Archive for February 2024
Israel And Hamas Are Making Progress In Cease-Fire And Hostage Release Talks, Officials Say
Israel and Hamas are making progress toward a deal that aims to bring about a cease-fire and free hostages held in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, according to two officials with direct knowledge of the talks, as key meetings continue Tuesday between the sides in the Egyptian capital. Talks are moving forward even after Israel intensified…
Read MoreExplosive experts in Greece defuse a parcel bomb sent to a judge
Explosives experts in northern Greece on Monday safely defused a parcel bomb that had been delivered to a senior judge at her courthouse office, police said. The judge in the country’s second-largest city of Thessaloniki found the package suspicious and didn’t open it, calling court police who evacuated the building. Few members of the public…
Read MorePhilippines Confirms Death Of Senior Militant Blamed For December Bombing In Marawi
The Philippine military on Monday confirmed the killing of a suspected senior Islamic State-affiliated militant whom it accused as the mastermind of a deadly bombing during a Catholic Mass in the southern city of Marawi in December. Military chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. said the Daulah Islamiyah (DI) emir had been identified as among nine…
Read MoreCourt upholds life sentences for Atlanta Olympics and Birmingham abortion clinic bomber Eric Rudolph
Eric Rudolph, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for fatal bombings at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and a Birmingham abortion clinic will not get a chance at a new sentence, an appeals court ruled Monday. A three-judge of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled that Rudolph remains bound to the terms of…
Read MoreLawyers for NH man accused of texting threats to candidates claim First Amendment protection
Lawyers for a New Hampshire man who is accused of threatening to kill three presidential candidates argue that some of the threats are protected by freedom of speech. In a recent court filing, Tyler Anderson, of Dover lawyers, said some text that were sent to one of the campaigns are protected by the First Amendment…
Read MoreTexas neighbors said they tried to sound the alarm about Houston church shooter for months
Years before a shooter opened fire at Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church in Houston, residents in the small neighborhood said they had run-ins with the suspect, who frightened them. Six women who live in the neighborhood in Conroe, a north Houston suburb, said the woman, Genesse Ivonne Moreno, targeted them, harassed them, threatened them, displayed firearms…
Read MoreYemen’s Houthi Rebels Fire Missiles At Ship Bound For Iran, Their Main Supporter
Yemen’s Houthi rebels fired two missiles at a ship bound for a port in Iran on Monday, causing minor damage but no injuries to its crew, authorities said. The attack on the Marshall Islands-flagged, Greek-operated bulk carrier Star Iris shows just how widely the Houthis now target ships traveling through the Red Sea, the Gulf…
Read MoreShooting At Greek Shipping Company Kills Four, Including Owner And Suspected Gunman
Three people were fatally shot Monday in the offices of a shipping company near Athens and the suspected gunman also took his life as police special forces prepared to confront him, authorities said. The shooting occurred in the shipping company office in Glyfada, a seaside suburb of the capital. The alleged gunman, an unidentified company…
Read More‘Stop Cop City’ claims responsibility for arson to Atlanta police car, chief says
Atlanta police say someone has stepped forward to claim responsibility for setting fire to a patrol car early Saturday morning. Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum led a press conference on Saturday and revealed that members of “Defend the Atlanta Forest,” commonly called “Stop Cop City” took responsibility for the arson. The car was found in…
Read MoreIsrael frees two hostages, Gaza officials say airstrikes kill 67
Israel freed two Israeli-Argentinian hostages in Rafah on Monday under the cover of airstrikes which local health officials said killed 67 Palestinians and wounded dozens in the southern Gaza city that is the last refuge of about a million displaced civilians. A joint operation by the Israeli military, the domestic Shin Bet security service and…
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