TWO dead and several wounded in an explosion at Tarabunka Junction in Hodan District of the #Somalia‘s capital, #Mogadishu on Tuesday morning. Reports say the IED blast was targeted an army convoy in the area. Source report

FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Thursday that he remains worried about the potential for a large-scale attack planned or inspired by al-Qaida despite the killing of its top leader in a U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan last weekend. Both al-Qaida and the Islamic State as well as their affiliates “intend to carry out or…

Ayman al-Zawahiri’s death at the hands of a US drone strike has raised questions about who will replace him as the leader of al Qaeda. While the terrorist group is not short of contenders, its ranks are sparser and more geographically dispersed than 10 or 20 years ago. Here’s what we know about who could be…

The Bangladesh government has not asked for any specific information on the Swiss bank accounts of its citizens, according to Switzerland Ambassador to Bangladesh Nathalie Chuard. “We have provided the government all available information on how to reach an agreement on these matters, but no request has been submitted regarding particular funds,” she said at…

Myanmar’s military government has extended a state of emergency by 6 months, state media said Monday, with the junta chief saying elections could only take place when the conflict-wracked country was “stable and peaceful”. Min Aung Hlaing, who led last year’s coup, requested the military government to “allow him to serve for an additional 6…

A threat actor associated with the LockBit 3.0 ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation has been observed abusing the Windows Defender command-line tool to decrypt and load Cobalt Strike payloads. According to a report published by SentinelOne last week, the incident occurred after obtaining initial access via the Log4Shell vulnerability against an unpatched VMware Horizon Server. “Once initial access had been achieved,…