Archive for March 2024
Berlin Summons Iran Ambassador Over 2022 Synagogue Plot
Germany on Wednesday said it had summoned the Iranian ambassador over an attempted arson attack on a synagogue in 2022 that Berlin believes was planned with the help of Tehran. A German Iranian national was sentenced in December to two years and nine months in prison in the plot to attack a synagogue in the…
Read MoreHackney house fire could be antisemitic attack, police say
Police are investigating whether a house fire in east London that destroyed two floors of a three-storey house was an antisemitic hate crime. A man in his 60s, who was arrested near the scene in Hackney, had made threatening and “allegedly antisemitic” comments, the Met Police said. Four people were injured but none are in…
Read MoreCapitol rioter who wanted to be ‘lone-wolf killer’ charged with violating anti-stalking order
A Silver Spring man who spent four months in prison for his role in the Capitol riot now faces three new criminal counts for allegedly violating an anti-stalking order against a D.C. activist. Bryan Betancur Battisti, 26, appeared in D.C. Superior Court on Wednesday for arraignment on three counts of contempt of an anti-stalking order.…
Read MoreCalifornia man sentenced to life for ‘boogaloo movement’ killing of federal security guard
A Northern California man who was part of the loosely organized anti-government “ boogaloo movement ” was sentenced to life in prison Friday for his role in the shooting death of a federal security guard and wounding of another. Robert Allen Justus was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, the Bay Area News…
Read MoreCoast Guard investigators seek to identify voice in as many as 16 hoax calls
U.S. Coast Guard investigators are seeking the public’s help to identify a voice in apparent hoax calls. Investigators said a series of as many as 16 falsified distress calls were transmitted over VHF channel 16 beginning on Feb. 17. The calls are believed to have originated from the Strawberry Point area in Baltimore and consist…
Read MoreRussia 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
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