Archive for February 2024
Woman who opened fire at megachurch killed by police
A female shooter opened fire on Sunday afternoon at pastor Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church in Houston, which has one of the nation’s largest congregations. She was fatally shot by off-duty officers. No one else at the church died. The woman, between the ages of 30 and 35, entered the church at 1:53 p.m. wearing a…
Read MoreThree UAE soldiers killed in attack on military base in Somalia
Three soldiers from the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces and an officer from the Bahrain Defense Force were killed in an attack at a military base in Somalia’s capital, the UAE’s defense ministry said Sunday. The attack took place at the General Gordon military base in Mogadishu on Saturday night, the ministry said. UAE personnel…
Read MoreManchester Arena attack survivors win case against conspiracy theorist
Two survivors of the Manchester Arena attack have won their bid to sue a writer who said it was faked. Richard Hall’s claim that no-one died in the 2017 attack, which killed 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert, was “preposterous”, a judge said. Judge Richard Davison ruled in favour of Martin and Eve Hibbert,…
Read MoreGrandmother identifies her son as man who fired gunshots and set house near Philadelphia on fire
A Philadelphia-area grandmother has identified her son as the man who fired gunshots and set their house on fire in East Lansdowne Wednesday. Chin Le, speaking to CNN affiliate WPVI, identified the shooter as 43-year-old Canh Le. Le said she heard her son arguing with his 13-year-old niece and saying he was going to get…
Read MoreIsraeli Bombs Target Gaza’s Crowded Rafah As The Us Warns Israel Against Sending Troops There
Israel bombed targets in overcrowded Rafah early Friday, hours after Biden administration officials and aid agencies warned Israel against expanding its Gaza ground offensive to the southern city where more than half of the territory’s 2.3 million people have sought refuge. Airstrikes overnight and into Friday hit two residential buildings in Rafah, while two other…
Read MoreMan Charged With Stealing Small Airplane That Crashed On A California Beach
Police in California arrested a man for allegedly stealing a small aircraft before crashing onto a beach and leaving the scene. Deputies received a report of a small airplane landing “near or on a beach” in Half Moon Bay around 5 p.m. Thursday, the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. Police…
Read MoreUs Calls For Investigation Into Alleged Civilian Killings In Ethiopia’s Amhara Region
The U.S. is calling for an investigation into an alleged massacre of civilians in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, where a local rights group says more than 80 people were killed last week following clashes between soldiers and armed groups. The U.S. ambassador to Ethiopia, Ervin Massinga, said Friday that the “U.S. government is deeply concerned” by…
Read MoreIndian Town Sets A Curfew And Orders Police To Shoot Violators After Deadly Clashes Over A Mosque
Authorities in a northern Indian town imposed an indefinite curfew and ordered police to shoot violators after clashes over the construction of a Muslim seminary and a mosque left at least five people dead and more than 150 injured, officials said Friday. The violence Thursday also led authorities to shut down internet services and schools…
Read MoreJustice Department Announces Terrorism and Sanctions-Evasion Charges and Seizures Linked to Illicit, Billion-Dollar Global Oil Trafficking Network That Finances Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Its Malign Activities
The Justice Department today announced the unsealing of three federal cases, across two U.S. Attorneys’ Offices, as the most recent in a series of efforts to combat the illicit trafficking of Iranian oil that funds Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), and its Qods Force (IRGC-QF), Iran’s primary mechanism…
Read MoreNine killed as violence mars Pakistan election; mobile services suspended
At least nine people, including two children, were killed in militant attacks in Pakistan on Thursday as the country voted in a general election after suspending mobile phone services and closing some land borders to maintain law and order. The interior ministry said it took the security steps after at least 26 people were killed…
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