Archive for July 2023
US drone strike kills an Islamic State group leader in Syria, the Defense Department says
A U.S. drone strike killed an Islamic State group leader in Syria hours after the same MQ-9 Reaper drones were harassed by Russian military jets over the western part of the country, according to the Defense Department. Three Reapers had been flying overhead searching for the militant on Friday, a U.S. defense official said, when…
Read MoreEdmonton women detained in Syria arrested on terrorism bond on return to Canada
Two Edmonton women were arrested on terrorism peace bonds upon re-entering Canada at the Montreal-Trudeau International Airport Friday. Helena Carson, 33 and Dina Kalouti, 42 were brought to Alberta for a bail hearing in provincial court and were released with a number of conditions. They were arrested at the Montreal airport by members of the…
Read MoreMan arrested for throwing explosive device under a police car
The Panama City Beach Police Department has arrested a 19-year-old from Alabama after officers say he threw a firework under a police patrol car. “Let me emphasize what happened here,” Panama City Beach Police Chief J.R. Talamantez said. “This guy threw a large firework that exploded under the gas tank of my police officer’s vehicle…
Read MoreJapan’s largest port hit with ransomware attack
Japan’s busiest shipping port said Thursday it would resume operations after a ransomware attack prevented the port from receiving shipping containers for two days. The expected restoration of the Port of Nagoya, a hub for car exports and an engine of the Japanese economy, will ease concerns about any wider economic fallout from the ransomware…
Read MorePassenger says he made bomb threat on flight to escape cartel members waiting to torture and kill him in Seattle, documents say
A passenger aboard an Alaska Airlines flight from Atlanta to Seattle Wednesday is accused of making a bomb threat that caused pilots to land the plane in Spokane, Washington. Documents filed in U.S. District Court said Brandon Scott, 38, claimed he made the threat because members or a “powerful cartel” were under orders to kill…
Read MoreSweden jails Kurd for financing terrorism after Turkey calls for crackdown
A Swedish court has jailed a Kurdish man for four-and-a-half years for crimes including attempting to finance terrorism. It is the first time Sweden’s updated terror laws have been used in a case involving the Kurdish militant PKK. Turkey has long called on Stockholm to crack down on Kurdish separatists. Sweden’s bid to join Nato…
Read MorePfizer, AstraZeneca and others ask US Supreme Court to bar Iraq terrorism funding claims
More than 20 U.S. and European pharmaceutical and medical-device makers have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to bar claims that the companies helped to fund terrorism that killed or injured hundreds of American service members during the war in Iraq. The companies, part of five corporate families — AstraZeneca (AZN.L), Pfizer (PFE.N), GE Healthcare USA,…
Read MoreSeven detained in Germany on suspicion of forming IS-like terrorist group
German police arrested seven people on Thursday on suspicion of founding a terrorist organization with the aim of carrying out high-profile attacks similar to Islamic State, prosecutors said. The Turkmen, Tajik and Kyrgyz nationals arrested in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia had known each other for a long time and entered the country…
Read MoreTerrorist group’s claim of US casualties in Somalia blast ‘not accurate,’ AFRICOM says
No U.S. troops were injured in an attack Thursday on a convoy in Somalia, where American forces have been supporting the central government’s battle against Islamic militants, according to U.S. Africa Command. Al-Shabab, which has been waging a decadeslong battle for control, claimed on the messaging app Telegram that it had inflicted casualties on U.S.…
Read MoreColombia, ELN rebels set to halt offensive actions this week
Colombia’s armed forces and the National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels are set this week to halt offensive actions against each other, prior to the beginning of a full ceasefire in August. The step was agreed to in June during peace negotiations between the two sides meant to end the guerrilla group’s part in the country’s…
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