Archive for February 24, 2025
Bulgaria’s anti-euro protesters try to storm EU mission building
Several thousand supporters of Bulgaria’s ultra-nationalist Revival party scuffled with police on Saturday while trying to storm the building of a European Union mission during a protest against the country’s plans to adopt the euro next year. The anti-government protesters, chanting “Resignation” and “No to the Euro”, threw red paint, firecrackers and Molotov cocktails at…
Read MoreAn incendiary device explodes outside the Russian Consulate in the French city of Marseille
A suspect threw an incendiary device that exploded outside the Russian Consulate in Marseille early Monday, authorities said, on the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. No injuries were reported. A second device, also thrown against the consulate’s outer wall, failed to detonate and landed on the sidewalk. A bomb disposal expert was dispatched…
Read MoreMotive revealed in Pennsylvania hospital shooting that left 1 officer dead, 5 injured
Anguish and anger at the very recent loss of a loved one apparently spurred on the man who would target the intensive care unit at a Pennsylvania hospital Saturday morning, a senior law enforcement official briefed on the investigation told ABC News. One officer was killed and at least five others were shot in the…
Read MoreMacron says deadly knife attack in eastern France an ‘Islamist terror act’
French police have made several arrests since a man went on a stabbing rampage, killing one and wounding several others in what President Emmanuel Macron called an “Islamist terrorist act”, anti-terror prosecutors told AFP Sunday. The knife-wielding suspect, identified by prosecutors as a 37-year-old Algerian-born man, was arrested at the site of Saturday’s attack in…
Read MoreGermany: Teen arrested for plan to attack Israel’s embassy
German police said they arrested an 18-year-old man suspected of planning a “politically motivated” attack in Berlin. The target, according to multiple media reports, was the Israeli Embassy. The man, a Russian national, was taken into custody late Thursday in the eastern state of Brandenburg, which surrounds Berlin, a statement from police and prosecutors said,…
Read MoreThree shot and killed outside Louisville motor vehicle office, police say
Three people were shot and killed outside a motor vehicle office in Louisville on Friday, police said. Officers were called to the office around noon and found a man dead and two women wounded in the parking lot, according to a statement from the Louisville Metro Police Department. The two wounded were taken to the…
Read MoreA New Jersey man is convicted of attempted murder in the stabbing of Salman Rushdie
A New Jersey man was convicted Friday of attempted murder for stabbing author Salman Rushdie multiple times on a New York lecture stage in 2022. Jurors, who deliberated for less than two hours, also found Hadi Matar, 27, guilty of assault for wounding a man who was on stage with Rushdie at the time. Matar…
Read MoreMan seriously injured in stabbing at Berlin Holocaust memorial
A man has been seriously injured in a knife attack near Berlin’s Holocaust memorial. The incident took place at around 18:00 local time (17:00 GMT), police said on X, adding that investigations into what happened “are ongoing”. According to Tagesspiegel newspaper, officers had cordoned off the site and were carrying out a search. Police are…
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