of the children. That my...