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Irish Police Intercept Suspected Bomb Near Northern Ireland Border
The Carrickmacross operation demonstrates the continuing requirement for cross-border intelligence, explosives expertise and careful public communication in countering dissident republican activity. Irish police have stopped a vehicle near Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, during an operation targeting dissident republican activity and called…
Guarding the Knowledge Frontier: Five Eyes Warn of China’s Expanding Human Intelligence Campaign
The latest security advisory jointly issued by the Five Eyes intelligence community is notable not because it reveals a new espionage technique, but because it illustrates how dramatically the battlefield of intelligence collection has shifted. Rather than clandestine meetings in…
Britain Faces a “Severe” Threat — But Starmer Won’t Say From Whom
The decision to raise Britain’s national threat level to “severe” — meaning an attack is now “highly likely” — should have been one of those moments demanding clarity, honesty, and resolve. Instead, what we have from Sir Keir Starmer’s government…
Paris Bomb Plot Foiled as Banks Shift to Remote Work Amid Security Fears
The recent failed bombing attempt in Paris has done more than trigger a short-term security response—it has quietly reopened a deeper, more uncomfortable question about what it means to live and work in a city where the threat of politically…
Counter Terrorism Officers Detain Trio in Intelligence Probe
In the early hours of this morning, counter terrorism officers moved quietly through addresses in London and Wales, executing a series of arrests that underline a growing and uneasy reality: the contest between Britain and hostile state actors is no…
ProtectEU: Inside Brussels’ Strategy to Prevent Terrorism
When the European Commission unveiled its new ProtectEU strategy on 26th February, it marked a notable moment in the bloc’s long and often cautious efforts to confront terrorism and violent extremism. The initiative, presented as a comprehensive agenda to prevent…
Wagner-Linked Recruiters Said to Target Europeans for Attacks Inside EU
Russia’s military intelligence agency is using parts of the Wagner network to recruit Europeans for sabotage operations inside the EU and wider NATO area, according to western intelligence officials cited by the Financial Times. The recruitment is described as outsourced:…
Europe’s Streets Are No Longer Safe – Internal Security Must Come First Again
Across the Continent, Europe’s once-placid boulevards, civic squares and national capitals are no longer the preserve of political deliberation alone. They have become theatres of escalating civil unrest — and the scale and frequency of these confrontations should trouble every…
Ukraine’s SBU claims drone strike on Russian “shadow fleet” tanker in Mediterranean Sea
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) says it has struck a Russian “shadow fleet” oil tanker in neutral waters of the Mediterranean Sea, describing the operation as its first such attack in the region and the longest-range maritime strike publicly attributed to…
Australia’s Bondi Beach carnage should force a reckoning not just with antisemitism, but its sources
On Sunday evening, an Australian summer celebration on Bondi Beach was transformed into a scene of unspeakable horror. As families gathered at Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach for the first night of Hanukkah — a Jewish festival of light, hope and…