Reuters Flights have resumed at Germany’s Munich airport after unconfirmed drone sightings forced it to suspend operations for the second time in 24 hours. In a statement on Friday evening, the airport said that flights were stopped at 21:30 local time (20:30 GMT), with around 6,500 passengers affected. At least 17 flights were also grounded…
“This is a worrying portent of the nature of security threats to airports, in particular, to come.” Samir Puri from Chatham House discusses the possibility of Russia waging a drone war on the EU after drones disrupted the airport in Munich, Germany. Published On 3 Oct 20253 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social…
GLOBAL SUDUM FLOTILLA Global Sumud Flotilla shared footage of the first alleged strike on Instagram Two vessels that are part of a Gaza-bound flotilla carrying aid and pro-Palestinian activists including Greta Thunberg have been struck in separate suspected drone attacks, flotilla organisers have claimed. Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) posted footage on Tuesday appearing to show…
Poland said Wednesday it had downed drones that entered its airspace during Russian aerial attacks on Ukraine. Prime Minister Donald Tusk said in a post on X that, “Last night the Polish airspace was violated by a huge number of Russian drones. Those drones that posed a direct threat were shot down. I am in constant…
Three soldiers have been killed in a drone attack in south-west Colombia, which authorities have blamed on a dissident rebel group. The devices dropped explosives on members of Colombia’s navy and army, who were manning a checkpoint on the Naya River. Four other members of the security forces were injured in the attack. Drone attacks…
Alessandro Arduino has researched Africa’s security affairs with a particular focus on the use of private military companies and other guns-for-hire across the continent. In his latest book, Money for Mayhem, Arduino examines how military privatisation intersects with international power dynamics. Drawing on fieldwork, interviews and firsthand data, he tracks actors from Russia, China and…
Mount Everest. Mário Simoes/CC BY 2.0 Human waste, empty oxygen cylinders, kitchen leftovers and discarded ladders. Sherpas working on Mount Everest carry all that and more — 20kg/person — navigating a four-hour hike that traverses crumbling glacial ice and treacherous crevasses to bring trash back to base camp. During the most recent climbing season, they…
