Archive for July 2024
Yemen’s Houthi Rebels Target A Us-Flagged Container Ship In The Gulf Of Aden
Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted United States-flagged container ship in the Gulf of Aden on Tuesday, officials said, the latest assault by the group on the crucial maritime trade route. The captain of the ship reported an explosion in close proximity to the vessel off the coast of Nishtun, Yemen, close to the country’s border with…
Read MoreMan arrested for allegedly planting explosive device next to San Jose business
Police arrested a man who allegedly planted an improvised explosive device at a business in San Jose last week, authorities said Tuesday. San Jose police said officers responded at 10:06 a.m. on July 3 to a report of a bomb threat at a business in the 1300 block of Ridder Park Drive just north of…
Read MoreFormer TSA employee faces prison over fake bomb notes
A former TSA employee faces up to five years in prison after allegedly leaving fake bomb threat notes in a Tulsa airport bathroom on two separate occasions last March, according to authorities. U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson announced Tuesday, a former TSA employee made an initial appearance before the federal court for leaving notes in the…
Read MoreMan Sentenced for Sending Death Threat to Michigan Election Worker
An Indiana man was sentenced today to 14 months in prison for sending a communication that included death threats to an election worker in Michigan shortly after the November 2020 election. “The Justice Department has no tolerance for violent threats against election workers, officials, and volunteers, and as this case demonstrates, we will aggressively investigate…
Read MoreJustice Department Leads Efforts Among Federal, International, and Private Sector Partners to Disrupt Covert Russian Government-Operated Social Media Bot Farm
The Justice Department today announced the seizure of two domain names and the search of 968 social media accounts used by Russian actors to create an AI-enhanced social media bot farm that spread disinformation in the United States and abroad. The social media bot farm used elements of AI to create fictitious social media profiles…
Read MoreWidow of ISIS leader sentenced to death by Baghdad court
The widow of ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi has been sentenced to death by a court in Baghdad. She was found guilty by Al Karkh Criminal Court of “working with terrorist Daesh gangs”, Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council said on Wednesday, using the Arabic acronym for ISIS. While it did not name her, a court…
Read MoreAn Israeli strike in Syria kills a former bodyguard of Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader, official says
An Israeli strike in Syria on Tuesday killed a former bodyguard of the leader of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, an official with the group said. An Israeli man and woman were killed in a retaliatory Hezbollah strike on Israel. Hours earlier, an Israeli drone hit a car in Syria near the border with Lebanon,…
Read MoreMan fatally shot by park rangers at Yellowstone National Park allegedly threatened mass shooting
A 28-year-old man who worked for a business in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming allegedly threatened to carry out a mass shooting before being killed in a shootout with rangers on the Fourth of July, officials said Tuesday. Samson Lucas Bariah Fussner, of Milton, Florida, was confronted by Yellowstone law enforcement rangers early on the…
Read MoreIranian-born Norwegian man found guilty in 2022 Oslo LGBT+ festival attack, sentenced to 30 years
An Iranian-born Norwegian man was found guilty of terrorism on Thursday in a 2022 attack on an LGBTQ+ festival in Oslo and sentenced to 30 years in prison. Two people were killed and nine were seriously wounded in the shooting at three locations, chiefly outside the London Pub, a popular gay bar, on June 25,…
Read MoreKenyan cult leader faces terrorism charges for mass starvation deaths
The leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult went on trial on Monday on charges of terrorism over the deaths of more than 400 of his followers in a macabre case that shocked the world. Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie appeared in court in the Indian Ocean port city of Mombasa along with 94 co-defendants, an…
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