Archive for April 11, 2024
Israeli strike kills 3 sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh
An Israeli airstrike in Gaza killed three sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, according to Israel’s army and the militant group’s official media, with Haniyeh accusing Israel of acting in “the spirit of revenge and murder.” The Israeli military confirmed it carried out the attack Wednesday, saying the men conducted militant activity in central Gaza,…
Read MoreDutch police looking for witnesses of ISIS beheadings in Syria
Police in the Netherlands are looking for witnesses to help connect at least a dozen beheadings in Syria a decade ago to a suspected terrorist arrested in Zuid-Holland. The suspect, nicknamed Abu Khaled al Amni, applied for asylum in the Netherlands in 2019. The police arrested the then 37-year-old man in Arkel in January 2023.…
Read MoreAlabama man charged with detonating explosive device outside state attorney general’s office
An Alabama man was arrested and indicted this week on charges that he detonated an explosive device outside the Alabama attorney general’s office in late February, the U.S. Justice Department announced Wednesday. Kyle Benjamin Douglas Calvert, 26, of Irondale, was charged with malicious use of an explosive and possession of an unregistered destructive device, the…
Read MoreCapitol Police hires special prosecutors to investigate threats to lawmakers
The U.S. Capitol Police hired three special prosecutors to investigate threats made to members of Congress and help prosecute threat cases involving members, the agency confirmed Wednesday to The Hill. The three attorneys are spread across the U.S., with one in Washington, D.C.; San Jose, Calif.; and Tampa, Fla., the agency confirmed. The first position…
Read MoreCornell student pleads guilty to posting violent threats to Jewish students online
A former Cornell University student accused of posting violently threatening statements against Jewish people on campus shortly after the start of the war in Gaza in the fall pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday. Patrick Dai, from the Rochester, New York, suburb of Pittsford, was accused by federal investigators of posting anonymous threats to shoot…
Read MoreApple drops term ‘state-sponsored’ attacks from its threat notification policy
Apple Inc new tab has warned its users in India and 91 other countries that they were possible victims of a “mercenary spyware attack,” dropping the word “state-sponsored” it used in its previous alerts to refer to such malware attacks. Apple discovered that attackers tried to “remotely compromise the iPhone,” it said in a notification…
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