In a series of coordinated attacks across Balochistan province, the ethnic Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) carried out one of its most extensive assaults in recent years. The attacks involved seven suicide bombers from its Majeed Brigade and two vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (VBIEDs).

In Musakhail district, 23 people were fatally shot after being forcibly removed from buses, vehicles, and trucks. The attackers then set fire to at least 35 vehicles, including the buses and trucks, before fleeing. The military reported that 14 soldiers and police officers, as well as 21 militants, were killed in fighting following the highway attack. Security forces also found six additional unidentified bodies.

In another attack in Qalat district, 10 people, including four police officers and five passersby, were killed. Insurgents also blew up a railway track in Bolan district, which connects Pakistan to Iran, as well as a railway bridge linking Quetta, the provincial capital, to the rest of the country. These attacks led to the suspension of rail traffic with Quetta, further isolating the region. In Mastung district, militants set vehicles ablaze in Gwadar, but no casualties were reported in those incidents.

While the Pakistani military claimed that a total of 53 people, including security forces, were killed in the attacks, the BLA asserted that at least 102 soldiers were killed in its assaults on the army camp in Bela and checkpoints across the province, where they ambushed what they described as “military convoys.”

The BLA claimed responsibility for the attacks, stating that they targeted military personnel disguised in civilian clothing, accusing them of exploiting Balochistan's resources. The BLA frequently targets non-Baloch people to economically weaken the province, potentially hindering development efforts in Balochistan. In response to the latest attacks, local media reported that at least 12 insurgents were killed by security forces in various parts of the province. Balochistan, Pakistan's largest but least populated province, borders Iran and Afghanistan.

Despite its wealth in resources, including a strategic deepwater port in Gwadar and a gold and copper mine in the west, the region remains underdeveloped and plagued by high levels of poverty. The insurgency has also targeted workers from Punjab and Chinese interests in the province, further complicating the security dynamics in the area.

At around 9:30 am local time, militants from the al-Qaeda affiliated Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) attacked the village of Barsalogho in the Centre-North region, about 130Km/ 80 miles northeast of the capital Ouagadougou. At least 200 civilians and Burkinabe military personnel were killed in the attack and 140 people were injured. The attack occurred as villagers were aiding soldiers digging trenches for protection against potential attacks.The response by soldiers and auxiliary troops reportedly prevented an even greater tragedy. The insurgency in Burkina Faso, ongoing since 2015, has led to thousands of deaths and the displacement of two million people.

Police arrested a man suspected of attempting to set fire to a synagogue in La Grande-Motte. The suspect, identified as a 33-year-old Algerian, set fire to several entry doors of the synagogue and nearby cars. Police captured the suspect in Nîmes after a brief firefight in which the suspect was wounded. The attack is being treated as an antisemitic incident, and police protection for synagogues and Jewish institutions across France has been increased in response.

An explosion near the Beth Yaacov Synagogue in La Grande-Motte is being investigated as an act of terrorism. The blast, which injured a police officer, was caused by two cars set on fire, one of which contained a hidden gas canister. Security footage shows a man wrapped in a Palestinian flag and armed with a handgun starting the fire between 08:00 and 08:30. At that time, five people, including the rabbi, were inside the synagogue. A January report from the Council of Jewish Institutions in France highlighted a significant rise in antisemitic acts, with incidents nearly tripling from 2022 to 2023. This incident adds to the ongoing security challenges for France's Jewish community amidst a backdrop of rising antisemitism in Europe since the war between Israel and Gaza.

Authorities announced the arrest of a 26-year-old Syrian man suspected of carrying out a stabbing attack in Solingen. The suspect, identified as Issa Al H., is being investigated for possible links to the Islamic State, which claimed responsibility for the attack. Prosecutors believe he acted out of radical Islamist convictions, targeting individuals he considered non-believers. The man, who sought asylum in Germany in 2022, lived in a refugee home in Solingen.

At around 9:37 pm local time, a man armed with a knife stabbed three people to death and wounded eight others, five of them seriously, at a festival in Solingen, about 25 km/15 miles east of Düsseldorf. The attack occurred at the city’s Fronhof market square during the 'Festival of Diversity,' which marks the 650th anniversary of the city's founding. The lone male suspect remains at large, with special forces involved in the search. Authorities have no detailed description of the suspect, though witnesses describe him as a male aged between 20 and 30 years old, of Middle Eastern appearance, with a thick short beard. The motive behind the attack is being investigated, including the possibility of terrorism.

Four inmates armed with knives, claiming to be Islamic State militants, took twelve hostages—eight prison staff, including the prison's director and deputy director, and four fellow inmates—at the IK-19 penal colony in Surovikino, located in the Volgograd region. The militants stabbed four prison guards to death and injured the four inmates they had taken hostage before being shot and killed by snipers. During the attack, the assailants released mobile phone footage on social media showing prison officials lying in pools of blood, while in separate clips, the attackers roamed the prison courtyard. Authorities identified the attackers as citizens of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. The Volgograd hostage-taking is the second such incident this year, after six prisoners who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group captured two guards at a facility in the neighboring Rostov region.