Archive for August 2024
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin withdraws plea deal for accused 9/11 terrorists
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday withdrew the controversial plea deal for the three men accused of planning the 9/11 attacks. “Today, Secretary Austin signed a memo reserving for himself the specific authority to enter into pre-trial agreements with the accused in the 9/11 military commission cases,” the Defense Department said in a press release.…
Read MoreMissile Attack By Yemen’s Houthi Rebels Hits Container Ship In First Attack In 2 Weeks
A missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck a Liberian-flagged container ship traveling through the Gulf of Aden, authorities said Sunday, the first assault by the group since Israeli airstrikes targeted them. The Houthis offered no explanation for the two-week pause in their attacks on shipping through the Red Sea corridor, which have seen similar…
Read MoreIsrael-Hamas War Latest: Hezbollah Says It Launched A Drone Attack On Northern Israel
The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said it launched a drone attack early Monday on northern Israel that the Israeli military said wounded two Israeli troops and set off a fire. The violence came as fears of an all-out regional war mount following the killings last week of a senior Hezbollah commander in Lebanon and Hamas’…
Read MoreAustralia Lifts Terrorism Threat Level From ‘Possible’ To ‘Probable,’ But Says No Specific Threat
The Australian government on Monday elevated the nation’s terrorism threat alert level from “possible” to “probable,” citing concerns about increasing radicalization among young people and community tensions over the Israel-Hamas war. It is the first time the threat level has been elevated to the midpoint of the five-tier National Terrorism Threat Advisory System since November…
Read MoreBangladesh prime minister resigns, flees country amid deadly protests
Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country on Monday, as anti-government protesters marched on the capital to demand she step down after a weekend of violence that left dozens of people dead. The Bangladeshi military facilitated Hasina’s “safe passage” out of the country and the army chief is expected to make a…
Read MoreHezbollah resumes steady rocket, artillery fire against Israel
Hezbollah forces on Friday resumed rocket and artillery attacks against Israel, ending the lull along the border following Israel’s killing of the Lebanese group’s military commander in Beirut. The Israeli military said in a statement it had successfully intercepted an aerial target coming from Lebanon into the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Hezbollah and the Israeli military…
Read MoreBombing in Nigeria’s Borno state kills more than 15 people, say police
A bomb exploded in a roadside market in Nigeria’s Borno state killing at least 16 people and wounding dozens of others, police said. The government imposed a 24-hour curfew after the bombing attack, the second in recent weeks. The attack happened at about 8 p.m. local time Wednesday at a teashop that hosts mostly locals…
Read MoreBomb Smuggled Into Tehran Guesthouse Months Ago Killed Hamas Leader
Ismail Haniyeh, a top leader of Hamas, was assassinated on Wednesday by an explosive device covertly smuggled into the Tehran guesthouse where he was staying, according to seven Middle Eastern officials, including two Iranians, and an American official. The bomb had been hidden approximately two months ago in the guesthouse, according to five of the…
Read MoreMan held and van seized after series of overnight ramming incidents at Government Buildings, Áras and Custom House
Entrances to Government Buildings and Leinster House in central Dublin have been sealed off on Friday morning as gardaí deal with a suspected attack on three sets of gates on the Merrion Street side of the complex. The three gates – at the entrance to the Department of the Taoiseach on Merrion Street; an entrance…
Read More3 Newly Freed Americans Are Back On Us Soil After A Landmark Prisoner Exchange With Russia
The United States and Russia completed their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history on Thursday, with Moscow releasing journalist Evan Gershkovich and fellow American Paul Whelan, along with dissidents including Vladimir Kara-Murza, in a multinational deal that set two dozen people free. Gershkovich, Whelan and Alsu Kurmasheva, a journalist with dual U.S.-Russia citizenship, arrived on…
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