Archive for April 2024
2 Suspects Arrested In A Jerusalem Car Attack
Israeli police said they have arrested two people after a car slammed into pedestrians in Jerusalem on Monday, lightly wounding three. Footage taken by a CCTV camera and aired by Israeli media showed a car plowing into three ultra-Orthodox Jews, sending at least two flying over the dashboard. Palestinians have carried out periodic attacks on…
Read MoreMan who set himself on fire outside Trump trial and spouted conspiracy theories dies
The man who set himself on fire Friday outside the New York City courthouse where former President Trump is on trial died of his extensive injuries, authorities said. Maxwell Azzarello, 37, a St. Augustine, Fla., resident who arrived in New York this week, was rushed to the burn unit at New York Presbyterian-Cornell Hospital after…
Read MoreIsrael military intelligence chief quits over 7 October
The Israeli military’s intelligence chief has resigned, saying he took responsibility for the failures before Hamas’s attack on Israel on 7 October. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Major General Aharon Haliva would retire once his successor was selected. In a letter, he acknowledged that his intelligence directorate “did not live up to the task…
Read MoreJapanese workers in Pakistan escape suicide blast
A suicide bomber targeted a van carrying Japanese nationals in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi on Friday, police said. The Japanese nationals escaped unharmed but officials later said one bystander was killed. Initially, police said the van was heading to an industrial area where the five Japanese nationals worked when it came under attack, local…
Read More25 years after Columbine, survivors say they’re still haunted by the attack
The epicenter of the Columbine High School mass shooting was the library, where Craig Scott was studying for a biology test on April 20, 1999. Scott, then 16, said he had just sat down next to his friend, Matt Kechter, when his life turned upside down. This week marks 25 years since two seniors at…
Read MoreMan accused of arson at Sen. Bernie Sanders’ office facing federal charges
The man charged with setting fire to the door of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Burlington office is now facing a federal charge. Shant Soghomonian, 35, is being charged with the “malicious damage of a commercial building used in interstate commerce.” On April 5, Soghomonian was recorded on video entering the Church Street building and using lighter…
Read MoreTeen charged with terrorism over Sydney bishop stabbing
Thousands of Muslims gathered in mosques across Sydney for regular prayers on Friday despite concerns about retaliatory attacks after police charged a 16-year-old boy with a terrorism offence over the stabbing of a Sydney bishop earlier this week. Police charged a 16-year-old boy with a terrorism offence on Thursday for the alleged stabbing of Bishop…
Read More5 Japanese Workers Narrowly Escape Suicide Bombing That Targeted Their Vehicle In Pakistan
A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden vest near a van carrying Japanese autoworkers, who narrowly escaped the attack Friday that wounded three bystanders in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi, police said. The van had been heading to an industrial area where the five Japanese nationals worked at Pakistan Suzuki Motors, local police chief Arshad Awan…
Read MoreIran Fires At Apparent Israeli Attack Drones Near Isfahan Air Base And Nuclear Site
An apparent Israeli drone attack on Iran saw troops fire air defenses at a major air base and a nuclear site early Friday morning near the central city of Isfahan, an assault coming in retaliation for Tehran’s unprecedented drone-and-missile assault on the country. No Iranian official directly acknowledged the possibility that Israel attacked, and the…
Read MorePoland Arrests Man Suspected Of Spying For Russia To Aid Zelenskyy Assassination Plot
A Polish man has been arrested on allegations of being ready to help Russia’s military intelligence in an alleged plot to assassinate Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Polish prosecutors said Thursday. The office of Poland’s National Prosecutor said in a statement that the man, identified only as Pawel K., was accused of being prepared to pass…
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