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09 August 2023 Security News

Prosecutor Sought Trump Twitter Information in Secret January Search Warrant VOA 09 Aug 2023 -- Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith obtained a secret search warrant last January for information from former U.S. President Donald Trump's Twitter account, court records showed Wednesday. A judge fined the social media company $350,000 for failing to quickly comply.

United States Sanctions Three Sinaloa Cartel Fentanyl Traffickers US Dept. of State 09 Aug 2023 -- Today, as part of the United States whole-of-government strategy to tackle the nation's overdose epidemic, and in close coordination with the Government of Mexico, the United States is designating three Sinaloa Cartel members involved in the illicit trafficking of fentanyl and other deadly drugs.
Treasury Sanctions Three Notoriously Violent Sinaloa Cartel Operators US Treasury 09 Aug 2023 -- Today, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated three Sinaloa Cartel members involved in the illicit trafficking of fentanyl and other deadly drugs.

Death of Islamic State Leader Not Seen as Diminishing Long-Term Threat VOA 09 Aug 2023 -- U.S. military and intelligence officials are wary of writing off the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria despite a series of setbacks that has seen the terror group lose fighters, senior leaders and yet another would-be caliph.

Taliban's War on Drugs Going Strong, for Now VOA 09 Aug 2023 -- De facto Taliban authorities in Afghanistan are presenting an impressive list of achievements in the fight against narcotics about a year after their reclusive supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, outlawed drug production.

COVID-19: WHO tracking EG.5 'variant of interest' UN News 09 Aug 2023 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) is currently tracking several COVID-19 "variants of interest", including EG.5 which is on the rise in several countries, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in Geneva on Wednesday.