Archive for May 2024
California man who drove into crowd at Stop Asian Hate rally sentenced to 1 year in prison
A California man who pleaded guilty to driving a car into a crowd of “Stop Asian Hate” protesters was sentenced to a year in prison on Monday. Steve Lee Dominguez, 58, from the Southern Californian city of Diamond Bar, drove his car through the middle of the crowd at a 2021 rally in Los Angeles.…
Read MoreIslamic State Group Claims Bombing In Afghanistan That Killed Officers Involved In An Anti-Poppy Crop Campaign
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a bombing in Afghanistan’s northeast that killed police officers who were part of an anti-poppy crop campaign. A motorcycle was booby-trapped and exploded, targeting a Taliban patrol in Faizabad town in Badakhshan province, killing and wounding 12 members of the patrol as well as destroying a four-wheel drive…
Read MoreYemen’s Houthi Rebels Claim 2 Attacks In Gulf Of Aden As Iran Official Renews Nuclear Bomb Threats
Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Thursday claimed responsibility for two missile attacks in the Gulf of Aden on two Panama-flagged container ships that caused no damage. Meanwhile, an adviser to Iran’s supreme leader again threatened that Tehran could build a nuclear weapon if it chose to pursue atomic armaments. The comments by Yemeni military spokesman Brig.…
Read MoreGuns Are Being Stolen From Cars At Triple The Rate They Were 10 Years Ago, A Report Finds
The rate of guns stolen from cars in the U.S. has tripled over the last decade, making them the largest source of stolen guns in the country, an analysis of FBI data by the gun safety group Everytown found. The rate of stolen guns from cars climbed nearly every year and spiked during the coronavirus…
Read MoreCivilian Casualties Rise In Myanmar’s Civil War As Resistance Forces Tighten Noose Around Military
Six months into an offensive against Myanmar ’s military government, opposition forces have made massive gains, but civilian casualties are rising sharply as regime troops increasingly turn toward scorched-earth tactics in the Southeast Asian country’s bitter civil war. There is pressure on all fronts from powerful militias drawn from Myanmar’s ethnic minority groups and newer…
Read MoreMPs vote unanimously in support of designating Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist group
The House of Commons has voted unanimously in support of a motion to add Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps to an official list of terrorist organizations. The motion came from a House justice committee report that, among other things, called on the government to designate the IRGC as a terrorist entity in Canada. MPs voted 327…
Read MoreUK Men arrested for ‘preparing acts of terrorism’
Three men have been arrested on suspicion of planning terrorism offences. Officers from Counter Terrorism Policing North West (CTPNW) carried out raids at about 19:30 BST. Four warrants were executed across Bolton and Great Lever and in the Abram and Hindley areas of Wigan. CTPNW said the men had been arrested on suspicion of the…
Read MoreRussia hits Ukraine’s power grid with a ‘massive’ attack on a day marking the WWII defeat of Nazism
Russian forces unleashed a nighttime barrage of more than 50 cruise missiles and explosive drones at Ukraine’s power grid Wednesday, targeting a wide area in what President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called a “massive” attack on the day the country celebrates the defeat of Nazism in World War II. The bombardment blasted targets in seven Ukrainian regions,…
Read MoreUs Paused Bomb Shipment To Israel To Signal Concerns Over Rafah Invasion, Official Says
The U.S. paused a shipment of bombs to Israel last week over concerns that Israel was approaching a decision on launching a full-scale assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah against the wishes of the U.S., a senior administration official said Tuesday. The shipment was supposed to consist of 1,800 2,000-pound (900-kilogram) bombs and…
Read More2 Ukrainians detained for allegedly plotting Zelenskyy assassination with Russia, Ukraine says
Two colonels in Ukraine’s State Protection Service were identified as part of a group planning to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian officials said Tuesday. The colonels, who have been detained but not yet been publicly identified, were recruited by the Russian Federal Security Service, known as the FSB, Ukraine said. “Their mission involved identifying…
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