Archive for November 2023
Terrorist Designations of Iran-aligned Militia Groups
The Department of State is today designating Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada (KSS) and its Secretary General Hashim Finyan Rahim al-Saraji as Specially Designated Global Terrorists. KSS terrorist activity has threatened the lives of both U.S. and Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS personnel in Iraq and Syria. Concurrently, the Department of the Treasury is designating six individuals…
Read MorePortsmouth man, 19, charged with weapons and terror offences
A 19-year-old man has been charged with attempting to manufacture a weapon and possessing documents that could be used for preparing an act of terrorism. Jack Robinson, of Hawthorne Crescent, Portsmouth, Hampshire, was charged on Saturday. He is accused of several offences under Section 58 of the Terrorism Act 2000 and section 5 of the…
Read MoreAuthorities release photos of person of interest in 10 Freeway fire
Authorities have released photographs and a description of a man sought in connection with last weekend’s fire that damaged part of the 10 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles. According to CalFire, the person of interest is approximately six feet tall and weighs 170 to 190 pounds. He is believed to be between the ages of…
Read MoreYemen’s Houthi rebels hijack an Israeli-linked ship in the Red Sea and take 25 crew members hostage
Yemen’s Houthi rebels seized an Israeli-linked cargo ship in a crucial Red Sea shipping route Sunday and took its 25 crew members hostage, officials said, raising fears that regional tensions heightened over the Israel-Hamas war were playing out on a new maritime front. The Iran-backed Houthi rebels said they hijacked the ship over its connection…
Read MoreSuspect arrested for manslaughter in death of protester at California rally over Israel-Hamas war
A California man has been arrested in connection with the death of Paul Kessler at a rally in Thousand Oaks on Nov. 5, according to law enforcement. Loay Alnaji, 50, of Moorpark, was charged on Thursday with involuntary manslaughter and battery causing serious bodily injury — with a special allegation on both counts that the…
Read MoreMan who attacked Pelosi’s husband convicted of federal assault and attempted kidnapping charges
A jury on Thursday convicted the man who broke into former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home seeking to hold her hostage and attacked her husband with a hammer of federal charges of attempted kidnapping and assault. The jury deliberated for about eight hours before finding David DePape guilty of attempted kidnapping of…
Read MoreCar rams into Israeli Embassy barricade in Tokyo, injures officer
A car crashed into a barricade set up near the Israeli Embassy in Tokyo on Thursday, injuring a riot police officer who was on guard amid heightened security due to the Israel-Hamas conflict, police said. The police arrested 53-year-old Shinobu Sekiguchi, a member of a right-wing group, at the scene for allegedly obstructing the officer’s…
Read MoreNathaniel Veltman guilty of 1st–degree and attempted murder in 2021 attack on Muslim family in London, Ont.
After less than six hours of deliberations, the jury in the Nathaniel Veltman murder trial in Windsor, Ont., has reached a verdict of guilty of four counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder related to the truck attack on a Muslim family in London in 2021. The 12-member jury in the more…
Read MoreGerman police raid suspected pro-Hezbollah Islamist groups
German authorities conducted nationwide searches of 54 locations across seven federal states connected to the Islamic Center of Hamburg (IZH) on Thursday morning, the Interior Ministry said. In a statement, the ministry said the IZH was suspected of “acting against constitutional order” and of “supporting [the] terror organization Hezbollah.” No arrests were made during the…
Read MoreSuspect accused of plowing car into Pueblo Mall food court, claiming to have explosives ID’d
The Pueblo Mall will reopen late Wednesday morning, one day after a driver plowed his car into a crowded food court and then claimed there were bombs inside. Police gave the “all clear” late Tuesday night after the metro bomb squad determined there was no threat. No explosives were found in the vehicle or in…
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