All articles tagged with #secur
Maersk has temporarily suspended operations at the Port of Salalah in Oman after a security incident damaged a terminal crane; all crew are safe and assumed uninjured, with no cargo or vessels affected and operations expected to restart in about 48 hours. The disruption comes amid Gulf tensions sparked by U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, with energy/transport markets unsettled and the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed.
Israel says its own artillery misfired, killing a 60-year-old Israeli avocado farmer near Misgav Am on the Lebanon border during operations to protect troops, the first Israeli civilian death in the border clashes that are running parallel to the wider Iran war; the army said the shells were fired at the wrong angle due to operational errors after initially blaming cross-border fire, while Lebanon reports over 1,000 dead and more than a million displaced, and two Israeli soldiers have been killed in combat.
At least 23 people were killed and about 108 wounded in suspected suicide-bomb attacks in Maiduguri, hitting a post office, Monday Market, University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital and Kaleri; police say preliminary investigations point to suicide attackers, with security tightened as investigators probe the incident. Analysts say the strikes bear the hallmarks of Boko Haram/ISWAP activity, underscoring ongoing security challenges in Nigeria’s insurgency-hit northeast.
The article describes a March 2025 incident in which a federal DHS immigration agent shot and killed Ruben Ray Martinez, 23, in South Padre Island, Texas; Martinez allegedly hit another DHS agent with his car, prompting defensive gunfire. It is described as the first known killing of a U.S. citizen during Trump’s immigration crackdown, and the case is under Texas Rangers investigation. Martinez’s family lawyers called for a full, fair investigation, and watchdog American Oversight released redacted records highlighting a surge in ICE use-of-force incidents as immigration enforcement funding expands through 2029.