Dilitas Weekly International Security Review

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The threat to the UK from International Terrorism is?SUBSTANTIAL

The threat to Great Britain from Irish Republican Terrorism is?SUBSTANTIAL

Threat levels are designed to give a broad indication of the likelihood of a terrorist attack.

LOW means an attack is unlikely

MODERATE means an attack is possible, but not likely

SUBSTANTIAL means an attack is a strong possibility

SEVERE means an attack is highly likely

CRITICAL means an attack is expected imminently

AFRICA

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has urged security forces in the country to be ‘’more pro-active’’ following the killing of more than 60 members of vigilante groups by gunmen in the north-west of the country.

Gunmen in north-western Nigeria have shot dead several members of the security forces, a day after dozens of local self defence volunteers were killed in the same area.

Mauritania's foreign ministry has accused Mali's army of crimes against its nationals after dozens of protesters said their fellow countrymen had been killed "in cold blood".

France's army said Monday that its anti-jihadist force in Mali had killed Yahia Djouadi, a "senior leader" of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) responsible for finance and logistics.

At least two soldiers and two United Nations peacekeepers were killed in separate attacks in Mali on Monday, the army and the U.N. mission said.

The Ethiopian government says it will take action against people seen in a video burning a man alive.

At least 750 civilians were killed in the northern Afar and Amhara regions in the second half of last year, Ethiopia's human rights body says.

At least 17 people have died and dozens injured in an attack in Jebel Moon in Sudan's troubled Darfur region. It is being blamed on a militia group, local sources report. Four villages were also burned down.

Ukraine plans to recall all its troops and equipment, including helicopters, from UN peacekeeping missions in Africa and Europe to help in the fight against Russian troops.

Campaign group Human Rights Watch says security forces in Chad killed at least 13 people and injured more than 80 others as they violently dispersed thousands of protesters in the east of the country.

Police in South Africa are on high alert in Johannesburg's Alexandra Township following clashes between local residents and migrants from other African countries.

Egypt has this week executed seven people convicted of carrying out Islamist attacks, human rights groups say.

Nigeria's drugs agency has seized three million capsules of opioids, it said on Friday.

A prosecutor in Guinea has ordered the seizure of the assets of two Guinean businessmen of Lebanese descent who have been accused of being linked to funding militant group Hezbollah.

Nigerian airlines hit hard by fuel shortages.

The US state department has banned flamboyant Kenyan politician Mike Sonko and his family from travelling to the US over allegations of corruption while in office.

ASIA

The US says N Korea recently tested parts of a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) system, in what it called a "serious escalation".

China has sought to keep a diplomatic distance from the war in Ukraine, choosing to abstain in a UN vote condemning Russia's invasion. It is also making concerted efforts to stifle strong views about the conflict on Chinese social-media platforms.

India says it accidentally fired a missile into Pakistan on Wednesday, blaming the incident on a "technical malfunction" during routine maintenance.

EUROPE

Ukraine says up to 30 Russian missiles were fired at a military training base at Yavoriv, near the border of Nato member Poland. They say nine people were killed and 57 injured in the attack. The facility is used for training with Nato instructors

The airport near the western city of Ivano-Frankivsk has also been hit

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claims that 1,300 Ukrainian troops have died in the conflict so far

Moldova's PM Natalia Gavrili?a tells the BBC the country needs help to cope with the influx of refugees from Ukraine

People in Mariupol are said to be enduring freezing temperatures with no power, and little food and water, as Russian troops make gains in taking the city

Ukraine also claims Russian troops fired on a convoy of women and children evacuating a village near Kyiv, killing seven - Moscow has yet to comment

Residents in the Ukrainian city of Melitopol have come out to protest against the alleged abduction of the mayor by Russian forces.

A maternity hospital in the southern port city of Mariupol has been hit by a Russian air strike, Ukraine says.

The Lavrion (Laurium) refugee camp in Greece has turned into a base for PKK terrorists, according to recent footage obtained from the area.

MIDDLE EAST

Anti-terrorist units arrested an ISIS leader in the northern Syrian city of Manbij on Friday, local security officials said.

The Islamic State (IS) group has named a new leader after confirming the death of Abu Ibrahim al-Qurayshi. An audio message posted online said Abu al-Hassan al-Hashemi al-Qurayshi was now "caliph", without providing any further details about his identity.

A Saudi man accused of being the "20th hijacker" in the 9/11 attacks has been released from detention at Guantanamo Bay, the US defence department says. Mohammed al-Qahtani, 46, was repatriated to Saudi Arabia after a review board determined that he no longer posed a "significant threat".

Saudi Arabia says it executed 81 men on Saturday - more than during the whole of last year.

Two Yemeni-American women held in Yemen have been freed in a mission by US and Saudi special forces, a Saudi official has said.

Ericsson has been told it breached a deal with US prosecutors by withholding information about possible payments to the Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq.

UK

The UK has sent six more plane-loads of medical aid and equipment to Ukraine, as Health Secretary Sajid Javid accused Russia of war crimes in attacking medical facilities.

Firefighters in Greater Manchester and London will be given bullet proof vests, first aid equipment and training on how to deal with terrorist attacks.

A partially exploded pipe bomb has been recovered following a security alert in Londonderry [last] Sunday

A British soldier has gone absent without leave and may be trying to head to Ukraine, an Army source has [said].

A Police Service of Northern Ireland officer has been suspended pending an investigation into claims that they took and shared an image of a corpse.

THE AMERICAS

The United States has condemned reports that Moscow may seize the assets of businesses which have stopped operating in Russia over the invasion of Ukraine.

US President Joe Biden has announced a ban on imports of Russian diamonds, seafood and vodka in the latest response to Russia's war in Ukraine.

At least 26 people were injured when violence broke out among the crowd at a top-flight match in Mexico.

US Border Patrol agents found dozens of horned lizards and snakes hidden in a man's clothing as he crossed into the US from Mexico last month.

CYBER/CRYPTO/HACKING

Army of thousands of hackers threatens Russia with constant attacks.

Anonymous and other cyberactivist groups are trying to sabotage Russian infrastructure to interfere with Moscow’s role in the war. Hacking groups such as Anonymous and the Cyber Partisans have claimed responsibility for cyberattacks on Russia’s banks, state broadcaster RT, and a Belarusian rail network reportedly used to move troops from Russia to Ukraine.

Efforts to disrupt the operations of company websites in Russia have jumped in March, a cybersecurity firm said on Friday, with the number of distributed denials of service (DDoS) attacks already exceeding those for the whole of February. Russian government entities and state-owned companies have been targeted over events in Ukraine, with the websites of the Kremlin, flagship carrier Aeroflot (AFLT.MM ) and major lender Sberbank (SBER.MM ) among those to have seen outages or temporary access issues.

Crypto-currency trading platform Coinbase has blocked 25,000 wallet addresses related to Russia.

All UK crypto-currency cash machines (ATMs) are operating illegally and must be shut down, the Financial Conduct Authority has announced.

A Norwegian computer expert has created a website enabling anyone to send an email about the war in Ukraine to up to 150 Russian email addresses at a time, so that Russian people have a chance to hear the truth their government is hiding.

Russia's state media watchdog Roskomnadzor says Instagram will be blocked in the country due to "calls for violence" against Russian soldiers.

The owner of Facebook and Instagram will allow users in some countries to call for violence against Vladimir Putin and Russian soldiers.

Twitter has removed two posts by the Russian embassy in London which claimed the bombing of a Ukrainian hospital by Russian forces had been faked.

Samsung said on Monday hackers breached its internal company data, gaining access to some source codes of Galaxy-branded devices like smartphones. Hacking group Lapsus$ claimed over the weekend via its Telegram channel that it has stolen 190 gigabytes of confidential Samsung source code.

Ubisoft experienced a “cyber security incident” last week that temporarily disrupted some games, systems, and services, the company reported Thursday. Ubisoft hasn’t said who might be responsible, but on Friday evening, the group who purportedly hacked Nvidia took credit.