Archive for May 2025
Anti-government group threatens crucial weather radars, NOAA warns
An anti-government group is making threats against weather equipment that it says is a “weather weapon” controlled by the military, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned employees. In emails widely shared with National Weather Service staff this month and obtained by The Washington Post, the NOAA Office of Security warned of threats it said…
Read MoreFather of Madison shooter at Abundant Life Christian School charged criminally for giving daughter guns
The father of a teenager who shot multiple people at a Madison school late last year has been charged criminally after prosecutors say he gave guns to his daughter. Jeffrey Rupnow, 42, of Madison is facing two felony counts of intentionally giving, selling or loaning a dangerous weapon to a person under the age of…
Read More1 student killed, 2 hurt in stabbing outside their high school; suspects at large
One student was killed and two others were wounded in a stabbing outside their Southern California high school, authorities said. The students were attacked in front of Santa Ana High School at about 3:25 p.m. Wednesday, shortly after dismissal, according to school officials and police in Santa Ana, which is about 30 miles southeast of…
Read MoreMacron meets with Syrian leader al-Sharaa
French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday, May 7, told visiting Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa to protect all people in the multi-confessional country. Alarm over clashes that have left hundreds dead among minority communities have overshadowed the first months of the government that overthrew longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in December. Macron has been criticized for hosting…
Read MoreIsraeli embassy in London was target of suspected terror plot
The Israeli embassy in London was the alleged target of five Iranian men arrested on suspicion of preparing an act of terrorism, the BBC understands. Police have not yet confirmed that the embassy in Kensington was the suspected target, as first reported by the Times, citing operational reasons. But the BBC understands the report is…
Read MoreExplosions rock Indian Kashmir in suspected drone attacks
Blasts rang out across the city of Jammu in Indian Kashmir late on Thursday during what Indian military sources said they suspected was a Pakistani drone attack across the region on the second day of clashes between the nuclear-armed neighbours. There was no immediate comment from Pakistan on what appeared to be an escalation in…
Read MorePublic urged not to speculate on terror arrest
The public has been urged not to speculate about an arrest made in public as part of a major counter-terrorism investigation. A 29-year-old Iranian man in Swindon was among eight men arrested on Saturday in two separate operations into an alleged plot to “target a specific premises”, the Metropolitan Police said. Wiltshire’s Police and Crime…
Read MoreUkrainian drones keep targeting Moscow
Attacks by Ukrainian long-range drones caused flight disruption at Moscow’s main airports for a third straight day on Wednesday, authorities said, as Russia prepared to receive the Chinese president and other foreign leaders for the annual Victory Day military parade in Red Square. Russian flag carrier Aeroflot canceled more than 100 flights to and from…
Read MoreSudan cuts ties with UAE over alleged paramilitary support
Sudan has cut diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), after repeatedly accusing the Gulf nation of backing the rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the country’s civil war. Both the UK and the US have singled out the UAE in separate appeals for outside countries to stop backing Sudan’s warring parties. Read more:…
Read MoreIndia strikes Pakistan over tourist killings, Pakistan says it will retaliate
India hit Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir with missiles on Wednesday and Pakistan said it had shot down five Indian aircraft and vowed to retaliate, in the worst clash in more than two decades between the nuclear-armed neighbours. India said it struck nine “terrorist infrastructure” sites, some of them linked to an attack by Islamist militants…
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