Stabilitas Flashpoints
December 24, 2016
Stabilitas uses artificial intelligence to ingest and analyze news reporting from around the world. Flashpoints is an automated collection of notable events that have been identified by our machine learning logic and labeled as significant.
Boko Haram is crushed, forced out of last enclave
usatoday.com and 21 other sources
Despite President Muhammadu Buhari's victorious announcement Saturday, Nigeria is unlikely to see an end soon to the deadly suicide bombings, village attacks and assaults on remote military outposts carried out by Nigeria's homegrown Islamic extremist group.
US warns of possible attacks on churches, holiday gatherings
ap.org and 10 other sources
The warning was issued after a publicly available list of U.S. churches was posted on a militants' social media site.
Turkish authorities investigating 10,000 social media users: ministry
todayonline.com and 6 other sources
Turkey, which faces security threats from Kurdish and leftist militants and Islamic State, has sacked or suspended more than 100,000 people following an attempted military coup in July.
What are Stabilitas Flashpoints?
The purpose of 'Flashpoints' is to surface reporting that might be lost in the wake of more prominent stories and aid security professionals in keeping their teams safe and informed.