Archive for August 2024
Greek Tanker Left Burning and Drifting After Suspected Houthi Attacks
Amid tensions in the Red Sea, a Greek-flagged oil tanker was left drifting and burning on Wednesday after a series of suspected attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, the British military said, according to the Associated Press (AP). The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) center reported that the attack began when men aboard small boats…
Read MorePalestinian commander killed in Lebanon as Israel, Hezbollah exchange fire
A suspected Israeli drone attack on a car in southern Lebanon has killed a commander from a coalition of Palestinian armed groups as tensions remain high along the Israel-Lebanon border. The attack targeted a car in the city of Sidon on Wednesday morning, killing Khalil al-Maqdah, a senior officer of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades. Read more:…
Read MoreIsrael-Hamas war latest: Hezbollah fires more than 50 rockets, hitting Israeli-annexed Golan Heights
Lebanon’s Hezbollah on Wednesday launched more than 50 rockets, hitting a number of private homes in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights. The attack came a day after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with fellow mediators Egypt and Qatar as he pressed ahead with the latest diplomatic mission to secure a cease-fire in the war…
Read MorePolice investigating biker group involvement in East Baltimore mass shooting that killed 1, wounded 7
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/08/18/baltimore-shootings-sunday-eastern-district-oliver/ Investigators are “looking to see” whether a biker group was involved in a Sunday evening mass shooting in East Baltimore where eight people were shot, one fatally, a Baltimore Police spokesperson said. Residents of Oliver, a neighborhood they described as usually being quiet and peaceful, expressed shock Monday morning as investigators combed through evidence…
Read MoreOregon man faces federal charges for making hoax bomb threats targeting Jewish hospitals and care centers across New York
An Oregon man who is accused of targeting several Jewish hospitals and care centers in New York City and Long Island with fake bomb threats was arrested on federal charges Tuesday, according to prosecutors. Domagoj Patkovic, 31, of Portland, Oregon, is charged with multiple counts of conspiring to make and making threats concerning explosives, conspiring…
Read MoreLas Vegas teenager plotted ISIS-inspired terror attack, built bombs in room: documents
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A teenager, Joshua Robles, accused of planning a terror attack in Las Vegas was allegedly building bombs in his room and may have been preparing to target a school, according to documents the 8 News Now Investigators obtained. Detectives tied the post back to Robles’ North Las Vegas residence, documents said,…
Read MoreIranian Military Official Hints Strike on Israel May Be Delayed
A senior Iranian military official said on Tuesday that retaliation against Israel over the killing of a Hamas leader in Tehran may be long in coming and take any number of forms, suggesting that an attack against Israel may have been placed on hold. The comments came from Gen. Ali Mohammad Naeini, the spokesman for…
Read MoreThe Middle East’s bizarre waiting game: ceasefire or Armageddon?
It was hard not to detect a note of desperation from Antony Blinken. The American secretary of state is making his ninth visit to the Middle East since war in Gaza began over ten months ago. The latest round of indirect talks between Israel and Hamas is, he insisted, “a decisive moment” that is “probably…
Read MoreCommercial ship ‘not under command’ after repeated attacks target it in Red Sea, British say
A commercial ship traveling through the Red Sea came under repeated attack Wednesday, leaving the vessel “not under command” in an assault suspected to have been carried out by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, the British military said. Few details were immediately available about the attack, though it comes during the Houthis’ monthslong campaign targeting ships over…
Read MoreUkraine attacks Moscow in one of largest ever drone attacks on the Russian capital
Ukraine attacked Moscow on Wednesday with at least 11 drones shot down by air defences in what Russian officials said was one of the biggest drone strikes on the capital since the war in Ukraine began in February 2022. The war, largely a grinding artillery and drone battle across the fields, forests and villages of…
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