News Briefing – Week Beginning 06 August 2018

• US bombs pieces have been found at a Yemen bus strike site as Pentagon probably denies knowledge of its purchase.
• Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro evidently escaped a drone assassination attempt in what is described as ‘the age of drone terrorism‘.
• A 26-year-old Muslim convert from Rochester allegedly admits terror plot on London Oxford Street as two men are charged with terrorism-related offences.
• Fans apparently warned of ‘overt’ anti-terror measures as Premier league kicks off.
• Three terrorists have supposedly been arrested as three others dead and several injured following a raid of a terrorist hideout in Salt town, Amman, Jordan.
• Malaysia is believed to have shut down a Saudi-backed anti-terrorism centre.
• Australia strips five people of their citizenship following their involvement with Islamic State and “serious terrorist-related activity”.
• Papua New Guinea (PNG) police learn how to cope with terrorist threats in a five-day workshop.
• The UN has raised concerns over the situation caused by the Boko Haram and other armed groups in Nigeria, Cameroon and Chad.
• Boko Haram supposedly charge Fisherman 10,000 naira to access Borno waters in North Eastern Nigeria as Fishermen in Lake Chad brace the group and the military forces to the fish in the lake.
• 17 soldiers have been killed following a Boko Haram raid on a military base in Garunda, Borno State, Nigeria.
• Two suicide bombers supposedly blew up themselves and injured three in Kaleri, Maiduguri, Nigeria.