Archive for July 2025
FBI captures former marine reservist in connection with Alvarado ICE facility shooting
A former U.S. Marine Corps reservist wanted in connection with a shooting outside an Alvarado immigration detention center has been captured, the FBI announced Tuesday. The FBI said Benjamin Hanil Song, 32, was on the run after being charged with three counts of attempted murder and three counts of discharging a firearm during a violent…
Read MoreRussia, Iran and China intensifying life-threatening operations in UK, police say
Russia, Iran and China are behind a growing number of life-threatening operations in Britain including attacks and kidnappings, often deploying criminals and sometimes children as proxies, two senior British police officers said on Tuesday. The British authorities in recent years have repeatedly voiced concern at what they said was malign activity by the three states…
Read MoreKentucky church shooting suspect identified
The gunman officials say killed two women and wounded three others in Kentucky on Sunday has been identified as 47-year-old Guy House, according to the Lexington Police Department. Lexington Police Chief Lawrence Weathers said House shot a Kentucky State Police trooper on Terminal Drive at Blue Grass Airport at 11:36 a.m. The trooper pulled over…
Read MoreMissouri highly impacted by fiber cable ‘acts of terrorism’, Spectrum says
Missouri is one of the states most impacted by vandalism on fiber optic cables, telecommunications company Charter Communications said Monday, calling such attacks “acts of domestic terrorism.” According to a news release, internet and cable provider Spectrum, which is owned by Charter, has seen a 200% yearly increase in felony attacks on its network through…
Read MoreWoman arrested for hate crime, allegedly set Novato church on fire
A Santa Clara woman was arrested for allegedly setting a Novato church on fire over the weekend in what authorities said was a hate crime. The fire was first reported on Saturday at 6:30 a.m at North Bay Christ Church on Redwood Boulevard, with witnesses saying that they had seen a woman walking away from…
Read MoreOne in four Nashville schools see arrests for threats of mass violence during 2024/25 school year
In the 2024/25 school year, more than a quarter of Nashville’s public schools experienced arrests related to threats of mass violence, mirroring a growing national trend. This increase follows a crackdown by lawmakers on students making school threats, prompted by two deadly Nashville school shootings in less than two years. It also comes as police…
Read MoreIsrael bombs Syrian forces entering Druze city after sectarian clashes
Israel says it has bombed Syrian government forces around Suweida, as they entered the predominantly Druze city following two days of deadly clashes between Druze militias and Bedouin tribes. About 100 people have reportedly been killed since the fighting erupted on Sunday. Syria’s defence minister announced a ceasefire in Suweida on Tuesday morning, saying an…
Read MoreIran Update
Iran has built new access roads and flattened earth near impact points at the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant (FFEP), likely as part of Iran’s efforts to assess the damage at the facility. Commercially available satellite imagery captured on July 8 and July 13 showed that Iran has built additional access roads and flattened earth near…
Read MoreSpain arrests eight after far-right groups and migrants clash
Spanish police have arrested eight people after three nights of clashes between far-right groups and North African migrants in a town in southeastern Spain, the government said on Monday. In one of Spain’s worst such flare-ups of recent times, several dozen youths, some hooded, hurled glass bottles and other objects at riot police in Torre…
Read MoreSectarian Clashes in Syria Kill More Than 50
More than 50 people have been killed in a second day of sectarian violence in Syria between Bedouin groups and militias from the Druse religious minority, according to a local health official and monitoring groups. The clashes in the southern province of Sweida underscore the difficulty the new government led by President Ahmed al-Shara has…
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