Archive for May 2025
Kurdish PKK disbands and ends 40-year Turkey insurgency
The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group, which has been locked in bloody conflict with the Turkish state for more than four decades, decided to disband and end its armed struggle, a news agency close to the group reported on Monday. The PKK’s decision could boost NATO member Turkey’s political and economic stability and encourage…
Read MorePoland says Russian secret service behind 2024 fire in Warsaw shopping centre
Russian secret services were behind a massive fire that nearly completely destroyed a Warsaw shopping centre in May 2024, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Sunday after a year of investigation into the case. “We already know for sure that the large fire on Marywilska was the result of arson ordered by Russian services.…
Read MoreUnease lingers in Kashmir despite ceasefire between India and Pakistan
Joy over an India-Pakistan ceasefire was short-lived in Kashmir. Tens of thousands fled the Indian-controlled part of the disputed region last week amid heavy shelling and drone attacks by Pakistan. Yet despite a ceasefire announced Saturday, only a handful of families returned to their homes Sunday. “We will go back only after complete calm prevails,”…
Read MoreOhio Man Sent Threats Saying He Had Bullets Etched With People’s Names, U.S. Says
An Ohio man who over the past 10 months sent dozens of threatening messages to 34 people, including politicians and members of law enforcement, is facing criminal charges of cyberstalking and making threats, federal prosecutors said on Friday. The man, Ronald Lidderdale, sent 65 letters and emails, including some in which he said that he…
Read MoreIgnited explosive device found inside church rectory
A man has been arrested after police say an explosive device was discovered inside a church rectory. According to the Mahanoy City Police Department, officers arrested 32-year-old Kyle Kuczynski, who was wanted on a bench warrant. Police say Kuczynski was wanted in connection with an incident at St. Teresa of Calcutta Rectory on May 6,…
Read MoreFBI has opened 250 investigations tied to violent online network ‘764’ that preys on teens, top official says
FBI officials say they are growing increasingly concerned about a loose network of violent predators who befriend teenagers through popular online platforms and then coerce them into escalating sexual and violent behavior — pushing victims to create graphic pornography, harm family pets, cut themselves with sharp objects, or even die by suicide. The online predators,…
Read MoreTexas Man Convicted of Making Threats to Kill Nashville District Attorney
David Aaron Bloyed, 60, of Frost, Texas, was found guilty today by a federal jury of one count of communicating a threat in interstate commerce to lynch and kill Glenn Funk, the elected District Attorney General (DA) for Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee. “The defendant’s heinous threats strike at the heart of our justice system…
Read MoreNew York Man Charged with Federal Hate Crimes After Repeatedly Assaulting Jewish Victims
An indictment was unsealed today in the Southern District of New York charging Tarek Bazrouk 20, of New York, New York, with three counts of committing hate crimes in connection with his repeated assaults of Jewish victims in New York City between 2024 and 2025. Bazrouk was arrested this morning and will be presented later…
Read MoreMan Sentenced to Over 30 Years in Prison for Crypto-Terror Financing Scheme
A Springfield, Virginia, man was sentenced yesterday to 364 months in prison for his efforts to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization. According to court records and evidence presented at trial, from at least October 2019 through October 2022, Mohammed Azharuddin Chhipa, 35, collected…
Read MoreTennessee Man Indicted on Arson and Explosive Charges for Setting Fire to Nonprofit Organization
A federal grand jury in Knoxville, Tennessee returned an indictment on May 7, charging Regan Darby Prater, 27, with arson for firebombing the Highlander Center, a nonprofit research and education center in New Market, Tennessee; and with carrying an explosive device during the commission of the arson. Prater appeared in court today before U.S. Magistrate…
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