The US military has moved its Typhon launchers – which can fire multipurpose missiles up to thousands of kilometres – from Laoag airfield in the Philippines to another location on the island of Luzon, a senior Philippine government source said. The Tomahawk cruise missiles in the launchers can hit targets in both China and Russia from the Philippines ; the SM-6 missiles it also carries can strike air or sea targets more than 200km (165 miles) away. The senior Philippine government source said the redeployment would help determine where and how fast the missile battery could be moved to a new firing position. That mobility is seen as a way to make them more survivable during a conflict. Satellite images showed the batteries and their associated gear being loaded onto
Category Archives: SECURITY
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NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 23 – The third contingent of National Police Service (NPS) officers deployed to Haiti as part of the Multinational Security Support Mission has begun post-deployment training to enhance their readiness and effectiveness in addressing local security challenges. Speaking about the initiative, Superintendent Charles Otieno, Director of Training at the Multinational Security Support (MSS), emphasized that In-Theatre Training is a vital follow-up to Pre-Deployment Training (PDT). He explained that the training is designed to familiarize officers with the unique demands of their mission and clarify their roles. “Back home, we usually deal with banditry and terrorism, but here in the Caribbean, the major challenge is gang-related threats. We must prepare our officers for the dynamics of local security challenges and the specific security threats they face,” Superintendent Otieno
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Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials says president sought to ‘disrupt the constitutional order’. South Korea’s anticorruption agency has recommended that President Yoon Suk-yeol be charged with insurrection and abuse of power following a probe into the impeached leader’s short-lived martial law declaration. The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) said on Thursday that it requested prosecutors to file the charges after finding that Yoon had suspended civil rule with “the intent to exclude state authority or disrupt the constitutional order”. Following the CIO’s transfer of the case, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office will have 11 days to decide whether to charge Yoon and send him to trial. Yoon, who has been suspended from his duties since a December 14 impeachment vote by the National Assembly, was arrested
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An explosive new wildfire erupted north of Los Angeles on Wednesday, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate their homes and setting nerves jangling in an area still reeling from two deadly blazes. Ferocious flames devoured hillsides near Castaic Lake, spreading rapidly to cover more than 3,800 hectares (9,400 acres) in just a few hours. The fire was fanned by strong, dry Santa Ana winds racing through the area, pushing a vast pall of smoke and embers ahead of the firefront. Evacuations were ordered for 31,000 people around the lake, which sits 56km (35 miles) north of Los Angeles, and close to the city of Santa Clarita. A helicopter drops water on the Hughes Fire. Photo: AP “I’m just praying that our house doesn’t burn down,” one man told
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A 33-year-old man has been arrested for the murder of Neo Ntamane and the attempted murder of his mother in Tshiame B, near Harrismith. The Free State police have made a breakthrough by arresting a wanted suspect linked to the August 2024 shooting of a mother and her 27-year-old son in their home near Harrismith. The South African Police Service (Saps) public order police unit arrested a 33-year-old suspect for murder and attempted murder. The wanted suspect was arrested on Monday in Harrismith after the community provided information about the alleged murder of Neo Ntamane and the attempted murder of his mother, Ntsebeng Mokhethi-Ntamane, 52, on 11 August 2024. Free State police spokesperson Warrant Officer Mmako Mophiring said the mother and son were both shot in their home in Tshiame
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The cause of the fire incidents is undetermined. For illustration: Photo: iStock A 26-year-old woman and a two-year-old baby has died in a shack fire in Soweto. Johannesburg Emergency Services (EMS) spokesperson Xolile Khumalo said the blaze broke in Diepsloot, extension 1 on Tuesday. Shack fire “Incidents like this occur throughout the year, more prevalent in winter. This does not imply that incidents do not take place in summer. EMS firefighters responded to a fire incident in Diepsloot where unfortunately a two-year-old baby succumbed to fire-related injuries and a woman. The case was handed to Diepsloot police station. “EMS continues to implore the residents of Johannesburg to ensure that all electrical appliances are switched-off after use,” Khumalo said. ALSO READ: Fire guts student accommodation building in Sunnyside, Tshwane Precautions Khumalo
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Currently, with Trump inaugurating his second term, prioritizing the CIA’s challenges regarding Iran is crucial. By ERFAN FARD JANUARY 21, 2025 11:24 U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s expected nominee for CIA Director John Ratcliffe appears for a Senate Intelligence confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on January 15, 2025 in Washington, DC (photo credit: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Approximately 1-2 hours following Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 47th President of the United States, the Senate Intelligence Committee appointed John Ratcliffe as the CIA Director. He is tasked with leading the world’s foremost intelligence and espionage organizations during this particularly critical period. Unlike some former CIA directors who for mere thousands of dollars would disgrace themselves by attending fanatical Islamic terrorism events such as those hosted by the MEK, exchanging integrity for money, Ratcliffe
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The Zambia Police Service is investigating a shocking murder case in Garden Compound involving the skeletal remains of a man, Mr. George Kalaba, aged 51, who was discovered dead inside his home after being missing for over two years. The case was initially reported on January 14, 2025, at around 16:30 hours by Mr. Emmanuel Kalaba, aged 55, of Chelstone Extension. Mr. Kalaba informed police at the Garden Police Post that his brother’s wife, Mrs. Sylvia Mutoba Kalaba, aged 51, had repeatedly denied him and other family members access to his younger brother between July 2023 and January 2025. According to Mr. Kalaba, his suspicions grew when he visited the residence early that morning and found it locked. A tenant at the premises revealed that they had not seen Mr.
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A verdict by Japan ’s top court in a case involving a group of South Koreans who sought to have their relatives’ names removed from the highly controversial Yasukuni shrine has reopened wounds of Tokyo’s colonial rule over the Korean peninsula. In a final ruling on Friday, the Supreme Court in Tokyo said the names could not be removed from Yasukuni as the plaintiffs’ relatives were Japanese nationals. The case was originally filed in 2013 by 27 South Koreans whose relatives had died fighting for Japan during World War II . Speaking outside the court in Tokyo on the same day, Yonhap News quoted Park Nam-soon, one of the plaintiffs, as saying: “I am completely at a loss and dumbfounded. I do not know what to say.” Park said her
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Two senior Iranian judges have been shot dead in an apparent assassination in the country’s supreme court. Ali Razini and Mohammad Moghiseh were killed after an armed man entered the court, in the capital Tehran, on Saturday morning. The attacker is said to have then killed themselves while fleeing the scene, according to the judiciary’s news website, Mizan. A bodyguard was also injured in the attack. The motive for the attack is unclear, but both judges are said to have played a role in the persecution and killing of opponents of the Islamic regime throughout the 1980s and 1990s. In a statement to state news agency IRNA, the judiciary’s media office described the attack as premeditated assassination. It also said that, according to initial findings, the attacker had not been
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The US State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Zambia for Bell 412 helicopters at an estimated cost of US$100 million. Zambia has asked to buy the medium-lift transport helicopter primarily to conduct peacekeeping, regional security, humanitarian aid and disaster response missions over long distances and in all weather conditions. The contract also includes requests for qualification and transition training for pilots and maintainers, ground support equipment and contractor field support. The purchase of the helicopters would be facilitated by a combination of foreign military funds and Zambian national funds, according to the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA). Bell will be the principal contract for the sale, based in Fort Worth, Texas. The sale will also, according to the DSCA, help to “improve the security
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Humberside Police Officers found £800,000-worth of cannabis plants and £100,000-worth of equipment in the building Two men are in custody after a cannabis grow worth an estimated £800,000 was found in a vacant building. Humberside Police was called to reports of the suspected cannabis grow on Bull Ring Lane, Grimsby, on 14 January. The plants and £100,000-worth of equipment were found. The men, aged 33 and 48, have been charged with production of a Class B drug and illegally abstracting electricity. Following a hearing at Grimsby Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, they were remanded into custody ahead of a pre-trial hearing at Grimsby Crown Court on 17 February. Listen to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds , watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you
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“This plan was developed and negotiated by my team and will largely be implemented by the incoming administration,” Biden said. By HANNAH SARISOHN JANUARY 16, 2025 03:44 US President Joe Biden delivers his farewell address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 15, 2025. (photo credit: MANDEL NGAN/POOL VIA REUTERS) President Biden began his farewell address on Wednesday night by taking credit for his administration’s “nonstop negotiations” over the past eight months that led to the ceasefire and hostage agreement between Israel and Hamas. As of Wednesday morning, it was uncertain that Biden would be able to speak of the finalized deal from behind the Resolute desk in his final address to the nation. “This plan was developed and negotiated by
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More than two weeks since Jeju Air Flight 2216 crashed at South Korea ’s Muan International Airport, grieving families of the 179 people killed in the disaster face another hurdle – online hate. Since the December 29 crash, social media and online communities had been filled with hateful comments and disinformation about the victims and their families, The Korea Herald reported. Comments included how families were “delighted” about receiving compensation from the government, with a man in his thirties being arrested for saying that those who lost multiple loved ones “must be thrilled” about getting the money. Jeju Air has said it will commit to fully supporting the funeral expenses of those who died in the crash, but has yet to disclose the amount of compensation for the victims’ families.
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Taiwan’s military is grappling with a personnel shortage as a growing number of volunteer soldiers and officers opt for early discharge, despite the financial penalties. In 2020, 401 personnel applied for early discharge, having agreed to pay the fees to leave. Last year, that figure rocketed to 1,565 personnel, according to figures obtained through a legislative query submitted to the island’s cabinet last week. Taiwan’s volunteer soldiers are expected to be the main fighting force in a conflict because they receive more extensive training compared to the mandatory military service force, which has a set service duration of one year. Wan Mei-ling, a legislator from the main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) party, called the trend “alarming”. She warned that the ongoing personnel shortages risked undermining Taiwan’s defences amid escalating military threats