Next target Mexico? After Venezuela op and Greenland threat, Trump eyes ‘drug cartels’; warns of land strikes

After, Venezuelan military op and threatening Greenland and Columbia, US President Donald Trump now seems to turn his attention to Mexico, to target drug cartels, following maritime attacks in the eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea.“We are going to start now hitting land with regard to the cartels. The cartels are running Mexico,” said Trump […]

‘Breaking free from rules’: Macron criticises ally US for Maduro capture, Greenland threat; calls global institutions ‘ineffective’

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech to French ambassadors Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, Pool) French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday warned that the United States is “breaking free from international rules,” offering some of the strongest criticism yet of Washington’s policies under the second Trump […]

Nationwide protest threat: Pakistani traders announce strike if POS machines are enforced; government urged to reconsider tax policies

Pakistan traders threaten countrywide shutdown over mandatory billing machines ISLAMABAD: Traders across Pakistan have threatened a nationwide shutdown on January 16 if the government does not withdraw its decision to make the installation of Point of Sale (POS) machines mandatory, warning that the move would further burden small businesses and open new avenues for harassment […]

Church scare in Singapore: Indian-origin man charged over threat; to sit for psychiatric test

Representative image (AI-generated) An Indian-origin Singaporean man was charged on Monday with making a false terrorist threat at a church, prompting all services to be cancelled on Sunday.Kokulananthan Mohan, 26, was charged under Regulation 8(2)(a) of the United Nations (Anti-terrorism Measures) Regulations after a suspicious item was found at St Joseph’s Church in the Upper […]

Bishnoi gang’s threat a new normal in Ontario: Indian-origin brothers in Canada allege they received ‘last warning to pay $2 million’

Ontario brothers Ranbir Singh Mand and his brother Dharmjit complained that they had been receiving threats allegedly from a member of India’s Lawrence Bishnoi gang. In an interview with Global News, Ranbir said it’s a new normal now in several parts of Ontario. The brother told Global News that the extortionist accused them of selling […]

‘Police underprepared, civilian required to neutralise threat’: Witnesses reveal shocking details as Bondi Beach shooting toll rises to 16

The death toll from the Bondi Beach shooting in Sydney has risen to 16, including a child, as survivors reveal harrowing details of the attack and question the ‘underprepared’ police response, reports the Daily Mail. The massacre on Sunday targeted a Hanukkah festival full of Jews and is being treated as an act of terrorism. […]

Denmark intel report warns of US military threat under Trump

COPENHAGEN: The US is using its economic power to “assert its will” and threaten military force against friend and foe alike, a Danish intelligence agency said in a new report. The Danish Defense Intelligence Service said Washington’s greater assertiveness under the Trump administration also comes as China and Russia seek to diminish Western, especially US’, […]

Kash Patel ‘furious’ as SWAT team leaves his girlfriend Alexis Wilkins at a performance after ‘no threat’ assessment

Kash Patel was furious when the SWAT team meant for his girlfriend’s security left her in the middle of an event. FBI director Kash Patel was reportedly furious when he found out that the SWAT team that he assigned for his girlfriend Alexis Wilkins’ security left her when she was performing at a convention. The […]

Hegseth meets Nigerian NSA: Pentagon talks follow Trump’s ‘guns-a-blazing’ threat; tensions rise

US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (Photo credit: AP) US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine planned to held a closed-door meeting with Nigeria’s National security adviser Mallam Nuhu Ribadu at the Pentagon on Thursday evening, amid tensions sparked by President Donald Trump’s threat to send American troops into […]

‘Islamist terrorism is the greatest threat to United States’: DNI Tulsi Gabbard warns of ‘rising extremism’ | World News

The USA’s Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard says Islamist terrorism remains the most serious threat facing the United States today. In an interview with ABC, published on 15 November 2025, she warned that the threat has evolved from large, organised groups abroad to include lone-wolf attackers radicalised online. She said the lessons she learned […]