Archive for April 2024
German far-right coup plot trial to begin
The first of three trials linked to a far-right coup plot begins in Germany on Monday, with the defendants accused of preparing to commit high treason and belonging to a terrorist organization. All the suspects, part of the so-called “Reichsbürger” movement, were allegedly plotting to overthrow the German government. The Reichsbürger, or “citizens of the…
Read MoreU.K. man charged with “Russia-backed arson” attack on Ukraine-linked site in London
A 20-year-old British man has been charged with masterminding an arson plot against a Ukrainian-linked target in London for the benefit of the Russian state, prosecutors said on Friday. “Included in the alleged activity was involvement in the planning of an arson attack on a Ukrainian-linked commercial property in March 2024,” the Crown Prosecution Service…
Read MoreTurkish court convicts Syrian woman over Istanbul bombing
A Turkish court sentenced Ahlam Albashir, a Syrian national, to life in prison on Friday over a 2022 bombing that killed six people in Istanbul’s main shopping street, a copy of the verdict obtained by Reuters showed. Six Turkish citizens, two members each of three families, were killed in the attack on Nov. 13, 2022.…
Read MoreMoroccan man guilty of murdering man in UK in revenge for Gaza
A Moroccan man who stabbed to death a passer-by in the street in northeast England in what he later told police was revenge for Israeli action in Gaza was found guilty of murder on Thursday. Ahmed Alid, 45, who had sought asylum in Britain, killed his 70-year-old victim after approaching him from behind on a…
Read MoreIraq hangs 11 convicted of terrorism in latest mass executions
Iraq had hanged 11 militants sentenced to death on terrorism charges, local security officials said on Thursday. The executions were carried out on Monday at a prison in the southern Iraqi city of Nassiriya and all those executed were Iraqi nationals, said a prison police officer and a local security official. They declined to be…
Read MoreEgypt Sends Delegation To Israel, Its Latest Effort To Broker A Cease-Fire Between Israel And Hamas
Egypt sent a high-level delegation to Israel on Friday with the hope of brokering a cease-fire agreement with Hamas in Gaza, two officials said. At the same time, it warned that a possible Israeli offensive focused on Gaza’s city of Rafah — on the border with Egypt — could have catastrophic consequences for regional stability.…
Read MorePhilippine Police Kill An Abu Sayyaf Militant Implicated In 15 Beheadings And Other Atrocities
Philippine forces killed an Abu Sayyaf militant, who had been implicated in past beheadings, including of 10 Filipino marines and two kidnapped Vietnamese, in a clash in the south, police officials said Friday. Philippine police, backed by military intelligence agents, killed Nawapi Abdulsaid in a brief gunbattle Wednesday night in the remote coastal town of…
Read MoreSchool principal was framed using AI-generated racist rant, police say. A co-worker is now charged.
A former high school athletic director was arrested Thursday morning after allegedly using artificial intelligence to impersonate the school principal in a recording that included racist and antisemitic comments about individuals at the school. Dazhon Darien is facing charges including theft, stalking, disruption of school operations and retaliation against a witness. Investigators determined he faked…
Read MoreThree suspects arrested in Tahlequah for arson spree damaging properties and hydrants
Three suspects were arrested for reportedly setting more than 20 fires and vandalizing fire hydrants. According to the Tahlequah Fire Department, the suspects caused property damage and significant water loss to communities in at least three counties. Tahlequah Fire Chief Casey Baker said Jacob Mills, 24, of Cherokee County, Sebastian Ritter, 21, of Adair County,…
Read MoreNew Hampshire Man Sentenced in Harvard University Bomb Extortion Case
A Manchester, N.H., man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for making a series of extortionate bomb threats against Harvard University. The extortionate threats caused the evacuation of Harvard’s Science Center Plaza and surrounding academic buildings, and the controlled detonation of what was later determined to be a hoax device on April 13,…
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