🇺🇸 #US: Footage shows shots ringing out near the White House as ABC correspondent Selina Wang was preparing to deliver a live report from the North Lawn. The journalists on scene were interrupted by a series of gunshots shortly after the broadcast began. Early reports indicate that up to 20 shots may have been fired within a short period of time. Journalists and media crews were reportedly escorted from the area to the White House press briefing room. (📹 via @selinawangtv on X)

🇮🇶 #Iraq: Footage showing several bases of the Kurdistan National Army (PAK) being attacked by four explosive drones earlier today, allegedly by Iran. Reports mention the bases which were targeted are in the vicinity of Darashakran in Erbil. (via @PAKenglishh)

🇪🇸 #Spain: Massive anti-government protests have erupted in Madrid, where tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered during the so-called “March for Dignity” to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez amid a series of corruption scandals. Protesters carried Spanish national flags and banners reading “Resignation of the Socialist Mafia” as crowds marched through the capital. The demonstrations also come after a Spanish court announced an investigation into former Socialist Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero over alleged influence-peddling and money laundering. At least seven police officers were injured in clashes with protesters according to officials. (via Reuters)

🇺🇦 #Ukraine - 🇷🇺 #Russia: Footage shows a custom GTA V mod reportedly being used by the Ukrainian military to help train drone operators, including simulations involving the interception of Russian Shahed drones. (via @wartranslated)

🇧🇴 #Bolivia: An armed group calling itself the “Warriors of the Ayllus” in Oruro has released footage on social media declaring war to the current Bolivian government amid the country’s ongoing political and economic crisis. Amid the recent surge of this kind of videos from such groups, Bolivia’s Ministry of Defence released a statement expressing "concern" over the surge of "irregular groups" possessing high-caliber weapons in different parts of the country. (via @war_noir)

🇳🇱 #Netherlands - 🇷🇺 #Russia: Two Dutch company directors were arrested by the Dutch FIOD after their web hosting companies were suspected of helping a sanctioned Russian-linked network continue operating from the Netherlands. Investigators say the case is tied to Stark Industries, a hosting company sanctioned by the European Union in 2025 over alleged involvement in pro-Russian cyberattacks, interference operations, and disinformation campaigns targeting Europe. The company’s infrastructure allegedly continued operating through newly created Dutch entities after sanctions were imposed. During raids on business premises and datacenters in Almere, Dronten, Schiphol-Rijk, and Enschede, investigators seized more than 800 servers, along with laptops, phones, and administrative records. Dutch media reports also allege that the suspects’ networks were heavily used in cyberattacks targeting Danish government institutions during municipal elections last year. (via nltimes.nl)

🇵🇰 #Pakistan: In the latest issue of Al-Naba (the Islamic State’s weekly propaganda and claims publication) the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) claimed responsibility for the assassination of a Pakistani police officer in Mamund, amid what appears to be an ongoing campaign targeting police and pro-government figures in northwestern Pakistan. The publication also detailed several other attacks across the Bajaur region near the Afghan border, including operations in Salarzai, Khar, and Wana. The attacks allegedly involved close-range pistol shootings as well as an IED attack targeting a committee vehicle. The group claimed responsibility for six assassinations targeting Pakistani police personnel and members of so-called “Peace Committees,” which ISKP alleges are linked to Pakistani intelligence and security operations. (📸 via @SaladinAlDronni on X)

🇺🇦 #Ukraine - 🇷🇺 #Russia: Footage shows a ground robotic system evacuating a wounded soldier from the frontline. The mission reportedly lasted around two hours, with the unmanned ground vehicle covering approximately 36 km during the evacuation. More footage of similar operations has surfaced in recent months, showing Ukrainian forces increasingly using ground robotic systems to evacuate wounded soldiers and civilians from frontline areas. (via @NOELREPORTS on X)

🇲🇱 #Mali - 🇷🇺 #Russia: Anti-Russian protests continue to surface in Mali amid Russian-linked forces operating alongside the Malian army. Yesterday, anti-Russian graffiti appeared in the capital, Bamako, including slogans reading: “Russia is a traitor,” “Russians, leave,” and “Russia is killing Mali.” Separately, demonstrations were reported in Tinzaouaten, Kidal region, where people were protesting against the use of cluster munitions against civilians in Azawad by Malian forces and Russian personnel linked to the Africa Corps.

🇸🇩 #Sudan: Footage shows the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) at the Faculty of Engineering Sciences at the University of Nyala, which has been taken over and is being used for military graduation and training ceremonies. The video shows organized gatherings involving armed RSF militants within the university grounds. (via @DNforHR on X)

🇺🇦 #Ukraine - 🇷🇺 #Russia: Helmet-cam footage from the perspective of a Ukrainian soldier shows a Russian drone dropping thermite-based munitions, allegedly in an attempt to burn through anti-drone nets, before the drone is ultimately shot down. (📹 from Khyzhak brigade)

🇲🇽 #Mexico - 🇳🇬 #Nigeria: The NDLEA (Nigeria’s equivalent of the DEA) has uncovered the largest clandestine methamphetamine laboratory ever discovered in the country, hidden deep inside the Abidagba forest in Ogun State. Authorities arrested 10 suspects, including three Mexican nationals brought into the country as expert meth "cooks" linked to Mexican cartels. This comes in the context of a growing trend of Mexican cartels expanding drug-production operations into parts of Africa through the use of foreign chemists and technical specialists. Some regional security analysts have also suggested that trafficking routes in the Sahel "coincidentally" overlap with areas where jihadist militant groups operate, and that cartel-linked smuggling networks could indirectly finance or facilitate militant activity in the region. However, direct operational ties or intentional support between Mexican cartels and jihadist groups remain difficult to conclusively verify. (📹 via @CartelWatchNet on X, ENCA & APnews)

🇳🇬 #Nigeria: Nigerian Air Force has conducted several airstrikes against Boko Haram positions in the Mandara Mountains in Chikide, while also targeting ISWAP militants near Lake Chad yesterday. (via @BrantPhilip_ on X)

🇦🇹 #Austria - 🇷🇺 #Russia: A former Austrian counterintelligence officer, Egisto Otta, was found guilty in a Vienna court of spying for Russia. He was found guilty of accessing police databases and passing on sensitive information to the Russian side, including the sale of “government laptops” to interested parties between 2017 and 2021, with the aim of transferring them to Jan Marsalek (the Wirecard executive) and unknown representatives of the FSB. This is not the first case of Austria dealing with alleged Russian spying/influence, as on the 4th of this month Austria expelled three Russian diplomats, accusing them of espionage. The diplomats, who had already left the country, allegedly used a "forest of antennas" installed on the roofs of diplomatic buildings to gather information and send it back to Russia. (via mezha.net)

🇺🇸 #US: Footage shows the US Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma during an operation last week in which three suspected drug-smuggling vessels were intercepted approximately 90 miles off Cartagena, Colombia. According to the Coast Guard, a helicopter fired at the vessels in an attempt to compel them to stop. Following the operation, authorities reported the seizure of approximately 6.085 pounds of cocaine, with a value of around $45 million. Meanwhile, last week also saw additional "counter-narcotics operations" in the region. The Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATF-S), working with troops from Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Panama, coordinated a multi-national tracking operation that led to the interception of a narco-aircraft and the seizure of 636 kg of cocaine by Mexican ground forces. The aircraft was reportedly tailed from Tenosique and seized in the Las Palmas ejido, in Balancán. The aircraft can be seen in the last two attached pictures.

🇹🇭 #Thailand - 🇨🇳 #China: Footage from the ongoing "Strike 2026" joint military exercises between the Chinese and Thai armies in Chiang Mai province, Thailand. The drills reportedly include joint counterterrorism operations, jungle survival training, the operation of unmanned systems, and close-quarters combat exercises. The last images show troops participating in Muay Thai training as part of the exercises. (via @KhaosodEnglish & @wuthi11_ on X)

🇹🇭 #Thailand - 🇨🇳 #China: Footage from the ongoing "Strike 2026" joint military exercises between the Chinese and Thai armies in Chiang Mai province, Thailand. The drills reportedly include joint counterterrorism operations, jungle survival training, the operation of unmanned systems, and close-quarters combat exercises. The last images show troops participating in Muay Thai training as part of the exercises. (via @KhaosodEnglish & @wuthi11_ on X)

🇨🇺 #Cuba: Footage showing Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) conducting air defence exercises reportedly using a Pechora-M1 air defence system. (via @war_noir)

🇮🇪 #Ireland / 🇵🇸 #Palestine - 🇮🇱 #Israel: Dr Margaret Connolly, sister of Ireland’s President, was detained by Israel following Monday’s interception of several aid flotilla boats attempting to deliver humanitarian supplies to Gaza. Furthermore, footage circulating online also shows other activists from the flotilla being detained and escorted through a holding facility, where they are seen kneeling with their hands tied behind their backs while being dragged away in several stress positions. Among those seen in the footage is Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who is also a far-right figure, who appears to mock several of the detainees while waving a large Israeli flag near the restrained activists. He can be heard speaking in Hebrew, saying: “Welcome to Israel. We are the masters". He is also seen near security personnel as they restrain and push down a female activist. (via BBC)

🇧🇫 #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.