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France’s RAID unit called up to the plate as protest flare up

France’s RAID unit called up to the plate as pr...

Mack Brosious

  France’s elite police force, the RAID, was deployed to the cities of Bordeaux, Lyon, Lille and Roubaix on Thursday night (06/29).   Protests are flaring up across the country...

France’s RAID unit called up to the plate as pr...

Mack Brosious

  France’s elite police force, the RAID, was deployed to the cities of Bordeaux, Lyon, Lille and Roubaix on Thursday night (06/29).   Protests are flaring up across the country...

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Americas Desk

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  • Texas Authorities Apprehend Six Chinese Nationals Among Group of Illegal Immigrants Near Eagle Pass

    Texas Authorities Apprehend Six Chinese Nationa...

    Maverick County, Texas — U.S. Border Patrol agents, working with Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers and a K-9 unit, apprehended nearly two dozen individuals attempting to evade detection...

    Texas Authorities Apprehend Six Chinese Nationa...

    Maverick County, Texas — U.S. Border Patrol agents, working with Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers and a K-9 unit, apprehended nearly two dozen individuals attempting to evade detection...

  • Virginia Judge Dismisses Charges Against Former Assistant Principal in 2023 School Shooting Case

    Virginia Judge Dismisses Charges Against Former...

    In January 2023, a 6-year-old boy brought a handgun to Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, and shot his first-grade teacher, Abigail Zwerner, in the classroom, wounding her in...

    Virginia Judge Dismisses Charges Against Former...

    In January 2023, a 6-year-old boy brought a handgun to Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, and shot his first-grade teacher, Abigail Zwerner, in the classroom, wounding her in...

  • U.S. Moves to Indict Former Cuban Leader Raúl Castro Over 1996 Plane Shootdown

    U.S. Moves to Indict Former Cuban Leader Raúl C...

    The U.S. is reportedly moving to indict former Cuban leader Raúl Castro over the 1996 shootdown of two civilian planes that killed four people, including Americans, according to reports citing...

    U.S. Moves to Indict Former Cuban Leader Raúl C...

    The U.S. is reportedly moving to indict former Cuban leader Raúl Castro over the 1996 shootdown of two civilian planes that killed four people, including Americans, according to reports citing...

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Asia/Oceania Desk

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  • China makes moves

    China makes moves

    China positions itself as a stabilizer in the Iran ceasefire, urging Hormuz reopening and negotiations ahead of Trump’s Beijing visit, avoiding military involvement.

    China makes moves

    China positions itself as a stabilizer in the Iran ceasefire, urging Hormuz reopening and negotiations ahead of Trump’s Beijing visit, avoiding military involvement.

  • Taiwan Faces Mounting Pressure as China Intensifies Military and Political Operations

    Taiwan Faces Mounting Pressure as China Intensi...

    Taiwan is facing sustained pressure from China as military activity, political messaging, and gray-zone tactics continue to define relations across the strait. The situation has added to concerns about regional...

    Taiwan Faces Mounting Pressure as China Intensi...

    Taiwan is facing sustained pressure from China as military activity, political messaging, and gray-zone tactics continue to define relations across the strait. The situation has added to concerns about regional...

  • Cambodia Faces Renewed Border Tensions as Dispute With Thailand Remains Unresolved

    Cambodia Faces Renewed Border Tensions as Dispu...

    Cambodia remains in a tense and uncertain security environment as the fallout from its border conflict with Thailand continues to shape conditions along the frontier. Reports of border closures, troop...

    Cambodia Faces Renewed Border Tensions as Dispu...

    Cambodia remains in a tense and uncertain security environment as the fallout from its border conflict with Thailand continues to shape conditions along the frontier. Reports of border closures, troop...

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Europe Desk

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  • Knife Attack in Belfast Sparks Riots Across Northern Ireland

    Knife Attack in Belfast Sparks Riots Across Nor...

    Belfast, Northern Ireland — A 30-year-old Sudanese national named Hadi Alodid has been charged with attempted murder following a knife attack in Belfast on June 8, 2026. According to authorities,...

    Knife Attack in Belfast Sparks Riots Across Nor...

    Belfast, Northern Ireland — A 30-year-old Sudanese national named Hadi Alodid has been charged with attempted murder following a knife attack in Belfast on June 8, 2026. According to authorities,...

  • Ukraine’s Last Eastern Stronghold Faces Renewed Pressure as Russia Eyes Donetsk

    Ukraine’s Last Eastern Stronghold Faces Renewed...

    Ukraine’s remaining fortified belt in Donetsk Oblast — centered on Sloviansk, Kramatorsk, Druzhkivka, and Kostiantynivka — has become one of the war’s most important defensive lines, and one of Russia’s...

    Ukraine’s Last Eastern Stronghold Faces Renewed...

    Ukraine’s remaining fortified belt in Donetsk Oblast — centered on Sloviansk, Kramatorsk, Druzhkivka, and Kostiantynivka — has become one of the war’s most important defensive lines, and one of Russia’s...

  • Spain revives push for a European Union army amid renewed NATO debate

    Spain revives push for a European Union army am...

    Spain’s call for a European Union army fits into a long-running debate about whether Europe should build a more independent defense structure alongside NATO. One historical reference point is the...

    Spain revives push for a European Union army am...

    Spain’s call for a European Union army fits into a long-running debate about whether Europe should build a more independent defense structure alongside NATO. One historical reference point is the...

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Middle East Desk

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  • Netanyahu Calls for End to Israel’s Reliance on U.S. Foreign Aid

    Netanyahu Calls for End to Israel’s Reliance on...

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said it is time for Israel to end its reliance on U.S. foreign aid, framing the move as part of a broader push for...

    Netanyahu Calls for End to Israel’s Reliance on...

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said it is time for Israel to end its reliance on U.S. foreign aid, framing the move as part of a broader push for...

  • Iran Conflict is there an end?

    Iran Conflict is there an end?

    The U.S.-Iran conflict, now in its third month, remains stalled with no resolution in sight, as Strait of Hormuz traffic halts and oil prices exceed $100 per barrel. Iran’s proposal...

    Iran Conflict is there an end?

    The U.S.-Iran conflict, now in its third month, remains stalled with no resolution in sight, as Strait of Hormuz traffic halts and oil prices exceed $100 per barrel. Iran’s proposal...

  • Lebanese Army Deploys to Secure Beirut Amid Escalation

    Lebanese Army Deploys to Secure Beirut Amid Esc...

    Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam ordered the army and security forces to tighten control over Beirut on April 9, 2026. The move restricts weapons possession to state forces only, following...

    Lebanese Army Deploys to Secure Beirut Amid Esc...

    Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam ordered the army and security forces to tighten control over Beirut on April 9, 2026. The move restricts weapons possession to state forces only, following...

  • Escalating Drone Threats Prompt NATO Exit from Iraq Amid U.S. Base Attacks

    Escalating Drone Threats Prompt NATO Exit from ...

    Baghdad, Iraq – Recent drone and rocket assaults on U.S. facilities near Baghdad International Airport have intensified security concerns, coinciding with NATO’s full withdrawal from Iraq.The Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center...

    Escalating Drone Threats Prompt NATO Exit from ...

    Baghdad, Iraq – Recent drone and rocket assaults on U.S. facilities near Baghdad International Airport have intensified security concerns, coinciding with NATO’s full withdrawal from Iraq.The Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center...

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Factions & Groups by Region

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  • Americas

    Americas

    Who: Mara Salvatrucha (MS‑13)  Founded: 1980s among Salvadoran migrants in Los Angeles  Region they operate: Central America, Mexico, and cities across the United States  Allies and enemies: Local alliances shift;...

    Americas

    Who: Mara Salvatrucha (MS‑13)  Founded: 1980s among Salvadoran migrants in Los Angeles  Region they operate: Central America, Mexico, and cities across the United States  Allies and enemies: Local alliances shift;...

  • Europe & Turkey

    Europe & Turkey

    Who: Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)  Founded: 1978 as a Kurdish Marxist‑inspired movement  Region they operate: Southeastern Turkey, northern Iraq, and diaspora communities in Europe  Allies and enemies: Connected to broader...

    Europe & Turkey

    Who: Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)  Founded: 1978 as a Kurdish Marxist‑inspired movement  Region they operate: Southeastern Turkey, northern Iraq, and diaspora communities in Europe  Allies and enemies: Connected to broader...

  • Southeast Asia

    Southeast Asia

    Who: Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)  Founded: Early 1990s in the southern Philippines  Region they operate: Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago, sometimes into Malaysia  Allies and enemies: Has had links to...

    Southeast Asia

    Who: Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)  Founded: Early 1990s in the southern Philippines  Region they operate: Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago, sometimes into Malaysia  Allies and enemies: Has had links to...

  • South Asia & Central Asia

    South Asia & Central Asia

    Who: Al-Qa‘ida in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS)  Founded: Announced in 2014 as Al‑Qaida’s South Asia branch  Region they operate: Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh  Allies and enemies: Loyal to Al‑Qaida...

    South Asia & Central Asia

    Who: Al-Qa‘ida in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS)  Founded: Announced in 2014 as Al‑Qaida’s South Asia branch  Region they operate: Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh  Allies and enemies: Loyal to Al‑Qaida...

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Other Players

  • Kurdish forces in Kurdistan

    Kurdish forces in Kurdistan

    Kurdish forces in Kurdistan operate across Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and Iran, split into key factions with autonomy goals amid regional tensions as of early 2026. Major groups like Peshmerga in...

    Kurdish forces in Kurdistan

    Kurdish forces in Kurdistan operate across Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and Iran, split into key factions with autonomy goals amid regional tensions as of early 2026. Major groups like Peshmerga in...

  • Sudanese Civil War

    Sudanese Civil War

    The ongoing civil war in Sudan erupted on April 15, 2023, from a power struggle between two military factions that had previously collaborated to overthrow longtime dictator Omar al-Bashir in...

    Sudanese Civil War

    The ongoing civil war in Sudan erupted on April 15, 2023, from a power struggle between two military factions that had previously collaborated to overthrow longtime dictator Omar al-Bashir in...

  • Freedom of Russia Legion (also known as the Free Russia Legion

    Freedom of Russia Legion (also known as the Fre...

    This paramilitary unit composed of Russian citizens who fight on the side of Ukraine against the Russian invasion and the regime of Vladimir Putin. Formed in March 2022 shortly after Russia’s...

    Freedom of Russia Legion (also known as the Fre...

    This paramilitary unit composed of Russian citizens who fight on the side of Ukraine against the Russian invasion and the regime of Vladimir Putin. Formed in March 2022 shortly after Russia’s...

  • China and Foreign Powers Shape Myanmar’s Fragmented Civil War

    China and Foreign Powers Shape Myanmar’s Fragme...

    China and several other states are shaping the trajectory of Myanmar’s civil war through calibrated engagement with both the military junta and an array of rebel and opposition actors. Their...

    China and Foreign Powers Shape Myanmar’s Fragme...

    China and several other states are shaping the trajectory of Myanmar’s civil war through calibrated engagement with both the military junta and an array of rebel and opposition actors. Their...

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