Archive for August 2023
French special forces soldier killed in anti-terror operation in Iraq
A member of an elite French commando unit was killed on Monday in Iraq while “supporting an Iraqi unit in an anti-terrorist operation”, President Emmanuel Macron’s office said Tuesday. An Iraqi security source in the northern city of Kirkuk said a joint operation by Iraqi counter-terror troops and French special forces stationed at the K1…
Read MoreFaculty member fatally shot in University of North Carolina building
A shooter killed a faculty member in a science building at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Monday, police said after a lockdown that paralyzed the campus community as authorities searched for the suspect. Police arrested the suspect over three hours after the initial reports of shots fired came in from Caudill…
Read MoreWorshippers at Belfast mosque targeted by neo-Nazis feared New Zealand-style attack
Worshippers at a mosque targeted by neo-Nazis are living in fear of a far-right attack resembling the Christchurch massacre, the imam has said. Banners bearing the SS insignia, swastikas and the Totenkopf (SS Nazi skull) symbol were put on a lamp post outside the Iqraa Mosque in Dunmurry last week. They were discovered by a woman…
Read MoreIran says Iraq has agreed to disarm and relocate Kurdistan militants
Iran and Iraq have reached an agreement that “armed terrorist groups” in Iraq’s Kurdistan region will be disarmed and relocated next month, Iran’s foreign ministry said on Monday. “An agreement has been struck between Iran and Iraq, in which Iraq has committed to disarm armed separatists and terrorist groups present in its territory, close their…
Read MoreDoctor Sentenced to 18 Years for Trying to Join ISIS
A doctor from Pakistan who said he wanted to “fight on the frontline” for the Islamic State group was sentenced on Friday to 18 years in a U.S. prison, federal prosecutors said. The doctor, Muhammad Masood, 31, of Rochester, Minn., pleaded guilty last year in U.S. District Court in St. Paul to attempting to provide…
Read MoreProtests erupt in Libya over contact with Israel
Libya’s PM has suspended his foreign minister after she met with her Israeli counterpart. Libya – a strong backer of the Palestinian cause – does not recognise Israel, and the meeting has sparked protests in the majority Arab state. Israeli FM Eli Cohen said the “historic” meeting was “the first step” in establishing relations with…
Read MoreSenior Hamas official threatens ‘regional war’ if Israel resumes targeted killings
The deputy head of the Gaza-ruling Hamas terror group’s politburo has warned Israel against resuming targeted killings of terror leaders, saying the move could spark a “regional war.” The threat by Saleh al-Arouri came after the Israeli security cabinet convened last week following several recent deadly terror attacks in the West Bank, with Prime Minister…
Read MoreJacksonville shooter, 21, who killed three ‘wrote racist manifestos’
A man who shot dead three people in a racially motivated attack in Florida wrote of his hatred of Black people, police have said. Twenty-one year old Ryan Christopher Palmeter fired eleven rounds at one woman sitting in her car in Jacksonville, before entering a shop and shooting another two people. US Attorney General Merrick…
Read MoreHaiti gang opens fire on protesters in capital, killing seven
A gang in Haiti has shot and killed at least seven people who were marching in a big protest organised by a church leader. Hundreds of parishioners, some armed with machetes, marched through a suburb of the capital, Port-au-Prince, in a bid to rid the area of gang members. The gang is said to have…
Read MoreISIL doubled territory it controls in Mali in less than a year: UN
The armed group ISIL (ISIS) has almost doubled its territory in Mali in less than a year, United Nations experts have said in a new report. The stalled implementation of a peace deal and sustained attacks on communities have offered ISIL and an al-Qaeda affiliate also operating in the region a chance “to re-enact the…
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