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Description: Armed bandits attacked a church in the Nigerian town of Eruku, killing at least two people and kidnapping several others. Authorities responded to the attack with one of the armed gunman being fatally shot upon initial contact with the local police and another was discovered dead near the church shortly after. Nigerian President, Bola Tinubu, cancelled his trip to the G20 Summit in South Africa due to the attack and the kidnapping of the 25 schoolgirls on 17 Nov. The country is facing considerable security threats on multiple fronts as Islamist insurgencies are primarily active in the northeastern parts of the country, abductions and murders are common in the no
Description: The US and China have independently ratcheted up their programs to increase the supply of rare earth minerals and heavy elements used in the high technology industries as the competition for global market dominance intensifies in light of the trade truce between the world’s two largest economies. The US has focused on forging partnerships with conventional allies such as Australia which is invested in excavation of the elements on home soil and is increasing foreign initiatives for investment such as the one in Malaysia, through the company Lynas Rare Earths. Nevada – based MP Materials Corp. is focused on domestic production in the US, however, projections indi
Description: Following the railway attacks on the Warsaw – Lublin line, Polish Foreign Minister, Radoslaw Sikorsky, announced that Poland would close the last operating Russian consulate in the city of Gdansk and limit the movement of the remaining diplomatic representatives within the country. In addition to those measures, Polish Defense Minister, Wladyslaw Kosiniak stated that Poland would deploy up to 10 thousand soldiers to protect critical infrastructure, support patrolling and monitoring activities, increase the reconnaissance capabilities within the security services and assist in countering sabotage and anti – diversion operations. The operation complements other in
Description: UK’s Defense Secretary, John Healey, announced that the navy’s rules of engagement have been changed as several restrictions to follow, monitor and even engage potential threats off the coast of the United Kingdom have been lifted. The announcement arrived after an incident which involved the infamous Russian ship used for underwater seabed sabotage activities and intelligence gathering, the Yantar. Members of the UK’s RAF (Royal Airforce) piloting a P – 8A Poseidon MRA1 patrol aircraft were monitoring the Yantar when the vessel started using lasers on the aircraft and its crew, prompting a more aggressive response by the pilots. Type 23 frigate was also sent to
Description: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince, Mohammad bin Salman (MBS) was warmly welcomed by US President Donald Trump as the leaders discussed plethora of issues and explored venues for potential close cooperation. Trump used the opportunity to designate Saudi Arabia a major non – NATO US ally but fell short of officializing the status through a detailed document which could have been ratified in Congress. MBS and Trump also inaugurated several memorandums of understanding in sectors of cooperation such as arms sales, civil nuclear development, artificial intelligence and critical minerals. The Abraham Accords were also mentioned in collusion with the projected arms sales of
Description: Diplomatic tensions between Japan and China have rapidly escalated after Japanese Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, stated that Japan could militarily intervene in case of a Chinese invasion on Taiwan. Ever since, bilateral relations have taken a downward turn, with China threatening to prohibit its citizens from visiting Japan by offering remuneration packages to already booked travel arrangements. Japan in return has warned its citizens in China to take special care when transiting in public spaces. More recently, Chinese coast guard ships sailed in the vicinity of the disputed Senkaku or Diaoyu islands and were encountered by Japanese ships. China also flew dro
Description: Polish Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, stated that the two acts of sabotage on the Polish railway system last week were conducted by Russian intelligence services. Tusk cited investigative reports and claimed that the two individuals involved in blowing up the railway connecting Warsaw and Lublin, which is also a crucial railway line in supplying Ukraine with key assistance, were of Ukrainian descent and they fled towards Belarus. In one of the incidents the individuals used military grade C – 4 explosives as their ultimate task was to cause a major accident, sow fear and incite anti – Ukrainian sentiment, according to Prime Minister Tusk. Russia has denounced all
Description: The two major government bodies in the US have overwhelmingly voted in favor of releasing the so – called Epstein files potentially concluding months of anticipation and uncertainty. The criminal case against the convicted sex offender has become a major problem for US President Donald Trump who has come under severe scrutiny in the past couple of months due to his reluctance to release all the files pertaining to the investigation and conviction of Jeffrey Epstein. The US President only last week reversed course and called for his colleagues in the Republican party to support the release of the files. Both the House of Representatives and the Congress have pass
Description: The French oil and gas giant, TotalEnergies is facing a lawsuit for complicity in war crimes in Mozambique related to the company’s project in the Afungi peninsula, located in the resource rich, Cabo Delgado province. The information was initially made public in 2024 through an investigative reporting case conducted by Politico, when disclosures of survivors from the incident, internal documents from TotalEnergies and pictures from the site itself demonstrated that the company was involved in the systematic murdering of civilians who fled the atrocities committed by the Mozambican branch of the Islamic State. Guards and members of the Mozambican military working
Description: According to a report published by the Human Rights Watch organization, the Malian army conducted strikes on several insurgent areas back in Oct, when more than 31 civilians were tortured and killed. The killings were focused in the Segou region and the village of Balle where more than 31 people were killed after being accused of cooperating and supporting the Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) terrorist organization. The group has most recently expanded their area of operations to the southern parts of the country and diversified their financial streamlines, collecting tax from herders and artisanal gold mines under their control. JNIM imposed a fuel b