Security

by Mike Eckel, RFE/RL In late June 2019, a Russian man named Yury Orekhov met in a European hotel with a businessman representing a California-based company involved in consulting and logistics. Orekhov, the co-owner of a German industrial equipment and commodities trading company, told the businessman that he wanted to …

Officers from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office recently encountered Halloween decorations that were not what they seemed. Officials from the Eagle Pass CBP in Texas opened the gourds, and found them filled with $402,196 in liquid methamphetamine – stored inside condoms. “Our frontline CBP officers have seen just …

Two people carried out a terrorist attack on Saturday during a shooting training session at a military training ground in the Belgorod Region, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters. The attackers killed at least 11 eleven people, and wounded another 15, officials said. “On October 15, two citizens of a …

In a stark rebuke to the mullahs in Tehran, anti-regime protesters in Iran this week torched a billboard depicting slain IRGC Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani. Soleimani was killed Jan. 3, 2020 in a U.S. drone strike near Baghdad International Airport, and has been lionized by the regime as a …

Activists in Iran hacked into a live state television broadcast, airing an image of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the crosshairs, along with messages in support of continuing protests against the government’s strict hijab law requiring women to wear head scarves. Islamic Republic TV footage of Supreme Leader Ayatollah …

Two Russians who fled to Alaska in order to avoid Putin’s military draft can expect a phone call from Moscow’s agents in Washington, D.C. “The Russian Embassy in Washington is aware of the detention of two Russians by the authorities of the U.S. state of Alaska, the diplomats are going …

American forces killed a long-wanted Islamic State official who was hiding inside a village in Syria, security sources told Soldier of Fortune. The official was killed in the overnight hours in the course of a helicopter raid on the government-held village of Muluk Saray, in the northeastern province of Hasakeh. …

The United States’ newest and most advanced aircraft carrier has embarked on its first deployment to train with allies and patrol the high seas of the Atlantic amid increased tensions across the globe. The USS Gerald R. Ford began its deployment in the North Atlantic on Tuesday as the lead …

Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday blamed the United States and Israel for widespread protests following the death in police custody of a young woman last month. Khamenei said the protests are not the actions of “ordinary Iranians.” The protests, now in their third week, have been met …

The latest coup in Burkina Faso is not aimed at creating a showdown with the previous coup, the group’s new military leader said. “The fight we are engaged in is not about power,” said Captain Ibrahim Traore, the new leader. Traore made his comments this weekend while speaking to Voice …