Archive for April 2025
DR Congo spares three convicted US coup accomplices of capital punishment
The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) President Felix Tshisekedi has downgraded the death sentences of three United States citizens convicted for taking part in a failed coup attempt last year, reducing their punishments to life imprisonment. Tshisekedi issued the commutation on Tuesday, according to presidential spokesperson Tina Salam, six months after the US nationals…
Read MoreHigh Ranking MS-13 Leader and Fugitive Wanted for Multiple Murders Found and Arrested in Long Island
Last night, a high-ranking leader of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as MS-13, was arrested in New York for his alleged role in a conspiracy responsible for 11 murders. Joel Vargas-Escobar, also known as Momia, was indicted the District of Nevada and charged with racketeering conspiracy that involved 11 murders. Vargas-Escobar is also charged with…
Read MoreTerrorism suspect linked to 7/7 bombings set to be released from prison
A British terrorist linked to the 7/7 bombings is set to be freed despite remaining a “risk to national security”. Haroon Aswat, 50 – who was jailed for 20 years for plotting to form an extremist training camp – has been assessed by police as continuing to be a security risk. However, a High Court…
Read MoreNeo-Nazi terror propagandist ‘Dark Foreigner’ guilty on all counts
An Ottawa man has been found guilty of sowing hate, fear and division by helping create racist recruitment videos and other terrorist propaganda for a now defunct far-right international terrorist group and a prominent neo-Nazi. Superior Court Justice Robert Smith found Patrick Gordon Macdonald guilty of the three charges he faced: participating in terrorist activity,…
Read MoreIsrael steps up Syria strikes, says Turkey aims for ‘protectorate’
Israel stepped up airstrikes on Syria overnight, declaring the attacks a warning to the new Islamist rulers in Damascus as it accused their Turkish allies on Thursday of trying to turn the country into a Turkish protectorate. The strikes, targeting air bases, a site near Damascus and the southwest, put renewed focus on Israeli concerns…
Read MoreTeenager admits sharing terrorist material online
A teenager has pleaded guilty to sharing Islamic State group (IS) videos and other material online on Telegram and TikTok. Leo Walby, 19, from Swanley, Kent, admitted six charges of dissemination of a terrorist publication between 10 July and 20 August 2024, when he appeared at the Old Bailey on Wednesday. He also admitted a…
Read MoreDHS arrests man in McKinney accused of making terroristic threats against Homeland Security Secretary, ICE
A North Texas man is in custody, accused of making terroristic threats against the Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and ICE agents. Homeland Security Investigations announced the arrest of Robert King Wednesday, saying he was taken into custody in McKinney after making “alarming” posts to Facebook. A DHS spokesperson said the agency was assisted…
Read MoreIranian Company and Two Iranian Nationals Charged with Conspiring to Provide Material Support to Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and for Scheme to Procure U.S. Technology for Iranian Attack Drones
A criminal complaint was unsealed today charging Hossein Akbari, 63, and Reza Amidi, 62, both of Iran, and an Iranian company, Rah Roshd Company (Rah Roshd), with conspiring to procure U.S. parts for Iranian Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs, also known as drones), conspiring to provide material support to the IRGC – a designated foreign terrorist…
Read MoreOver 30 killed as Israel’s military operation in Gaza Strip expanding to seize ‘large areas’
Israel’s military operation in the Gaza Strip is expanding to seize “large areas,” the defense minister said, while officials at hospitals inside the Palestinian territory said Israeli strikes overnight and into Wednesday had killed more than 30 people, nearly a dozen of them children. Israel’s offensive in the Palestinian territory was “expanding to crush and…
Read MoreMyanmar junta fires warning shots at aid convoy as groups seek access to earthquake victims
Myanmar’s junta said on Wednesday its troops fired warning shots at a Chinese Red Cross aid convoy, underlining the challenge of delivering relief amid a civil war as aid groups called for better access to help survivors of a devastating earthquake. The military has struggled to run Myanmar following its coup against the elected civilian…
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