The ISIS massacre in eastern Congo reveals critical weaknesses in both local and global security architecture, as terrorist networks exploit fragile states and outpace failed counterterrorism strategies.

The U.S. designation of Venezuela’s Cartel de los Soles as a global terrorist organization exposes a criminal-terrorist-state network led by Maduro, supported by Russia and China, and driving escalating threats to U.S. and hemispheric security.

The growing trend of armed individuals confronting demonstrators at U.S. protests exposes critical gaps in planning and security that, if left unaddressed, could culminate in mass casualties.

A major ICE operation arrested 11 Iranian nationals with suspected terror ties, highlighting persistent immigration vulnerabilities and a 655% spike in U.S. terrorism-related arrests amid warnings of sleeper cell activity.

Escalating fighting between Thailand and Cambodia is destabilizing Southeast Asia, driving mass displacement, threatening a coup in Bangkok, and exposing Western and regional interests to new strategic, operational, and humanitarian risks.

The Lorain ambush underscores the persistent, unpredictable, and highly lethal nature of targeted violence against police, regardless of prior warning signs or community crime trends.