Archive for January 2025
Student kills teacher, classmate in Slovak high school knife attack
A student killed a female teacher and classmate with a knife and injured another classmate at a high school in northern Slovakia on Thursday, officials said. Several emergency crews were dispatched to the school in Spisska Stara Ves, where two people were discovered dead and a third was taken to hospital with medium-severity injuries, emergency…
Read MoreIran’s Leader in Moscow to Sign Cooperation Treaty With Russia
President Masoud Pezeshkian of Iran on Friday met in Moscow with Vladimir V. Putin, his Russian counterpart, for high-profile talks, solidifying an alliance between two countries driven by a mutual desire to challenge the West. Iran and Russia have been subjected to numerous sanctions by the West, and trade and finance are at the forefront…
Read MoreIsrael’s Security Cabinet Meets To Vote On A Ceasefire To Pause The War In Gaza And Release Hostages
Israel’s security Cabinet convened Friday to vote on a ceasefire deal after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed an agreement had been reached that would pause the 15-month war with Hamas in Gaza and release dozens of hostages held by militants there. Mediators Qatar and the U.S. announced the ceasefire on Wednesday, but the deal hung…
Read MoreRussia planned ‘acts of terrorism’ in the air, Polish PM says
Russia planned “acts of terrorism” in the air against Poland and other countries, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Wednesday after meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Warsaw. Security officials have said that parcels which exploded at logistics depots in Europe were part of a test run for a Russian plot to trigger explosions…
Read MoreSweden plans to remove citizenship from people seen as threat to state
Sweden’s political parties have agreed that dual citizens who commit crimes that threaten national security should lose their citizenship. A cross-party committee recommended that the change could be applied to anyone who had used bribes or false information to obtain their citizenship; and also if they committed crimes that were a threat to the state…
Read MoreMercer County Man Pleads Guilty To Communicating Threats To Attack Members Of The White Community
A Mercer County, New Jersey, man admitted to transmitting, via the internet, a post containing threats to injure members of the white community by shooting them with a firearm, Acting U.S. Attorney Vikas Khanna announced today. Joshua Cobb, 24, of Trenton, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Robert Kirsch in Trenton federal court…
Read MoreNetanyahu Says ‘Last Minute Crisis’ With Hamas Holding Up Approval Of Gaza Truce And Hostage Deal
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that a “last-minute crisis” with Hamas was holding up Israeli approval of a long-awaited ceasefire that would pause the fighting in the Gaza Strip and release dozens of hostages. Israeli airstrikes, meanwhile, killed at least 72 people in the war-ravaged territory. Netanyahu began signaling there were issues with the…
Read MoreEmailed threats to Jewish funeral home leads to Spring man’s arrest, Bellaire police say
A man in Spring was arrested after police say he threatened to kill Jewish people in the Houston area. Bellaire police were contacted about the threat in October. The owner of Houston Jewish Funerals in Bellaire told investigators he received a disturbing email with the subject line “Beezlebub.” Police didn’t have trouble locating a suspect.…
Read MoreArrest made after Nazi symbols found on Roanoke Valley couple’s vehicle
Roanoke Police say they made an arrest in connection to an alleged incident at Sam’s Club where a couple reported Nazi symbols were scrawled on lug nuts while their tires were being rotated. Police say 21-year-old Shannon Cox, of Salem, was arrested Tuesday afternoon in connection to this incident. He is charged with one count…
Read MoreGermany to shoot down drones near military sites
Germany’s cabinet has decided to authorise the army to shoot down suspicious drones seen near military sites or other critical infrastructure. A statement from Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said that, “especially since [Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s war of aggression against Ukraine, we have seen that drones are being used more and more frequently, which poses…
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