Kneecap break silence after Liam O’Hanna charged with terrorism offence

Irish rap group Kneecap has released a statement in light of the news that band member Liam O’Hanna, known by his stage name Mo Chara, faces a terrorism charge for displaying a Hezbollah-supporting flag at a London concert last November. The Metropolitan Police confirmed the charges against the artist. The Met Police announced that the…

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2 Israeli Embassy staff members killed outside Jewish museum in Washington, DC

IsraAID, an Israel-based non-governmental organization, said the event in Washington, DC, where two Israeli staff members were shot dead was focused on humanitarian aid for Gaza. The shooting took place outside the building, killing the victims who Israeli officials later identified as Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim. They had been leaving an event when the…

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Poland intervenes after Russian ‘shadow fleet’ ship detected near Baltic Sea cable

A Russian “shadow fleet” ship performed suspicious manoeuvres near the cable connecting Poland and Sweden, Poland’s PM Donald Tusk said. The Polish military intervened in the Baltic Sea after a Russian ship carried out “suspicious manoeuvres” near a power cable connecting Poland and Sweden, Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Wednesday. “A Russian ship…

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Joint Statement on the U.S.-Türkiye Syria Working Group

The United States hosted Türkiye for a new round of the Syria Working Group in Washington, D.C. U.S. and Turkish interagency delegations were led by Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Nuh Yılmaz. U.S. Ambassador to Türkiye Thomas Barrack Jr. and Turkish Ambassador to the United States Sedat…

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A suicide car bomber strikes a school bus in southwestern Pakistan, killing 5 people

A suicide car bomber struck a school bus in southwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing five people — including three children — and wounding 38 others, officials said, the latest attack in tense Balochistan province. The province has been the scene of a long-running insurgency, with an array of separatist groups staging attacks, including the outlawed…

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Former Capitol riot defendant is convicted of gun charges stemming from his arrest

A military veteran whose Capitol riot case was erased by a presidential proclamation was convicted Tuesday of charges that he illegally possessed guns and ammunition in his van when he was arrested near President Barack Obama’s home in the nation’s capital. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols also convicted Taylor Taranto of recording himself making a…

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PKK rejects ‘exile’ of its members from Turkey after agreeing to disband

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has said Turkey should ease prison conditions for its founder Abdullah Ocalan, declaring him the group’s “chief negotiator” for any future talks after a decision to disband. The Kurdish group, blacklisted by Ankara and its Western allies, announced on May 12 it had adopted a decision to disarm and disband…

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Germany arrests five teenagers over alleged right-wing extremist plot and attacks

German police on Wednesday arrested five teenagers linked to a right-wing extremist group that allegedly intended to carry out attacks on migrants and political opponents. The early morning arrests across several states in Germany followed raids on 13 properties associated with the self-styled “The Last Wave of Defence”, federal prosecutors said in a statement. Four…

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