Intelligence Brief: Global & Security Events

🔦 Critical Infrastructure

Energy CEOs state that infrastructure constraints pose a threat to the US advantage in Artificial Intelligence (AI).

[December 8, 2025] – link
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is accelerating the integration of crewed and uncrewed aviation by adding 55 new airports to the Surface Awareness Initiative (SAI) through uAvionix’s Flightline program.

[December 8, 2025] – link
A Russian drone and missile attack damaged power facilities across eight Ukrainian regions, causing blackouts and forcing nuclear power plants to cut output on December 6. A railway hub near Kyiv was also hit, damaging the depot and railway carriages.

[December 6, 2025] – link

An alleged associate of Manchester synagogue attacker Jihad al-Shamie, Mohammad Bashir, has been charged with four terrorism offenses, including preparation of terrorist acts by allegedly driving al-Shamie to a location for “hostile reconnaissance”.

[December 8, 2025] – link
Security personnel at France’s Ile Longue naval base, the home port of the country’s nuclear-armed ballistic-missile submarines, opened fire after detecting five unidentified drones flying over the installation on December 4.

[December 4, 2025] – link
Security forces in Raqqa, Syria, shot down two ISIS-operated drones that were launched from areas controlled by pro-regime elements.

[December 8, 2025] – link
ISIS-aligned ADF rebels carried out attacks in Lubero, Democratic Republic of Congo, between November 13 and 19, killing at least 89 civilians and specifically targeting a Catholic health facility where women seeking maternity care were murdered.

[November 13-19, 2025] – link
On November 28, a group of 13 ISIS supporters rode motorcycles near a local church in Homs, Syria, waving ISIS flags and shouting slogans; simultaneously, threatening ISIS graffiti appeared in Christian-adjacent areas of Deir ez-Zor and Aleppo.

[November 28, 2025] – link

A man was arrested on suspicion of assault at Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 3 car park after an argument escalated between a group of men on December 7, resulting in several people being sprayed with a form of pepper spray.

[December 7, 2025] – link
Armed thieves stole eight Matisse paintings from a public library in São Paulo, Brazil.

[December 9, 2025] – link
A 46-year-old woman in North Carolina is awaiting trial after being charged with embezzling an estimated $122,948 from Bible Baptist Church, where she served as treasurer for over a decade.

[December 8, 2025] – link
A suspect was arrested on Sunday after an early-morning arson intentionally damaged Calvary Baptist Church in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.

[December 7, 2025] – link
Two stolen vehicles crashed into a care building belonging to Mount Zion Progressive Missionary Baptist Church in St. Petersburg, Florida; several teenagers fled the scene.

[December 8, 2025] – link

The Thai military launched airstrikes on Cambodia, accusing Cambodia of wounding two Thai soldiers at the border, threatening a US-mediated peace deal.

[December 9, 2025] – link
The US unveiled a $12 billion aid package to support farmers affected by trade disruptions, particularly losses from reduced exports to China.

[December 8, 2025] – link
A ship traveling through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on December 5 came under attack by suspected pirates, chased by smaller vessels that opened fire; armed guards aboard the vessel returned fire.

[December 5, 2025] – link
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) identified and killed a terrorist carrying suspicious objects who was approaching Israeli troops in northern Gaza on December 5.

[December 5, 2025] – link
Canada removed Syria from its list of foreign state supporters of terrorism and also removed Hayat Tahrir al-Sham from its list of terrorist entities on December 5.

[December 5, 2025] – link
Islamist militants attacked the Church of Cherubim and Seraphim in Kogi State, Nigeria, on December 1, abducting the priest, his wife, and several parishioners.

[December 1, 2025] – link
Chinese authorities arrested 18 leaders of Zion Church in Guangxi Province, accusing the Protestant house church leaders of “illegally using information networks” as part of a crackdown on unregistered Christian congregations.

[December 8, 2025] – link