Security

by Susan Katz Keating After saying that Putin does know what’s happening in Ukraine, the Kremlin on Thursday made another unusual statement, this time saying no one tried to kill the Russian president this week. Reports emerged Sept. 14 on Telegram that Putin’s convoy was attacked while en route through …

Many Afghans who fled their native country after the Taliban seized power saw Turkey as a safe haven in their road to escape persecution and violence. But Turkish security forces have been accused of using live ammunition and physical force to keep Afghans from entering. Those who do succeed often …

On the anniversary of that day when the world turned upside down… We here at Soldier of Fortune remember what it was like to be secure – and to have that peace disrupted. We are proud of how America rallied to fight back against evil. So many of you here …

The United States Navy again thwarted Iran from stealing military sail drones at sea, officials said.  The incident in the Red Sea, after an earlier one in the Gulf, was the latest reminder of U.S.-Iran military tensions. They follow exchanges of fire last week between U.S. troops and Iran-backed groups …

Two Colorado communities faced tragedy in December 2021 when a gunman opened fire in both cities, killing five and injuring others. Among those injured was a Lakewood Police Agent. The gutsy officer Ashley Ferris was shot in the belly and lost the use of one leg – and even so, …

A regional head of Ukraine’s SBU intelligence service has been found dead at his home in central Ukraine, the Prosecutor-General’s Office said on Aug. 21. Oleksandr Nakonechny was found by his wife with gunshot wounds in a room of their apartment in the city of Kropyvnytskiy late on Aug. 20 after she …

Somali federal police said Sunday that security forces had ended the Mogadishu hotel siege by the al-Qaida-affiliated militant group al-Shabab after nearly 30 hours of operations. Officials say more than 20 people were killed in the attack.At a press conference in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, Sunday, Somali police chief General Abdi …

A federal jury this month convicted a former Twitter manager of acting as an undisclosed foreign agent for Saudi Arabia, and also of conspiracy, wire fraud, international money laundering, and falsification of records in a federal investigation. Ahmad Abouammo, 44, was accused of taking bribes in exchange for sending Saudi …

The firestorm surrounding the FBI raid on former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago compound continued into Friday, following a newspaper report that federal agents had searched the property for documents concerning nuclear weapons. In addition to sending shockwaves through an already reeling political world, the report prompted questions from those who …

by Susan Katz Keating The FBI raid on former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago compound has created an unsurprising firestorm, bringing outrage or glee from various opposing camps. So far, the raid has produced only speculation. The warrant that allowed more than 30 federal agents to search the Florida estate on …