November 2025 Security News |
- OSCE launches new technical guide on enhancing critical infrastructure physical security from terrorist attacks OSCE 06 Nov 2025 -- On 4 November, the OSCE Transnational Threats Department launched the Technical Guide on Physical Security Considerations for Protecting Critical Infrastructure against Terrorist Attacks and accompanying multilingual factsheets.
- Prosecution for preparation to commit a terrorist offence Swedish Security Service 06 Nov 2025 -- A man is being prosecuted for preparation to commit a terrorist offence and attempted murder. He is, among other things, suspected of having planned an attack against an event in Stockholm.
- Sanctioning Hizballah Finance Operatives US Dept. of State 06 Nov 2025 -- The United States sanctioned financial operatives funneling tens of millions of dollars from Iran to Hizballah.
- Treasury Sanctions Hizballah Operatives Exploiting Lebanon's Cash Economy US Treasury 06 Nov 2025 -- Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is taking action to support the disarmament of Hizballah by sanctioning individuals who facilitated funneling tens of millions of dollars from Iran to Hizballah in 2025, using exchange houses to take advantage of Lebanon's cash-based financial sector. Hizballah uses these funds to support its paramilitary forces, rebuild its terrorist infrastructure, and resist the Lebanese government's efforts to assert sovereign control over all Lebanese territory. Hizballah's exploitation of money exchange companies and the cash economy to launder illicit funds threatens the integrity of the Lebanese financial system by blending terror financing with legitimate commerce.
- Afghanistan: Opium cultivation drops sharply, but regional trafficking rises UN News 06 Nov 2025 -- Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has fallen by 20 per cent compared to last year, continuing a dramatic decline since the introduction of a nationwide ban under the Taliban in 2022 - but synthetic drugs and shifting trafficking routes are posing new challenges.
- MODIFYING DUTIES ADDRESSING THE SYNTHETIC OPIOID SUPPLY CHAIN IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA The White House 04 Nov 2025
- Afghanistan unveils 5-year plan to replace poppy farming, close chapter on US-era drug economy Press TV 04 Nov 2025 -- The Taliban-led government has approved a five-year program to replace poppy cultivation with sustainable crops, marking another blow to the US-fueled heroin trade that flourished during Washington's two-decade occupation of the Asian country.
- Multiple Suspects Charged for Having Firearms in Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to ISIS US Dept. of Justice 03 Nov 2025 -- Last Friday, the FBI arrested multiple suspects and took them into custody. They have now been charged for having firearms that would be used in a conspiracy to provide material support to ISIS—a vicious foreign terrorist organization hell-bent on murdering Americans.
- PNP ups cybersecurity measures amid possible DDoS cyberattacks Philippine News Agency 03 Nov 2025 -- The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Monday said it continues to monitor its online platforms and shield these from possible cyberattacks.
- Surviving the next pandemic could depend on where you live UN News 03 Nov 2025 -- A new global report warns that inequality is increasing the world's vulnerability to pandemics, making them more deadly, more costly and longer lasting - and where you live, could determine how badly impacted you are.
- Enhancing the physical security of critical infrastructure from terrorist attacks in the Republic of Kazakhstan OSCE 03 Nov 2025 -- From 21 to 23 October, thirty government officials took part in a training course in Shymkent on strengthening the physical security of critical infrastructure (CI) against terrorist threats.
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