California Man Arrested for Allegedly Exporting Shipments of Firearms, Ammunition and Other Military Items to North Korea

Shenghua Wen, 41, of Ontario, California, was arrested today on a criminal complaint alleging that he exported shipments of firearms, ammunition and other military items to North Korea that were concealed inside shipping containers bound from Long Beach. Wen, a Chinese national illegally residing in the United States, was arrested this morning and is expected…

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Extremist Rebels Linked To Is Kill At Least 9 And Kidnap 3 In Eastern Congo

Extremist rebels linked to the Islamic State group killed at least 9 people, including an 8-month-old baby and a 14-year-old girl in eastern Congo and kidnapped several others, authorities said on Wednesday. Rebels with the Allied Democratic Forces attacked civilians in Tenambo village in the North Kivu province on Tuesday evening, Colonel Mak Hazukay, spokesperson…

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Hamas And Fatah Are Near An Agreement On Who Will Oversee Postwar Gaza

Palestinian officials say Fatah and Hamas are closing in on an agreement to appoint a committee of politically independent technocrats to administer the Gaza Strip after the war. It would effectively end Hamas’ rule and could help advance ceasefire talks with Israel. The rival factions have made several failed attempts to reconcile since Hamas seized…

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South Korea’s Opposition Parties Submit A Motion To Impeach President Yoon Over Sudden Martial Law

South Korea’s opposition parties Wednesday submitted a motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over the shocking and short-lived martial law that drew heavily armed troops to encircle parliament before lawmakers climbed walls to reenter the building and unanimously voted to lift his order. Impeaching Yoon would require the support of two-thirds of parliament, and…

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Israeli strike near Damascus killed Hezbollah liaison with Syrian army

An Israeli airstrike on a car near Syria’s capital Damascus on Tuesday killed Salman Jumaa, a senior Hezbollah figure responsible for liaising with the Syrian army, a Lebanese security source told Reuters. Syria’s state news agency had reported the strike on the airport road but did not offer details on casualties. The Israeli military confirmed…

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UK sanctions Northern Ireland man under domestic counter-terrorism laws

Britain used counter-terrorism laws to freeze the assets of a man from Northern Ireland, citing his suspected involvement with “terrorist activity” associated with the New Irish Republican Army, a statement on Tuesday said. The government said it had “reasonable cause” to suspect that the individual, Brian Sheridan, who was born in Armagh, was involved in…

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Kosovo blames Serbia for explosion that cut water and power supplies

A powerful explosion damaged a water canal and temporarily cut water and power supply to Kosovo’s cities, the prime minister said on Saturday. Prime Minister Albin Kurti said the explosion on Friday in Vrage, 60 kilometres north of the capital Pristina, disrupted water supply to some cities and main power plants. It followed two other…

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