Report: ‘Mumbai bomber’ entered Europe as part of ISIL plot
A veteran bomb-maker from Pakistan was among the terrorists who slipped into Europe as part of an Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) plot to launch widespread attacks (more…)
Top China leaders, 16,300 firms implicated in ‘Panama papers’
The Panama-registered international tax haven law firm Mossack Fonseca has the largest client list from China, according to an extraordinary leaked cache of documents currently under review by journalists (more…)
The second nuclear age: Brussels and the expanding terror threat
By Jack Caravelli The attacks in Brussels are another reminder that while some progress has been made in taking territory in Iraq and Syria from ISIL, the terrorist threat (more…)
N. Korean artillery rocket launchers seen posing ‘real threat’ to Seoul
By Dr. Jong-Heon Lee SEOUL — North Korea is nearing deployment of short-range artillery rockets near the inter-Korean border, which would pose a “real threat” to the Seoul metropolitan (more…)
Number of ISIL jihadists in Libya expanded dramatically in past year
ISIL now has up to 6,500 jihadists in Libya, according to the Lexington Institute, which said the terror organizations had fewer than 1,000 followers in Libya last year. (FULL (more…)
U.S. to fly daily over South China Sea, militarized Chinese ‘islands’
The United States Air Force will conduct daily flights over the South China Sea despite China’s vigorous objection, said Gen. Lori Robinson in Canberra, Australia on March 8. (FULL (more…)
U.S. intel: Al Qaida staging a comeback, still ‘a serious threat’
Al Qaida, overshadowed for the past few years by Islamic State of Iraq of Levant (ISIL), is increasing its number of attacks and claiming territory, analysts and U.S. intelligence (more…)
Game changer: N Korea’s nuke, rocket tests get strategic reaction
The recent nuclear gambit by Pyongyang has fundamentally changed the geopolitical realignment in Northeast Asia, re-drawing the line of alliances and raising for the first time the prospect of (more…)
Iran nuclear deal, U.S. retreat leads to change in strategic balance
Iran’s infusion of cash after the lifting of international sanctions is likely to trigger an arms race that will change the strategic balance in the region, a London-based think (more…)