Archive for April 2024
Netanyahu Vows To Invade Rafah ‘wIth Or Without A Deal’ As Cease-Fire Talks With Hamas Continue
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Tuesday to launch an incursion into a Gaza city sheltering hundreds of thousands of Palestinians. Netanyahu said Israel would enter Rafah to destroy Hamas’ battalions there “with or without a deal.” Israel and Hamas are negotiating a cease-fire agreement meant to free hostages and bring some relief to the…
Read More4 law enforcement officers killed, 4 injured in Charlotte shooting
Three law enforcement officers serving on a U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force and one Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officer were killed Monday after being met with “active gunfire” from a suspect inside an east Charlotte home. A total of eight law enforcement officers were shot, including three CMPD officers and one officer from the task force who…
Read MoreMan with sword arrested after multiple people stabbed near London tube station
A man has been arrested after driving a car into a home in east London before getting out and attacking members of the public with a sword, according to police. The incident happened at approximately 7 a.m. local time when the Metropolitan Police in London were alerted to a “serious incident” taking place in Hainault,…
Read MoreTeens plotted to buy guns and attack Jewish people after Sydney bishop was stabbed, police allege
Four teenagers plotted to buy guns and attack Jewish people days after a bishop was stabbed in a Sydney church, according to police documents cited in news reports on Monday. Five teens, ages 14 to 17, were charged in a Sydney court on Thursday last week with a range of offenses including conspiring to engage…
Read MoreA bomb attack in northern Kenya kills 5 people near the border with Somalia
Five people have been killed in a bomb attack in northern Kenya, the interior ministry said Monday. The bomb, which exploded in El Wak town in Mandera County, near the border with Somalia, wounded five other people. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but Somalia-based al-Shabab militants affiliated with al-Qaida have carried out other…
Read MoreSovereign citizen dies in gunfight after shooting 2 Polk County deputies, sheriff says
Two Polk County deputies are in the ICU after being shot early Saturday by a man who Sheriff Grady Judd said was a sovereign citizen that was killed when backup deputies returned fire. Around 12:22 a.m., a deputy assigned to Hunt Fountain Park due to its designation as a burglary hotspot noticed a vehicle there…
Read MoreMinnesotan will be sentenced for fighting for ISIS: ‘I joined a death cult’
The Islamic State group’s territory was wasting away five years ago when a member from Minnesota desperately dug a trench around his young family’s tent to protect against airstrikes in the eastern Syrian village of Baghouz. By then, Abdelhamid Al-Madioum had become disillusioned with what an online ISIS recruiter once sold as a divine calling…
Read MoreIsraeli Officials Concerned About Possible Icc Arrest Warrants As Pressure Mounts Over War In Gaza
Israeli officials on Monday appeared to be increasingly concerned that the International Criminal Court may issue arrest warrants against the country’s leaders, as international pressure mounts over its war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, Israeli airstrikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah overnight and into Monday killed at least 22 people, including…
Read MoreAttack On A Police Checkpoint In Russia’s North Caucasus Leaves 2 Police, 5 Gunmen Dead
A group of militants attacked a police checkpoint in Russia’s North Caucasus region, killing two officers, officials said Monday. Four other officers were wounded and all five attackers were killed in the shootout in the Karachay-Cherkessia region late Sunday, according to the regional branch of Russia’s Interior Ministry. The Investigative Committee, the country’s top state…
Read MoreLikely Missile Attack By Yemen’s Houthi Rebels Targets A Container Ship In The Red Sea
A suspected missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted a container ship in the Red Sea on Monday, authorities said, the latest assault in their campaign against international shipping in the crucial maritime route. The attack happened off the coast of Mokha, Yemen, the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said, without offering…
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