Reports indicate that during the evening hours of January 10, a grenade was hurled into the Entasol Hotel located in the Kenele 18 neighborhood of Gondar, in the Amhara Region. The incident resulted in 1 fatality and injured 4 others. The hotel was allegedly full of soccer fans at the time, and no perpetrators have been identified. At the same time, unconfirmed reports suggest that fresh security crackdowns have occurred in Gondar in recent days. In a bid to reinforce the ongoing state of emergency, the Ethiopian military has deployed reinforcements to the locales of Seraba and Chilga, located in the North Gondar Zone.
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Reports indicate that 41 people were killed and 69 more were wounded in a shooting attack at the Reina nightclub in Istanbul’s Besiktas district during the overnight hours of December 31-January 1. Furthermore, 24 of those killed were reportedly foreigners. The incident transpired as an assailant armed with an assault rifle stormed the locale and opened fire at the crowd celebrating New Year’s Eve.
A letter declaring suspension of participation in the Algiers Accord monitoring committee due to factors including a lack of progress and repeated ceasefire violations, was released by The Coordination of Movements of Azawad (CMA).
Indonesian security forces arrested a woman suicide bomber planning to attack the Presidential Palace. This marks first known reports of female militancy.
In Islamic State’s (IS) most recent publication of its self-promoting magazine, “Rumiyah,” the jihadist group calls for its followers to stage attacks against political, religious, and security entities within the Turkish state, as well as those who support the country in general
In their November publication of Rumiyah Magazine, Islamic State (IS) dedicated an entire article encouraging lone-wolf vehicular attacks via load-bearing trucks, similar to the Bastille Day attack in Nice, which killed 86 and injured hundreds
The Islamic State-linked Amaq News Agency issued a statement on October 30, recognizing Islamic State in the Greater Sahara’s (ISGS) pledge of allegiance to Islamic State (IS) following 17 months of silence after the group’s initial pledge in May 2015
On October 13, King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand was declared dead at the age of 88 after battling with a number of medical problems for many years. Following the King’s death, the current Prime Minister, former General Prayuth Chan-Ocha, stated that Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn would ascend to the throne in accordance with the Constitution of Thailand.
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Duterte’s first months in office have shown unprecedented, domestic support for policies such as anti-crime and anti-drug campaigns while putting serious strains on much of the country’s foreign relations.
