Archive for June 2023
US retailers targeted with bomb threats, seeking bitcoin and gift cards, Wall Street Journal reports
Law-enforcement officials and retailers are investigating a recent wave of bomb threats across the United States, targeting grocery operators and other stores, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. Retail companies including Kroger (KR.N), Walmart (WMT.N) and Amazon’s (AMZN.O) Whole Foods Market, among others, have received bomb threats at their stores in recent months, the…
Read MoreMoscow mayor cancels Wagner mutiny anti-terror regime in city – statement
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said he was cancelling a counter-terrorism regime imposed in the Russian capital during what the authorities on Saturday called an armed mutiny by the Wagner mercenary group. Sobyanin made the announcement in a statement posted on the Telegram messaging application on Monday. Russian media cited local Federal Security Service (FSB) offices…
Read MoreLebanon’s Militant Hezbollah Group Says It Shot Down An Israeli Drone Near The Southern Border
Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group said its fighters shot down on Monday an Israeli drone that was flying near the border and over southern Lebanon. The group gave no further details about the type of the drone that it claimed was downed near the village of Zibqine just north of the border with Israel. There was…
Read MoreSeparatist group claims suicide bombing in southwest Pakistan, 1 police killed, 5 wounded
A suicide bomber struck in southwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least one police and wounding five others in an attempt to target a paramilitary convoy, an official said. Authorities recovered the remains of a female bomber following the explosion in the southwestern city of Turbat, said Bashir Ahmed, a top administrative officer. Jeeyand Baloch,…
Read MoreGeorgia leaders voice concern over antisemitic demonstrations outside 2 synagogues
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and other state leaders have spoken out against bigotry and hate after antisemitic demonstrations took place outside two synagogues in the state this weekend. Groups were observed yelling antisemitic messages outside a Macon temple Friday night and displaying swastikas and signs with neo-Nazi messages outside a Cobb County synagogue on Saturday.…
Read MoreDOJ launches cyber unit with national security focus as China, Russia threats mount
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday a new unit within its National Security Division focused on pursuing cyber threats from nation-state and state-backed hackers, formalizing an increasingly significant part of the national security apparatus into the Justice Department’s hierarchy. In a statement, Assistant Attorney General Matt Olsen said the new unit would allow the…
Read MoreDeath threats, harassment and a poisoned dog: 2024 election workers already are scared
The county election worker was crossing the street with a locked bag full of ballots when he saw a Jeep Gladiator pickup truck come around the corner. It sped toward him and slammed on the brakes, skidding to a stop just past him. The driver glared. “Then she leaned out of the car and looked…
Read MoreLas Vegas man jailed, accused of threatening mass violence at Stanley Cup victory parade
A man accused of threatening mass violence at a parade last weekend celebrating the Vegas Golden Knights victory in the NHL Stanley Cup championship was ordered Wednesday to remain jailed unless he can post $55,000 bail and enroll in a high-level electronic monitoring program. Anthony Zuccaro, 31, remained in custody following court appearances in separate…
Read MoreRussia sought to assassinate defector in Florida: report
The U.S. in early 2020 disrupted a plot by Russian President Vladimir Putin to assassinate a former high-ranking Russian spy turned CIA-informant in Miami. The episode, reported Monday by The New York Times, illustrates another example of Putin’s hard-line toward perceived enemies that have played out in assassination efforts that take place inside Russia and…
Read MoreSpanish court charges parcel bomb suspect with terrorism offences
A Spanish judge has charged a 74-year-old man suspected of sending several parcel bombs targeting government, diplomatic and defence industry institutions in late 2022 with two counts of aggravated terrorism, a high court document showed on Tuesday. Pompeyo Gonzalez Pascual was arrested in January after allegedly sending six parcels with homemade explosives addressed to Prime…
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