Archive for October 2024
Israel says it has killed slain Hezbollah leader’s successors
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday Israeli airstrikes had killed two successors to Hezbollah’s slain leader, as Israel expanded its offensive against the Iran-backed group with a fourth army division deployed into south Lebanon. Netanyahu spoke in a video released by his office hours after the deputy leader of Hezbollah, which is reeling after…
Read MoreMI5 spy chief says Russia and Iran are behind a ‘staggering’ rise in deadly plots
Britain is facing a “staggering rise” in attempts at assassination, sabotage and other crimes on U.K. soil by Russia and Iran, as the two states recruit criminals to “do their dirty work,” the head of Britain’s domestic intelligence agency said Tuesday. MI5 Director General Ken McCallum said his agents and police have tackled 20 “potentially…
Read MoreMexican mayor’s severed head placed atop pickup truck 6 days after taking office
The mayor of a violence-plagued city in Mexico was killed on Sunday with his decapitated body left in a pickup truck and his severed head placed atop the vehicle’s roof. Alejandro Arcos, 43, was killed just six days after he took office as mayor of the city of Chilpancingo, a city of around 280,000 people…
Read MoreSon of Osama bin Laden deported from France, barred from returning
A son of Al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden has been deported from France, where he lived for years painting landscapes in a Normandy village, and barred from returning after posting comments on social media deemed to have glorified terrorism. Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said he had signed an order banning Omar Binladin from France,…
Read MoreHezbollah Leader Says More Israelis Will Be Displaced As The Militants Extend Their Rocket Fire
Hezbollah’s acting leader said Tuesday that even more Israelis will be displaced as the militant group extends its rocket fire deeper into Israel, in a defiant televised statement marking the anniversary of fighting that escalated into war last month. Sheikh Naim Kassem, the acting leader of Hezbollah, said its military capabilities are still intact and…
Read MoreSupreme Court Will Hear A Challenge To Ghost-Gun Regulation
The Supreme Court will hear a challenge Tuesday to a Biden administration regulation on ghost guns, the difficult-to-trace weapons with an exponentially increased link to crime in recent years. The rule is focused on gun kits that are sold online and can be assembled into a functioning weapon in less than 30 minutes. The finished…
Read MoreEdmond Man Known For Spider Collecting Arrested, Accused Of Building Improvised Explosive Device
An Edmond man known for collecting spiders has been arrested, accused of building an improvised explosive device police said. Authorities discovered the bomb inside Nick Krueger’s home earlier this week after issuing a search warrant. Krueger who sat down with News 9 in July, claimed his work was for research purposes. Among the shelves of…
Read MoreAlbania’s police fire teargas to disperse protesters hurling petrol bombs
Albanian police fired tear gas to disperse opposition protesters who hurled petrol bombs at government buildings and smashed city property in what they said was part of a civil disobedience against the government. Protesters accused Prime Minister Edi Rama’s government of corruption, nepotism and trying to silence the opposition. They also protested against keeping under…
Read MoreChinese workers killed in Karachi blast
In a statement, Chinese embassy in Pakistan confirmed that two Chinese nationals were killed and one injured in the explosion near the airport. It also said there were local casualties. According to the statement, the “terrorist attack” on a convoy carrying Chinese staff of the Port Qasim Electric Power Company (Private) Limited occurred around 11…
Read MoreHezbollah missiles hit Israel’s Haifa in escalating conflict
Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel’s third largest city Haifa on Monday as Israeli forces looked poised to expand ground raids into south Lebanon on the first anniversary of the Gaza war, which has spread conflict across the Middle East. Iran-backed Hezbollah, an ally of Hamas, the Palestinian militant group fighting Israel in Gaza, said it…
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