Archive for May 2024
A Knife Attack At A Chinese Hospital Kills 2 People And Injures 21. The Motive Is Unclear
A knife attack at a hospital in southwestern China on Tuesday killed two people and injured 21 others, authorities said. No motive was given for the attack at Zhenxiong County People’s Hospital in Yunnan province. The suspect is a male from a village in the same county, a Zhenxiong police statement said. The injured were…
Read MoreIsraeli Forces Seize Rafah Border Crossing In Gaza, Putting Cease-Fire Talks On Knife’s Edge
Israeli tanks seized control of Gaza’s vital Rafah border crossing on Tuesday as Israel brushed off urgent warnings from close allies and moved into the southern city even as cease-fire negotiations with Hamas remained on a knife’s edge. The foray came after hours of whiplash in the Israel-Hamas war, with the militant group on Monday…
Read MoreUS soldier detained in Russia on charges of criminal misconduct, Army says
A U.S. soldier was detained in Vladivostok, Russia, on Thursday on charges of criminal misconduct, according to the U.S. Army. “The Russian Federation notified the U.S. Department of State of the criminal detention in accordance with the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations,” Army spokeswoman Cynthia O. Smith told ABC News. “The Army notified his family…
Read MoreMan arrested, accused of trying to shoot pastor during sermon at Pennsylvania church
A church service in North Braddock, Pennsylvania was upended Sunday when a man pulled a gun on the pastor in the middle of his sermon. Pennsylvania State Police have charged 26-year-old Bernard Polite of Braddock and say he entered and attempted to shoot pastor Glenn Germany while the pastor was delivering a sermon at Jesus’…
Read MoreImprovised explosive kills three and wounds seven in Pakistan’s southwest Baluchistan province
A blast from an improvised explosive device killed three people and wounded seven on Friday in the Pakistani province of Baluchistan, a police officer said. Footage from the scene moments before the attack shows a motorcyclist traveling alongside the car, attaching something to it, and then riding off. The car exploded, scattering civilians and traffic.…
Read MoreAt least 12 killed in bomb attacks on eastern DR Congo displacement camps
At least 12 people, including children, have been killed in twin bomb blasts that hit two camps for displaced people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to government officials, the United Nations and an aid group. Friday’s explosions targeted the camps in Lac Vert and Mugunga, near the city of Goma, the capital…
Read MoreNYC synagogue bomb threats found to be fake, officials say
Multiple bomb threats were made against synagogues in New York City on Saturday, according to the New York City Police Department. New York officials said the threats were unfounded, and investigators are working to find whoever was responsible. Schumer and Rep. Jerry Nadler held a press conference Sunday morning, saying they had spoken with the…
Read MoreAs China And Iran Hunt For Dissidents In The Us, The FBI Is Racing To Counter The Threat
After a student leader of the historic Tiananmen Square protests entered a 2022 congressional race in New York, a Chinese intelligence operative wasted little time enlisting a private investigator to hunt for any mistresses or tax problems that could upend the candidate’s bid, prosecutors say. “In the end,” the operative ominously told his contact, “violence…
Read MoreIsraeli military tells Palestinian civilians in parts of Rafah to ‘evacuate immediately’
Israel’s military on Monday said it has begun evacuating Palestinians from parts of Gaza’s southern city of Rafah, ahead of an expected military operation where roughly half of the enclave’s entire population is sheltering. “For your safety, the IDF appeals to you evacuate immediately to the expanded humanitarian area in Al-Mawasi,” Avichay Adraee, the Israel…
Read MoreBoy shot dead after Perth stabbing was in deradicalization program, but no ties seen to Sydney teens
A 16-year-old boy who was shot dead by police after stabbing a man in the Australian west coast city of Perth had been in a deradicalization program but had no links to an alleged network of teen extremists in the east coast city of Sydney, authorities said. The boy had participated in the federally funded…
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