Archive for May 2024
Improvised 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…
Read MoreMigrant with alleged ISIS ties was living in the U.S. for more than two years, officials say
Immigration and Customs Enforcement recently arrested an Uzbek man in Baltimore with alleged ISIS ties after he had been living inside the United States for over two years, according to two U.S. officials. The man, 33-year-old Jovokhir Attoev, crossed the border into Arizona and was apprehended by Border Patrol in February 2022, the officials said.…
Read MoreHamas Is Sending A Delegation To Egypt For Further Cease-Fire Talks In The Latest Sign Of Progress
Hamas said Thursday that it was sending a delegation to Egypt for further cease-fire talks, in a new sign of progress in attempts by international mediators to hammer out an agreement between Israel and the militant group to end the war in Gaza. After months of stop-and-start negotiations, the cease-fire efforts appear to have reached…
Read MoreRed Sea attacks pays dividends for Yemen’s Houthis
A two-week lull in attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels have ended with the resumption of missile strikes targeting Red Sea ships linked to Israel, the United States or nations supporting the international anti-Houthi naval coalition in those waters. The attacks, which the Houthis have been carrying out since November 2023, are a bid to show…
Read More15 Portland police cars badly burned Thursday morning; arson suspected
Fifteen or more parked police cars were badly damaged in a fire at a training facility early Thursday morning, the Portland Police Bureau said. The bureau said an arsonist set the fire, but it did not announce any arrests. Portland Fire & Rescue arrived at the scene in the 14900 block of Northeast Airport Way…
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