Terrorism Watch

  After mostly sitting out the campaign that was launched by the United States and Israel against Iran on February 28, Houthi leader Abdulmalik al Houthi   reiterated   the Yemeni terrorist group’s support for Iran in an April 21 speech. Houthi also maintained a focus on Israel and the US, saying, “We are confronting the Israeli-Zionist enemy and its American partner. Our direction is toward escalation if the enemy escalates and returns to escalation anew.” The Houthis briefly   joined   the recent conflict on March 28, a month after the war began, by launching a handful of drones and missiles at Israel, all of which were intercepted. The Houthis’ limited entry into the conflict did not provoke a strong response from the United States or Israel, each of which  conducted  substantial  airstrikes against the Yemeni group in 2025. However, an unclaimed drone strike  targeted  a Houthi military site in a mountainous area roughly 50 miles fro...

Given KSS's activities in advancing Iran's interests in the region and their ongoing campaign against US forces in Iraq and Syria, the US Department of State designated Wa'eli as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist on November 17, 2023. Washington:  The United States has announced a $10 million (Rs 94,11,00,000) reward for any information that could lead to the arrest of Hashim Finyan Rahim al-Saraji, aka Abu Waala al Wa'eli, the leader of an Iran-aligned "terrorist group" in Iraq. Wa'eli is the US-designated secretary-general of Kata'ib Sayyid al Shuhada (KSS), an Iraqi militia supported by and ideologically aligned with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).  The announcement came as the US ratcheted up pressure on Iranian-backed militias in Iraq to encourage Baghdad to appoint a new prime minister who might finally decide to do more to rein in the militias. Over the past decade, the militias have carried out attacks against US forc...

Kuwait reopens airspace after precautionary closure as regional tensions escalate and ceasefire talks remain fragile. Kuwait Towers stand beside the Kuwait City skyline along the Arabian Gulf.  Kuwait’s army said on Friday, April 24, that two drones launched from Iraq targeted two northern border posts, causing material damage but no casualties. The military described the strike as a fresh security incident on Kuwait’s frontier, with authorities yet to identify those responsible or provide further operational details. The attack comes amid heightened instability across the Gulf and growing fears of spillover from the wider regional conflict. The development also prompted renewed attention on regional airspace and border security after Kuwait recently reopened its airspace following precautionary restrictions linked to ongoing tensions. Iran’s FM Araghchi likely to reach Pakistan tonight Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is expected to travel to Pakistan this weekend for talks,...

Imam expelled in Brescia after statements about child marriage. The man was sent to Pakistan for posing a social danger. April 3th 2026 Police in Brescia, northern Italy, expelled Imam Ali Kashif from Italian territory. The measure was taken after the religious leader declared on a television program that marriage with children as young as 9 years old was acceptable. The decision was determined by  commissioner Paolo Sartori. The police service escorted Kashif to the  Malpensa Airport , in Milan. The man boarded a direct flight to Islamabad, Pakistan,  according to the newspaper La Repubblica , this Friday (3) The investigations began after a report was broadcast on the program.  Out of the core From the broadcaster Rete 4. A reporter used a hidden camera and pretended to be a student interested in the Islamic religion. During the recording, the journalist inquired about the age at which a young woman would be considered an adult according to the Quran. The imam resp...

Going home despite the very  “stark”  reality encountered there reflects the determination of the displaced and the difficult circumstances pushing them to return, Lee explained. The IOM indicates that more than two million additional people are expected to return to Khartoum alone in 2026. “Many are returning because they believe security has improved,”  she said, while for others, life in displacement has become unbearable, notably due to economic pressures and increasingly hard conditions in neighbouring countries. Children play pool in Omdurman, Sudan, on the outskirts of Khartoum, Tuesday, April 21, 2026.   Bernat Armangue/Copyright 2026 The AP. All rights reserved According to IOM, at the height of the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) which erupted on 15 April 2023, nearly 12 million people fled heavily affected areas, particularly Al Jazirah, Khartoum and parts of Sennar and Kordofan.  More t...

The three illegal immigrants who savagely assaulted a young woman were aided and abetted by our despicable elites. i Picture by: Sussex Police. They’re laughing at us. That’s what I thought when I saw that  rictus, gap-toothed smirk  on the face of one of the illegal immigrants who’d just been found guilty in a most abominable case of rape. There he was leaving court, having been convicted of assisting in the savage sexual assault of a woman on a public beach, and he was grinning. If I had to translate his leer, I’d say he was saying that our women, our courts and our country don’t count for shit. ‘You’re worthless’ was the subtext of his diabolical sneer. His name is Karin Al-Danasurt. He is 20 years old and from Egypt. He was found guilty yesterday at  Hove Crown Court  in the south of England for his part in what the prosecution described as a ‘cynical, predatory and callous attack’ on a young woman in Brighton in October last year. Al-Danasurt filmed the misogyni...

  When Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir’s aircraft touched down in Tehran in April 2026, the diplomatic commentariat of three continents reached with understandable swiftness for the vocabulary of strategic renaissance. Here, the favoured narrative insisted, was Pakistan rediscovering its geopolitical vocation: the pivotal state, the indispensable interlocutor, the Muslim nation whose calls Washington would not allow to go unanswered. The Field Marshal had, within the span of months, hosted American envoys in Rawalpindi, received Gulf finance ministers in Islamabad, addressed the United Nations on climate vulnerability, and positioned himself between two armed belligerents as the architect of de-escalation. If this was not statesmanship, the question arose with genuine analytical force: what precisely was it? This article advances a more calibrated interpretation. Pakistan’s recent diplomatic visibility is neither illusory nor insignificant; however, its strategic depth appears more c...