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What does it take to open a second front in a war—outnumbered, outgunned, and deep behind enemy lines? In this Book Talk with HSToday Executive Editor Kristina Tanasichuk, Mark Grdovic shares the gripping story behind Those Who Face Death—a little-known but critical mission where a small team of U.S. Special Forces and CIA operatives were […]

The effects of climate change are already posing significant security challenges worldwide. Extreme weather regularly destroys lives, livelihoods, and critical infrastructure; warming temperatures affect food and water security, amplifying fragility and cross-border tensions. Governments are increasingly attuned to the risks of instability, tensions, or even conflict in climate-changed geographie…

As the United States looks to strengthen its defense industrial base for an era of great power competition, a new brief from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) points to a critical vulnerability that rarely headlines national security debates: energy. The report argues that while the United States has the industrial capacity to […]

This report analyzes how climate change rapidly transforms NATO’s strategic environment. Four case studies are presented: the northwestern parts of Africa, the Arctic, the east flank (Dnipro watershed), and military mitigation efforts. These chapters demonstrate that the answers to climate change are hard to come by – partly because the interactions of climate change and […]

Natural disasters—from hurricanes and floods to wildfires and earthquakes—have inflicted billions of dollars in damage on U.S. military installations over the past decade. A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) finds that while the Department of Defense (DOD) has begun to address these growing risks, significant gaps remain in how it tracks costs […]

Over the past two decades, extreme weather events have occurred with increasing frequency, severity, and geographic reach. Globally, the period from roughly 2005 to 2025 has been marked by a notable escalation in high-impact hazards—ranging from catastrophic hurricanes and inland flooding to large-scale wildfires, prolonged drought, and compounding heat extremes. These events have been amplified …

Federal authorities have filed a Clean Water Act enforcement action against the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water), following the collapse of a major wastewater pipeline that prompted a federal emergency declaration and raised concerns about critical infrastructure resilience in the National Capital Region. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the […]

On Tuesday, April 22, 2026, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Deputy Administrator David Fotouhi released the agency’s Earth Day message recommitting EPA’s mission in protecting human health and the environment.

Join the Stimson Center on April 28th for an online discussion on how the conflict in the Middle East is reshaping environmental and human security across the Middle East and North Africa region. Register here. While climate change is a global driver of instability, the Middle East and North Africa region stands out as a climate security […]

Somali maritime police are training to deal with oil spills somewhere in the Horn of Africa. Local prosecutors and NATO-affiliated personnel are inspecting industrial waste sites in Kosovo. EU advisors are assisting security forces in the Central African Republic in their efforts to combat illicit timber trafficking. These aren’t the kinds of operations that make […]

More than 20 people have been arrested on suspicion of antisemitic hate crimes, as part of a specialist operation by the UK's Metropolitan Police.

ISIS has called on Muslims to set fire to churches and synagogues around the world on Easter weekend in a horrific threat.

In his first official trip as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Markwayne Mullin met with Sen. Budd, Rep. Edwards, Rep. Moore and state and local officials in North Carolina to reinforce the Department’s commitment to Western North Carolina’s recovery and coordinate additional federal support.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) warned ships to keep to a route passing through its territorial waters when crossing the Gulf’s Strait of Hormuz as traffic on Thursday remained well below 10% of normal volumes.

Iran’s narrative framework draws on enduring traditions of dualism. Concepts of moral dualism—embodied in Ahura Mazda and Ahriman—originated in Zoroastrian, Manichaean, and Mazdakite traditions.

Join the IAEM-USA Emerging Technology Caucus for this lunch and learn webinar. Hear directly from fellow emergency managers about real-world AI applications and how they’re using these tools to improve planning, response, and recovery. Participate in an engaging discussion, ask questions, and discover practical strategies you can bring back to your team. Register here.

Washington, D.C. — April 9, 2026 — A new organization focused on strengthening the security and resilience of the nation’s critical infrastructure today announced its launch. The Center for Cross-Sector Coordination (CXC) is an industry-driven, cross-sector, not-for-profit initiative that unites infrastructure owners and operators to enhance coordination, inform policy, and serve as a force-multi…

ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and the Houston Police Department recently conducted an operation targeting a business in southwest Houston suspected of selling counterfeit sports merchandise.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the arrest of Marco Tulio Lopez-Romero, a 44-year-old Salvadoran national, in Reston, Virginia, recently.

On April 2, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers were involved in an incident in Baltimore that resulted in injuries to two officers and the individual they were attempting to arrest.