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Frontline Watch provides a weekly update on emerging terrorist activities and global threat trends, with Counterterrorism Managing Editor Dr. Mahmut Cengiz examining the developments shaping the security landscape both domestically and internationally, with research assistance from Sean Dilallo, Brian Cortes, Ayse Selma Yilmaz, Floyd Alex Cross, Mahmoud Khalil, and Chris Dayton.

New technology being rolled out as part of the Met’s crackdown on retail crime has quadrupled the number of shoplifters being brought to justice in the UK capital.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), on behalf of the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (FLETF), has announced the addition of 43 companies to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List, as well as technical updates to two existing entities.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has adjusted how it conducts watchlist data matching, thereby reducing security and privacy risks related to the previous practice of sharing watchlist information with aircraft and airport operators.

Seven states have reported cyberattacks on their water supply control systems, with some officials suspecting that Iran is behind these actions.

Stockholm is creating a stand‑alone civilian foreign intelligence service, UND, modeled on Britain’s MI6 and carved out of its military spy agency, with completion aimed for early 2027.

The City of Irvine is partnering with SensoRy AI to detect wildfire ignitions in their earliest stages by deploying a network of ultra-early wildfire-detection and risk assessment sensors throughout the Irvine Open Space Preserve.