Archive for January 20, 2025
At least 80 people killed in northeast Colombia as peace talks fail, official says
More than 80 people were killed in the country’s northeast over the weekend following the government’s failed attempts to hold peace talks with the National Liberation Army, a Colombian official said. Among the victims are community leader Carmelo Guerrero and seven people who sought to sign a peace deal, according to a report that a…
Read MorePower outages hit army-controlled Sudan after drone attacks
Most army-controlled areas in Sudan have been plunged into blackouts following drone attacks on power generation facilities by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, government officials and residents told Reuters. The blackouts began on Monday after drone attacks on Merowe Dam, the country’s largest, affected Sudan’s northern state, while a technical issue affected River Nile and…
Read MoreTwo Iranian supreme court judges shot dead
Two senior Iranian judges have been shot dead in an apparent assassination in the country’s supreme court. Ali Razini and Mohammad Moghiseh were killed after a gunman entered the court, in the capital Tehran, on Saturday morning. The attacker killed himself while fleeing the scene, according to the judiciary’s news website, Mizan. A bodyguard was…
Read MoreArgentina announces Río Negro arrest of ‘terrorist linked to Islamic State’
Security Minister Patricia Bullrich says authorities have detained a 24-year-old man allegedly linked to the Islamic state terrorist group in General Roca, Río Negro Province. Bullrich, who claimed that the accused intended to “recruit” Argentine youngsters to participate in terrorism, said at a press conference that David Nazareno Ávila had been detained by Coast Guard…
Read MoreUK teenager pleads guilty to murder of Southport girls and ricin, terrorism charges
A British teenager on Monday pleaded guilty to charges of murdering three young girls in a knife attack in northern England in July, a crime that horrified the nation and was followed by days of nationwide rioting. Axel Rudakubana, 18, changed his pleas from not guilty to guilty on what was due to be the…
Read MoreYemen’s Houthis Signal They’ll Now Limit Their Attacks In The Red Sea Corridor To Israeli Ships
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have signaled they now will limit their attacks in the Red Sea corridor to only Israeli-affiliated ships, just as a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip entered its second day Monday. The Houthis’ announcement, made in an email sent to shippers and others on Sunday, likely won’t be enough to encourage global firms…
Read MoreChina Executes 2 Men Who Committed Deadly Attacks Known As ‘Revenge On Society Crimes’
China has executed two men who committed deadly attacks that killed dozens in November, raising concerns about a surge in what are called “revenge on society crimes,” state media reported Monday. Fan Weiqu, 62, who rammed his car into a crowd outside a sports stadium in the southern city of Zhuhai, killing at least 35…
Read More‘No active direct threats’ to inauguration events: USSS
There are “no active direct threats” to the presidential inauguration ceremony on Monday, the lead coordinator for the United States Secret Service told ABC News. Matt McCool, head of the Secret Service’s Washington field office, told ABC News that if there were any potential threats, they would be mitigated by the agency’s extensive security plan.…
Read MoreFirst Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners freed in ceasefire deal with Hamas
Around 90 Palestinian prisoners and detainees were freed from Israeli jails and into the occupied West Bank on Sunday, as part of an exchange under ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel that went into effect Sunday morning. Their release comes hours after three Israeli women were set free by Hamas-led Palestinian militants who held them…
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