Archive for March 13, 2024
Peru rules out 2 suspects planned attack at APEC forum
Peru’s authorities ruled out the initial hypothesis that an Iranian and a Peruvian arrested on Friday were planning an attack on an Israeli person at the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. The arrests prevented an attack on a foreign businessman, according to a statement by APEC’s Peru office, which is currently attached to the…
Read MoreNew team of Marines sent in to shore up security at the U.S. embassy in Haiti
A new team of U.S. Marines has been sent to Haiti to help protect the American embassy, the U.S. military said Wednesday, a day after the country’s prime minister announced his resignation following months of rising unrest and gang violence. The U.S. Southern Command said in a statement that a fleet-anti-terrorism security team, known as…
Read MoreNorway: Oslo terrorism trial for LGBTQ bar shooting begins
A trial began on Tuesday in Norway for a man accused of killing two people, and seriously injuring nine others, at an Oslo nightclub in 2022. Prosecutors said 44-year-old Zaniar Matapour fired 10 rounds with a machine gun and eight shots with a handgun into a crowd outside the “London Pub,” a popular gay bar.…
Read MoreStabbing Near Jerusalem After Deadly Violence Erupts In The Occupied West Bank
Violent clashes overnight have left multiple Palestinians dead in the West Bank, and Israeli police say a Palestinian stabbed and wounded two people at a checkpoint near Jerusalem before being shot Wednesday. Violence has surged in the occupied West Bank since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack triggered the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. At least 427 Palestinians…
Read More3 Egyptian Coptic Church Monks Killed In An Attack At A Monastery In South Africa
Three monks belonging to Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church were killed in an attack at a monastery in South Africa on Tuesday, the church said. They were killed at the Saint Mark the Apostle and Saint Samuel the Confessor Monastery. The Coptic Orthodox Church, which is based in Egypt, named the monks as Monk Hegumen Takla…
Read MoreMan who sent bomb threat to Arizona election officials jailed for 42 months
A Massachusetts man who threatened to blow up the secretary of state of Arizona in 2021 has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison, one of the most severe federal punishments yet handed down for the wave of violent threats against election officials unleashed by Donald Trump’s stolen election lie. James Clark,…
Read MoreEmailer threatened to bomb kid-friendly ‘Drag Queen Story Time’ at Minneapolis brewery, police say
An emailer sent messages threatening to bomb a northeast Minneapolis brewery during a weekend drag show as well as the home of the taproom’s founder and George Floyd Square, according to police. Police spokesman Aaron Rose said that “officers did not find explosives at any location” after conducting searches Sunday afternoon at Broken Clock Brewing…
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