Archive for March 21, 2024
Russia Fires 31 Missiles At Kyiv In The First Attack In 44 Days, And 13 People Are Hurt
Russia fired 31 ballistic and cruise missiles at Kyiv before dawn Thursday in the first attack on the Ukrainian capital in 44 days, officials said. Air defenses shot down all the incoming missiles, though 13 people including a child were injured by falling wreckage, they said. Residents of Kyiv were woken up by loud explosions…
Read MoreMother and daughter jailed for funding the Islamic State group
A mother and daughter have been jailed for funding terrorism in Syria. Stella Oyella, 53, and Vanessa Atim, 32, both of Newham, east London, sent hundreds of pounds to a relative who had joined the Islamic State (IS) group. They were found guilty of entering into an arrangement to fund Joseph Ogaba between March and…
Read MoreTerrorism threat against Denmark has increased, security service says
The threat of terrorism in Denmark and against its interests abroad has risen because of Israel’s war against Hamas militants in Gaza and a series of Koran burnings in Denmark last year, the Danish security and intelligence service PET said on Thursday. The PET rated the overall threat level at 4 out of 5, but…
Read MoreA roadside bomb targeting security forces kills 2 soldiers and wounds 15 in Pakistan
A roadside bomb exploded near a security convoy in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing two soldiers and wounding 15 others, officials said. The attack happened in Dera Ismail Khan, a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, said Inayat Ullah, head of the police bomb disposal unit in the region.…
Read MoreThree killed, 12 injured in Afghanistan suicide bombing – police
A suicide bombing in front of a bank killed at least three people and injured 12 others in Afghanistan’s Kandahar city on Thursday, local police said.The blast mostly killed civilians who had gathered in front of the bank to withdraw cash, the Kandahar police department said in a statement. Read more: Reuters
Read MoreIdaho police search for escaped inmate and accomplice after ambush at Boise hospital
A white supremacist Idaho prison gang member and an accomplice remained on the loose Wednesday after the accomplice staged a brazen overnight attack to free the inmate as he was being transported from a Boise hospital, police said. Police identified the man suspected of shooting two corrections officers during the ambush as Nicholas Umphenour. A…
Read MoreA fourth former Mississippi officer is sentenced to 40 years in racially charged torture cases
A fourth former Mississippi law enforcement officer who pleaded guilty to torturing two Black men was sentenced to 40 years in prison Wednesday, as accounts of the horrifying brutality of a self-styled “Goon Squad” of deputies gripped a federal courtroom. A judge imposed the harshest sentence so far on former Rankin County sheriff’s deputy Christian…
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