Archive for January 2025
Thirty-seven suspected terrorists arrested in East Africa, says Interpol
Thirty-seven suspected terrorists, including suspected members of Islamic State, have been arrested across east Africa over the last two months, the global police body Interpol said on Monday. Interpol, which is headquartered in France, said the arrests had been made during November and December during operations conducted jointly with the pan-African police body Afripol. The…
Read MorePolice seek ‘sovereign citizen’ after traffic stop with shots fired Thursday in west Tulsa
Police were still looking on Friday for a man who led officers on a pursuit following a traffic stop Thursday in west Tulsa. A warrant was issued Friday for 35-year-old Michael Spear, who got into a confrontation with officers in what police described as a “sovereign citizen type of situation.” Those who claim to be…
Read MoreMother charged with murder in death of her 11-year-old daughter
A Baltimore County judge ordered a mental evaluation for a mother charged with murder in connection with the death of her 11-year-old daughter. County police said officers were called around noon Thursday to a house in the 2100 block of Firethorn Road for a cardiac arrest call, according to charging documents obtained by 11 News.…
Read MoreThieves Blow Up a Dutch Museum Door to Steal a Golden Helmet
The video is grainy but ominous: three hooded figures, clambering over one another to tug at a heavy access door of the Drents Museum — an art and history museum in Assen, the Netherlands — and then an explosion and a flurry of sparks in the wee hours of Saturday. By daybreak, it had become…
Read More22 reported killed in Lebanon before agreement to extend deadline for Israeli forces to withdraw
Israeli forces in southern Lebanon on Sunday opened fire on protesters demanding their withdrawal in line with a ceasefire agreement, killing at least 22 and injuring 124, Lebanese health officials reported. Hours later, the White House said Sunday that Israel and Lebanon had agreed to extend the deadline for Israeli troops to depart southern Lebanon…
Read MoreLatvia: Undersea cable likely damaged by external influence
An undersea fiber optic cable between Latvia and Sweden belonging to Latvia State Radio and Television Center (LVRTC) was damaged in the Baltic Sea on Sunday. The cable linked the Latvian town of Ventspils with Sweden’s Gotland island. “We have determined that there is most likely external damage and that it is significant,” Latvian Prime…
Read MoreCongo rebels reach center of eastern city in major escalation
Rwandan-backed rebels marched into the centre of east Congo’s largest city on Monday, witnesses said, in the latest escalation of decades of conflict in a region already suffering one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. The rebel alliance, spearheaded by the ethnic Tutsi-led M23 militia, said it had captured the whole of the lakeside city,…
Read MoreFORMER ISIS SWEDISH NATIONAL TO BE CHARGED FOR KILLING JORDANIAN PILOT
Swedish prosecutors have requested the pre-trial detention of Osama Krayem for his alleged involvement in the 2014 murder of a Jordanian pilot in Syria. The 32-year-old Krayem is currently serving a 30-year prison sentence in France. In 2023, he was sentenced to life imprisonment in Brussels for his role in the 22 March 2016 attacks.…
Read MoreTEENAGER IN SCOTLAND ARRESTED OUTSIDE MOSQUE UNDER TERRORISM ACT
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested under the Terrorism Act outside a mosque. On Thursday at around 9am, police apprehended the youth outside the Inverclyde Islamic Centre, Greenock. It is understood police are investigating links to right-wing extremism. He remains in custody and Police Scotland says there is no risk to the community. Read more:…
Read MoreTucson men sentenced for conspiring to join ISIS
The Justice Department announced that two Tucson men have been sentenced for their efforts to join the ISIS terrorist organization. 27-year-old Ahmed Mahad Mohamed and 26-year-old Abdi Yemeni Hussein are both citizens of Somalia who were living in Tucson at the time of the offense. They eventually pleaded guilty to conspiracy to provide material support…
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