Archive for August 2024
Hezbollah Leader Says War With Israel Has Entered ‘New Phase’ After Killings Of Top Militant Figures
Hezbollah’s leader warned Thursday that the conflict with Israel has entered a “new phase,” as he addressed mourners at the funeral of a commander from the group who was killed by an Israeli airstrike this week in Beirut. Meanwhile in Tehran, Iran’s supreme leader prayed over the body of Hamas’ political leader, who was killed…
Read MoreNo ‘Tangible’ Terror Threat Detected Since The Start Of The Paris Olympics, Interior Minister Says
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Friday that authorities have not detected any “tangible” terror threats during the first week of the Olympic Games, during which about 200 people have been arrested by security forces for various crimes. Darmanin released the first official statistics regarding the Paris Olympics’ security during a visit to a…
Read MoreBloods gang member sentenced in Triangle machine-gun shooting
https://www.kilgorenewsherald.com/bloods-gang-member-sentenced-in-triangle-machine-gun-shooting/article_2505b58d-da64-5488-a7d5-2526def815be.html A judge on Thursday sentenced a Bloods gang member to nearly three decades in prison for opening fire with a machine gun on a home in Triangle last year, wounding a woman inside and narrowly missing a police detective and bystander outside.Prince William County Circuit Court Judge Carroll Weimer sentenced Sean Hughes, 20, of…
Read MoreFather and son facing terror charges were planning ‘serious violent attack in Toronto’: RCMP
RCMP say a father and son who were arrested in Richmond Hill on terrorism charges last week were “in the advanced stages of planning a serious violent attack in Toronto.” At a news conference Wednesday morning, RCMP officials said an Integrated National Security Enforcement Team (INSET) became aware of the threat in early July. “On…
Read MoreKhalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused as the main plotter of 9/11 attacks, agrees to plead guilty
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused as the mastermind of al-Qaida’s Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, has agreed to plead guilty, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The development points to a long-delayed resolution in an attack that killed thousands and altered the course of the United States and much of the Middle East. Mohammed…
Read MoreIsrael Says It Has Confirmed Hamas Military Wing Chief Mohammed Deif Was Killed In A July Strike
The Israeli military said Thursday that it has confirmed that the head of Hamas’ military wing, Mohammed Deif, was killed in an airstrike in Gaza in July. The announcement comes a day after an apparent Israeli strike in the Iranian capital killed Hamas’ top political leader. The rapid events this week have left U.S., Egyptian…
Read MoreUK Prime Minister And Police Hold Crisis Meeting Over Unrest As Stabbing Attack Suspect Due In Court
Prime Minister Keir Starmer summoned British police chiefs for a crisis meeting on Thursday over violent unrest that followed a stabbing attack that left three young girls dead. A 17-year-old suspect appeared in court to face three counts of murder and 10 of attempted murder. The attack on children at a Taylor Swift-themed summer holiday…
Read MoreDelco man gets more than 7 years in prison for using explosives to blow up ATMs in Philly, Del.
A Delaware County man has been sentenced to serve 90 months — or seven-and-a-half years — in prison after pleading guilty to charges that claimed he and two others used explosives to destroy ATMs in Philadelphia and Delaware. According to law enforcement officials, Cushmir McBride, 25, of Yeadon, was sentenced on Wednesday to serve 90…
Read MoreUS arrests a former Green Beret over the failed 2020 raid into Venezuela to remove Maduro
A former U.S. Green Beret who in 2020 organized a failed cross-border raid of Venezuelan army deserters to remove President Nicolás Maduro has been arrested in New York on federal arms smuggling charges. A federal indictment unsealed this week in Tampa, Florida, accuses Jordan Goudreau and a Venezuelan partner, Yacsy Alvarez, of violating U.S. arms…
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