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24 May 2023 Security News

Alaska National Guardsmen Assist with Flood Recovery Army News 24 May 2023 -- Nine members of the Alaska Organized Militia deployed to Bethel and Circle May 22-23 to support flood recovery efforts in Western and Interior Alaska.

DHS Issues National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Bulletin DHS 24 May 2023 -- Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas issued a National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Bulletin regarding the continued heightened threat environment across the United States.
US Issues New Domestic Threat Warning VOA 24 May 2023 -- Simmering grievances, political divides, a steady proliferation of online neo-Nazi propaganda, and the approach of the 2024 presidential election are keeping the United States stuck in a "heightened threat environment," according to the latest warning from U.S. homeland security officials.

U.S. and International Partners Release Advisory Warning of PRC State-Sponsored Cyber Activity CISA 24 May 2023 -- The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency (NSA), and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), along with the Australian Signals Directorate's Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), the Communications Security Establishment's Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS), the New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NZ), and the United Kingdom National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-UK) are publishing a Joint Cybersecurity Advisory today that shares technical details regarding malicious activity by a People's Republic of China (PRC) state-sponsored cyber actor.

Terrorist Designation of al-Shabaab Leaders US Dept. of State 24 May 2023 -- The United States continues to support Somalia and our other East African partners in their efforts to disrupt al-Shabaab's operations.
Treasury Designates Terror Operatives and Illicit Charcoal Smugglers in Somalia US Treasury 24 May 2023 -- Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) targeted 26 individuals and entities connected with the terrorist group al-Shabaab, including 15 financial facilitators and operatives, four charcoal smugglers, and seven of their associated companies. This action targets key regional leaders, affiliates, and members of the terrorist group in Somalia who are involved in a wide range of activities in support of al-Shabaab, including financial facilitation, business activities, collection of funds on behalf of the terrorist group, proliferation of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), and illegal charcoal smuggling from Somalia, all of which have exacerbated local conflicts and suffering.

French Warship Seizes $108 Million in Drugs during Indian Ocean Seizures US Navy 24 May 2023 -- A French warship operating in support of Combined Task Force (CTF) 150 conducted four illegal drug seizures between April 19 and May 18 worth a total estimated U.S. street value of $108 million from fishing vessels transiting international waters in the Indian Ocean.

Minister of Health: COVID-19 made us stronger, more experienced and prepared to manage future crises SPA 24 May 2023 -- Minister of Health Fahad Al-Jalajel confirmed that Saudi Arabia next year will be involved in the United Nations Declaration on Antimicrobial Resistance, and will host the Fourth High-Level Ministerial Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance, scheduled to be held in November 2024, in an effort to apply the One Health, an integrated, unifying approach to balance and optimize the health of people, animals and the environment, and to respond to public health risks, the most important of which is the threat of resistance to antibiotics.

'Fever' cases spread in North Korea, but hard to say if it's COVID Radio Free Asia 24 May 2023 -- A mysterious "fever" has broken out among North Korean "stormtroopers," or soldiers engaged in construction work, and at least one of them has died from the disease, residents in the country told Radio Free Asia.

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