🇧🇫 #BurkinaFaso: Officer cadets from the Georges Namoano Military Academy undergoing drone and specialized combat training with the Special and Rapid Intervention Brigade (BSIR), as Burkina Faso continues to modernize its armed forces.

🇺🇸 #US: Footage showing the testing of an US-made Hornet kamikaze drone being carried out in the sky by the use of a balloon. The purpose of the test was to reportedly find ways in launching the drone at high altitudes and for longer distances (in this case, 42 KM of distance) while preserving the drone's battery life.

🇹🇼 #Taiwan: Footage from last week shows live-fire drills in Kinmen, simulating the defence of a beach against incoming forces conducting a boat assault. The exercise focused on responding to landing craft approaching the shoreline in a mock attack scenario. (via @Focus_Taiwan on X)

🇷🇺 #Russia: The Russian MoD has released footage from ongoing nuclear exercises. The training includes forces practising "high levels of combat readiness" and procedures related to the use of nuclear weapons. The footage shows personnel handling and moving nuclear warheads for Iskander-M missile systems as part of simulated preparation for missile deployment. The exercises are taking place over three days across Russia and Belarus and began on Tuesday. According to the Defence Ministry, the drills involve about 64.000 personnel, more than 200 missile launchers, 140 aircraft, 73 naval vessels, and 13 submarines. The training also includes procedures involving tactical nuclear weapons based in Belarus. (via @Archer83Able on X)

🇺🇸 #US: The suspects behind yesterday’s shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego have been identified as 17-year-old Cain Clark and 18-year-old Caleb Velasquez. The two livestreamed the attack, during which three people were killed. The shooters later on killed themselves in a car. Screenshots from the livestream (recorded by what is believe to be a currently at-large accomplice) during a Discord call show the attackers wearing Atomwaffen Division patches. Atomwaffen is a now defunct militant neo-Nazi accelerationist organisation that kickstarted a new wave of far-right occultist ideology. The San Diego shooters also wrote extremist slogans on their weapons, including "Race War Now", a phrase commonly associated with neo-Nazi accelerationist movements. The suspects were also wearing flecktarn camouflage and half-skull masks, imagery which was designated as a defacto uniform by Atomwatten Division. In a manifesto written by Velasquez and published online prior to the attack, the pair referred to themselves as "Sons of Tarrant", a refference to Brenton Tarrant, the perpetrator of the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings in New Zealand. They praised him as a "saint" alongside other mass shooters who they cited as inspiration for their racist attack.

🇺🇸 #US - 🇳🇬 #Nigeria: US Africa Command has released footage showing several airstrikes carried out yesterday in coordination with the Nigerian military against Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) targets in northern Nigeria. According to reports, the strikes killed several senior ISWAP figures in addition to the group’s leader Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, including a senior media production official reportedly responsible for propaganda operations, as well as other high-ranking commanders.

🇲🇽 #Mexico: Helmet camera footage shows Mexican Army infantry conducting an air assault operation after deploying from a helicopter to locate and raid a clandestine laboratory allegedly used for the production of synthetic drugs. During the operation, troops can be seen securing the area and inspecting equipment and materials believed to be linked to narcotics manufacturing. (via @SEMAR_mx on X)

🇧🇴 #Bolivia: Members of the indigenous "Ponchos Rojos" movement have threatened an armed uprising against President Rodrigo Paz amid Bolivia’s worsening economic and fuel crisis and the ongoing nationwide unrest. The group, historically linked to Aymara mobilizations and allied sectors supporting former president Evo Morales, appeared in recent footage carrying weapons and calling for what they described as a "civil war" against the government. (via @armapedia on TG)

🇻🇳 #Vietnam: The Vietnamese military has showcased a prototype unmanned suicide boat reportedly assembled from commercially available off-the-shelf components and fitted with a B41 warhead, a locally produced variant of the RPG-7. The small naval drone appears to be remotely operated using a standard controller and is reportedly intended for operations in rivers, lakes, and other calmer waterways. (via @AnnQuann on X)

🇦🇫 #Afghanistan: Footage reportedly shows an alleged Taliban “commando unit” conducting drills while using US-made equipment, including M4A1 carbines, and rappelling from a US-made Black Hawk helicopter. (via @war_noir)

🇺🇸 #US: A reported active shooter incident occurred at the Islamic Center of San Diego moments ago. San Diego Police have stated that the situation remains “active but contained”. There are also reports of at least one person killed in the shooting, which according to the chairman of the mosque, was a security guard who was on duty at the time of the shooting. (via CNN & nbcsandiego)

🇾🇪 #Yemen: A Yemeni arms dealer has posted footage on his Facebook account showing tests of various weapons he reportedly has for sale against a dummy wearing a Real Madrid football shirt. The "ballistic protection" of the dummy was described as a mix of 12 mm glass panels combined with silicone material.

🇵🇸 #Palestine - 🇮🇱 #Israel: Israel’s Navy reportedly boarded and seized at least 28 flotilla boats in the eastern Mediterranean earlier today as they attempted to transport food, baby formula, and medical supplies to Gaza in an effort to break the Israeli maritime blockade. Live footage from one of the vessels shows IDF troops boarding the boats during the operation. The incident comes despite the ceasefire agreement reached in October, which included guarantees of increased humanitarian aid into Gaza, while Palestinians and international aid organizations continue to say that supplies reaching the enclave remain insufficient amid ongoing Israeli strikes, including attacks targeting civilians and charity kitchens across the territory.

🇮🇷 #Iran: Iranian state television aired multiple studio segments showing presenters and guests handling assault rifles, while one live broadcast showed what appeared to be an officer of the IRGC Ground Forces teaching audience members how to operate and fire an AK-pattern rifle. The programs aired amid tensions involving Iran, the US, and Israel, with some so called media analysts interpreting the segments as symbolic wartime mobilization or civil defence messaging. (via @war_noir)

🇾🇪 #Yemen - 🇺🇸 #US: The Houthis have claimed to have shot down a US MQ-9 Reaper drone over Yemen’s Marib province. Footage released by the group allegedly shows the burning wreckage of the drone, along with debris believed to be from a surface-to-air missile reportedly used to bring it down.

🇵🇸 #Palestine - 🇮🇱 #Israel: Five Palestinians were killed and several others wounded earlier today during Israeli airstrikes targeting a Turkish charity soup kitchen in Deir al-Balah near Al-Aqsa Hospital. The strikes come a day after Israeli forces opened fire on civilians near the Abu Hamid roundabout in Khan Younis, while indiscrimante artillery shelling was also reported in the city’s eastern areas. (via @MosabAbuToha on X)

🇱🇧 #Lebanon - 🇮🇱 #Israel: Hezbollah has released footage allegedly showing a fiber-optic-guided drone operated by its militants striking IDF soldiers in the Al-Naqoura area. (via @war_noir)

🇺🇦 #Ukraine - 🇷🇺 #Russia: Ukraine has launched reportedly one of the largest drone attacks of the war overnight towards Russia, with more than 500 drones launched across the country, including over 100 targeting the Moscow region alone. According to reports, strikes targeted the Moscow oil refinery, the Elma microelectronics technology park in Zelenograd, and a fuel facility near Solnechnogorsk. As a result of the strikes, Moscow’s four main airports temporarily suspended flights, while residential areas across Khimki, Mytishchi, and Krasnogorsk also reported damage from drone strikes and falling air defense debris. At least three civilians were reportedly killed. (via @wartranslated)

🇺🇸 #US - 🇳🇬 #Nigeria: Senior Islamic State commander Abu-Bilal al-Minuki was reportedly killed alongside several of his lieutenants during a joint US - Nigerian raid in the Lake Chad Basin. According to Nigerian authorities, the operation followed months of intelligence gathering and reconnaissance targeting militant activity in the region, which is a long-standing stronghold of Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). No casualties among US or Nigerian forces were reported during the raid. (via BBC)

🇮🇹 #Italy: A man rammed his car into pedestrians earlier today in Modena before crashing into a nearby store. After exiting the vehicle, the suspect stabbed another person who attempted to stop him before fleeing the scene. Police later arrested the suspect. According to reports, up to eight people were injured in the incident, while authorities have not yet publicly released a motive.