Archive for April 2025
Palestinian president urges Hamas to lay down arms
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on Hamas on Wednesday to lay down arms and hand the running of Gaza to his Palestinian Authority, part of efforts to answer international doubts over the authority’s role at a key moment for the region. Abbas was speaking at a leadership council where he is expected this week to…
Read MoreTeen detained after online bomb threat prompts evacuation of TN church
An online bomb threat has prompted a church to be evacuated, according to the Murfreesboro Police Department. MPD and Murfreesboro Fire and Rescue responded to New Vision Church investigating after an online bomb threat was made against the church. The church was evacuated as MPD worked on verifying the credibility of the threat. Police have…
Read MoreJustice Department brings first terrorism case against alleged high-ranking TdA gang member
The Justice Department has charged an alleged high-ranking member of Tren de Aragua in Colombia with terrorism offenses, making the first case of its kind against a member of the gang the Trump administration has designated a foreign terrorist organization, officials said Wednesday. The case is part of a broad push to target Tren de…
Read MoreFormer U.S. Army Intelligence Analyst Sentenced for Selling Sensitive Military Information to Individual Tied to Chinese Government
A former U.S. Army intelligence analyst was sentenced today to 84 months in prison for conspiring to collect and transmit national defense information, including sensitive, non-public U.S. military information, to an individual he believed was affiliated with the Chinese government. Korbein Schultz, 25, of Wills Point, Texas, pleaded guilty in August 2024 to conspiring to…
Read MoreJordan bans Muslim Brotherhood after arrests over attack plots
Jordan’s government has banned the Muslim Brotherhood a week after it said members of the Islamist group had been arrested on suspicion of planning rocket and drone attacks. Interior Minister Mazen al-Faraya told a news conference that all of the Brotherhood’s offices would be closed and its assets confiscated, and that any activities would be…
Read More27 Members or Associates of Tren de Aragua Charged with Racketeering, Narcotics, Sex Trafficking, Robbery and Firearms offenses
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/27-members-or-associates-tren-de-aragua-charged-racketeering-narcotics-sex-trafficking First RICO Charges Against TdA Members and Associates Note: A copy of the Anti-Tren indictment can be found here. Today, two superseding indictments were unsealed charging 27 individuals currently or formerly associated with the designated foreign terrorist organization Tren de Aragua (TdA) with racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking conspiracy, drug trafficking conspiracy, robbery, and firearms offenses. The first superseding indictment…
Read MoreAbbas calls Hamas ‘sons of dogs’ and demands release of Gaza hostages
Mahmoud Abbas has called Hamas “sons of dogs” in a fiery speech in which he demanded the group release the hostages it is still holding, disarm, and hand over control of Gaza in order to end the war with Israel. The president of the Palestinian Authority told a meeting in the occupied West Bank that…
Read MoreMilitants in Indian Kashmir segregate men from women and children before opening fire
Militants who killed 26 people in India’s Kashmir region, opens new tab separated the men from the women and children and asked the men their names before shooting them at close range, security officials and survivors said on Wednesday. About 1,000 tourists and 300 local service providers were in the Baisaran Valley – known as…
Read More14 arrested across Netherlands for inciting terrorism on social media, including minors
Fourteen individuals between the ages of 14 and 30 were arrested across the Netherlands on Tuesday in connection with multiple investigations into incitement to terrorism through social media. Some of the suspects are minors, according to the Dutch Public Prosecution Service. The suspects are accused of attempting to incite others to commit terrorist acts, with…
Read MoreDisputed Kashmir has witnessed worst attack on civilians in years, sparking fear of rising tensions
At least 26 people were killed and 17 others wounded after gunmen opened fire on a group of tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir, the worst assault in years targeting civilians in the restive region that has seen an anti-India rebellion for more than three decades. Tuesday’s attack took place in the picturesque town of Pahalgam in…
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