Archive for December 2023
Man arrested in stabbing at Grand Central Terminal charged with hate crimes
A New York City man has been charged with attempted murder and assault as hate crimes following the Christmas Day stabbing of two teenage tourists from Paraguay at an eatery inside Grand Central Terminal, authorities said. Witnesses said Esteban Esono-Asue, 36, also known as Steven Hutcherson, made derogatory comments about white people shortly before the…
Read MoreIsrael Launches Heavy Strikes Across Central And Southern Gaza After Widening Its Offensive
Israel launched heavy strikes across central and southern Gaza overnight and into Wednesday after broadening its offensive against Hamas to more areas where the military had told Palestinians to seek shelter earlier in the war. Residents reported heavy bombing in the built-up Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, in the southern city of Khan Younis…
Read MoreNo embassy staff hurt in blast near Israeli mission in Delhi
An explosion near the Israeli Embassy in New Delhi on Tuesday did not kill or wound any staff members, authorities said, adding that investigations into its cause were ongoing. Officials were still inspecting the area but it had been reopened to the general public. There was no information suggesting anyone on the street had been…
Read MoreTory MP Mike Freer’s office hit by suspected arson attack
Police are investigating a suspected arson attack at the office of North London Conservative MP Mike Freer. A fire broke out at the rear of the North Finchley and Golders Green MP’s constituency office at around 19:00 on Christmas Eve. The Met Police confirmed it is investigating the fire. Mr Freer told the BBC the…
Read MoreHouthi attacks and U.S. strikes add to concerns of broader conflict in the Middle East
Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched fresh attacks on cargo ships in the Red Sea, while the U.S. carried out strikes against targets in Iraq, amid fears that the war in the Gaza Strip could engulf the Middle East. The U.S. military carried out retaliatory strikes against three installations in Iraq linked to Kataib Hezbollah on Monday,…
Read MoreBomb threats emailed to northwest Ohio synagogues, hospitals Tuesday
Authorities are investigating after several local hospitals and synagogues received emailed bomb threats Tuesday morning. Blanchard Valley Hospital in Findlay, Fulton County Health Center in Wauseon, Congregation B’nai Israel and Temple Shomer Emunim all were targeted by the threats, which some officials are describing as “swatting” incidents designed to cause panic. At 10 a.m., Findlay…
Read MoreArizona man charged with making threats against federal agents
An Arizona man has been charged with making threats against federal officials. Michael Lee Tomasi, 37, of Rio Verde, was arrested Friday, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Tomasi is accused of threatening FBI agents, a judge, and elected officials while he was living in Arizona and Colorado. According to court records, Tomasi made…
Read MoreFive arrested in French anti-terror raids released
Four of them, students aged between 20 and 23 years old, were released on Saturday and a fifth man, a student born in 2002, who the authorities identified as being radicalised, was released on Sunday. They had been arrested following fears that some kind of attack was being planned. But a source close to the…
Read MoreUS carries out airstrikes against militants in Iraq following morning attack on Erbil Air Base
U.S. military forces carried out multiple airstrikes on facilities in Iraq used by Kataib Hezbollah — an Iraqi paramilitary group also known as the Hezbollah Brigades — and its affiliates on Christmas night, according to statements released by the Department of Defense. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said the strikes were carried out at the…
Read MoreSlovakia arrest over threat to copy Prague attack
Police in Slovakia say they have arrested a man who had threatened to carry out a massacre similar to Thursday’s mass shooting in Prague. They say a 64-year-old was held in the northern city of Zilina after he called emergency services claiming he intended to do “what happened in Prague”. He now faces prosecution for…
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