Archive for June 2025
Execution of 3 accused of spying and mass detentions fuel crackdown fears in Iran
Fears that the Iranian regime could be using its war with Israel to crack down on its own population grew Wednesday after three people were executed and hundreds more were arrested and accused of spying. The three people put to death Wednesday were accused of spying for Mossad, Israel’s espionage agency, by bringing “assassination equipment”…
Read MoreWoman with ties to a cultlike group to appear in court after border agent’s killing
A woman charged in the death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont is due in federal court Tuesday in one of multiple criminal cases linked to a cultlike group known as Zizians. Authorities have said Teresa Youngblut fired the bullet that killed agent David Maland during the January traffic stop. Another agent fired…
Read MoreChildren killed in ‘appalling’ Sudan hospital attack – WHO head
“Another appalling attack” on a hospital in Sudan has seen more than 40 people killed, many of them children and medics, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. “We cannot say this louder,” wrote Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on X on Tuesday, “attacks on health must stop everywhere!” Al-Mujlad Hospital was struck on…
Read MoreColombian army frees 57 soldiers held captive by locals
Fifty-seven soldiers who had been held captive by locals in the mountains of Colombia since the weekend have been freed in a military operation, the Colombian defence minister has said. The minister, Pedro Sánchez, said that not a single shot had been fired in what he dubbed “Operation Justice”. The soldiers were seized in the…
Read MoreMozambique: IS-linked group behind mass child kidnappings
The NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday released a report claiming that Islamic State-linked militants from the regional Islamist terror group al-Shabab have kidnapped at least 120 children in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province since the start of the year. HRW says al-Shabab, which is not tied to the Somali terror outfit of the…
Read MoreAlleged accomplice in California fertility clinic bombing dies in federal custody
The man charged earlier this month with conspiring to assist the suspected California fertility clinic bomber has died in federal custody, according to a statement from the Bureau of Prisons. Daniel Park was found unresponsive on Tuesday at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles, the federal law enforcement agency said. “Responding employees initiated life-saving…
Read MoreCalifornia Man Charged with Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS
Ammaad Akhtar, 33, of Stockton, was arrested today and charged with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. According to court documents, since February 2025, Akhtar has been communicating online with a law enforcement-controlled individual, whom Akhtar believed was a member of ISIS. In these conversations, Akhtar voiced his support for ISIS…
Read MoreICE arrests 11 Iranian nationals in 48 hours
In its latest crackdown against illegal immigration, federal agents arrested 11 Iranian foreign nationals in 48 hours, including one watchlisted individual — part of a series of targeted operations spanning eight states and nine cities nationwide. Among those arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement since Sunday, June 22, is Mehran Makari Saheli, at his…
Read MoreMore Tren de Aragua and MS-13 gangs crossing border from Canada: Noem
ByAnna GiaritelliJune 20, 2025 5:13 pmWashington ExaminerHomeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem revealed that members of dangerous Latin American gangs Tren de Aragua and MS-13 have been encountered attempting to enter the United States from Canada following the Trump administration’s crackdown at the U.S.-Mexico border.Noem, the top U.S. border official, shared with attendees at a northern…
Read MoreMD top court weighs gang promotion law in graffiti case
MD top court weighs gang promotion law in graffiti case MD top court weighs gang promotion law in graffiti case The Daily Record Rachel Konieczny//June 18, 2025 The Maryland Supreme Court heard arguments earlier this month in a case where the high court will decide whether a trial court had sufficient evidence to convict a Montgomery County man of…
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