Global Security Tracker

This news roundup compiles reported incidents without independent analysis.

• Pacific focus: Leaders gather in Palau amid Taiwan tensions alongside...

Massive raids in Stockton formed part of Operation Hard Ball, a transnational investigation that produced 24 arrests so far, with 11 occurring in...

• Feud trigger: Mosli-Jarushi clash allegedly began over disputed proceeds from a joint cryptocurrency venture abroad worth tens of millions of...

• Iran states arms production has more than doubled since the war, supported by 9,300 companies and over 90% self-sufficiency.
• Officials claim the...

Wildfires and record-low water levels across Europe are detonating and revealing unexploded WWII shells and munitions, forcing evacuations and...

CBC has directed reporters to avoid independently describing the 9/11 attacks as 'terrorist attacks,' requiring attribution for terms like 'terrorism'...

Western sanctions banning high-value vehicle exports to Russia after its 2022 Ukraine invasion created a black-market demand that organized crime now...

Al-Shabaab remains Africa's persistent terrorist group with 7,000-12,000 militants operating across Somalia and East Africa.

• Despite territorial...

Russia's federal treasury hit minus 5.5 trillion rubles this spring amid war spending.

• Non-military spending slashed 35% with 15% federal staff cuts...

U.S. terrorism designations of UK’s Palestine Action and two other European groups unfold against Israeli drone strikes and settler violence in Gaza...

Marking the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances on Aug. 30, the article draws direct parallels between 1970s-80s Latin...

The ambush that killed two Ethiopian UN peacekeepers in Jonglei state and wounded seven others signals South Sudan’s deteriorating security...

US military strikes on Caribbean and Pacific drug boats target narcoterrorist networks linked to designated cartels, killing six across recent...

Trump DOJ's political prosecutions and due process violations have shredded the presumption of regularity, causing juries to hang or acquit in serious...

U.S. public opinion opposes the war overall yet backs specific goals like blocking Iranian nukes, with 56% favoring an end to fighting amid rising gas...

The US rescission of Syria's State Sponsor of Terrorism designation signals a major realignment, delisting HTS and easing sanctions to foster...

Nearly 50 House Democrats, led by military veterans, are pressing Trump and Hegseth for itemized costs and an exit strategy by September 11.

• War...

West African criminal groups are evolving by mixing global crowdfunding with proxy laundering to fund terrorism, as shown by recent NFIU findings and...

• Record Scale: Operation High Voltage seized 187 tons of stolen copper and arrested 25 people in April 2026, the largest such seizure in Chile’s...

DRC government and M23 rebels agreed on a sequenced roadmap for peace talks after Switzerland meetings mediated by the US, Qatar and others.

• Key...