Archive for August 6, 2025
Lebanon tells army to prepare plan to disarm Hezbollah by end of the year
Lebanon’s government has tasked the army with devising a plan to ensure that only state institutions possess weapons by the end of the year, a move that aims to disarm the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah. The announcement by Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam came after a nearly six-hour cabinet meeting. He said the government asked…
Read MoreSuspected gunmen go on trial in Moscow over concert hall terror attack
Nineteen people, among them the four suspected gunmen, went on trial in Moscow on Monday over a concert hall attack that claimed 149 lives, one of the worst terrorist attacks in modern Russia. Four armed men from the former Soviet republic of Tajikistan allegedly stormed the Crocus City Hall on the outskirts of Moscow on…
Read MoreWoman arrested in MS after explosive device found in package
A woman was arrested after Mississippi authorities say they found a homemade explosive device in a suspicious package. Deputies with the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office have arrested Christina Laureen Willis, 27, of Batesville. Willis is being charged with attempted murder, and with planting or placing a bomb or explosive, or weapon of mass destruction. On…
Read MorePentagon confirms withdrawal from Syria bases used for anti-ISIS missions
U.S. forces in Syria have departed three military bases that for years supported efforts to defeat Islamic State militants, a new Pentagon report has confirmed. American personnel and their anti-ISIS coalition partners in May left Mission Support Site Green Village, H2 and Mission Support Site Euphrates, sometimes referred to as the Conoco gas field, the…
Read MoreArson confirmed at children’s playground; Portland police probe bias motive
A fire at the playground of an early learning center for the Center for African Immigrants and Refugees Organization was arson, according to Portland Police. PPB spokesman Mike Benner says the play structure at the school was intentionally set on fire early Sunday morning, a little before 2 a.m. at the playground at SE 139th…
Read MoreTreasury Sanctions Global Network Supporting Iran’s Military UAV Program
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating five entities and one individual based in Iran, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and China for their procurement of technology in support of OFAC-designated Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company (HESA). HESA is a state-owned subsidiary of Iran’s Ministry of Defense and Armed…
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