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October 2026
Viral Google Maps Images Shared Widely This Week Show Gaza Ruins. We Obtained More Recent Satellite Imagery
September 2026
Christy Kinahan’s UAE Residence Visa Cancelled
Crime boss Christy Kinahan leads a $1.5 billion illicit network involved in drug trafficking, money laundering and arms smuggling from the cartel’s base in Dubai
“A Recurring Pattern”: Civilians Paying the Price in Mali’s Drone Campaign
The incidents, concentrated in northern Mali, often involved strikes on vehicles or commercial activity
These operations neutralised several terrorists and destroyed a significant quantity of military equipment and vehicles.”
After careful surveillance, a series of strikes destroyed these terrorist targets and neutralized around twenty armed individuals.”
August 2026
Satellite Imagery Documents New Border Patrol Road Construction in Big Bend National Park
Planet Labs satellite imagery captured on August 15 and August 19 shows new roads cleared through the riparian forest around the Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park
Welcome to Dubai: Kinahan Cartel’s Visas Revealed
A key leader of the Kinahan cartel who is wanted by authorities around the world and has been living in hiding in Dubai for a decade has just had his Emirates residence permit renewed
How is Christy Kinahan in the UAE unlawfully and the authorities there are unwilling to take appropriate action? The Kinahans are not an unknown entity, they are at the very apex of organised crime,
If someone is living openly there for a long period of time with that level of heat, that to me shows there’s been corruption involved,