“Government has put all Air India planes operating in the country’s neighbourhood on high security alert and directed the airlines to deploy sky marshals following intelligence inputs that Pakistan-based LET and other terror groups were planning to hijack a flight. A directive has been issued to all Indian missions abroad to sensitise the staff of [...]
The State Department alerts U.S. citizens of the risks of travel to the southern Philippine islands of Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago and urges extreme caution if traveling there. This Travel Alert replaces the Travel Alert dated November 24, 2009, and reflects the continuing instability in the area following acts of violence in the Mindanao [...]
“A syndicate of terror groups affiliated with al-Qaida might try to start a new war between rivals India and Pakistan as part of an organized effort to sow upheaval across South Asia, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday. ‘I believe this operation, under the umbrella of al-Qaida working with all of these different groups, is [...]
“Acting on intelligence failures exposed by the attempted bombing of a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day, Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced a major tightening of British aviation security measures on Wednesday, including the creation of a new ‘no-fly’ list of terrorist suspects similar to one maintained by the United States.”
“A passenger fled from security officers after his laptop computer bag tested positive for explosives at an airport in Munich, the country’s federal police told CNN on Wednesday. Police said they are searching for the passenger, who fled from the secure area of the airport into the public area of Terminal 2, police said. Part [...]