Archive for January 2026
Prominent Filipino mayor target of RPG assault
A mayor in the Philippines has escaped with his life after being ambushed by a gang of assailants armed with a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG), also known as a rocket launcher. Horrifying footage of the attack shows a black Toyota SUV, carrying Mayor Akmad Ampatuan, pulling into a Caltex petrol station at around 6am on January…
Read MoreLebanon’s Hezbollah chief says group concerned with confronting US threat against Iran
The leader of Lebanon’s Iran-aligned Hezbollah movement, Naim Qassem, said on Monday that his group was concerned about confronting Washington’s threat against Iran, particularly any threat against Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Tensions between Iran and the United States have grown following a severe crackdown on protests across Iran in which thousands were killed in…
Read MoreMan arrested after charging Rep. Ilhan Omar, spraying her with liquid during town hall: Police
During a town hall in Minneapolis on Tuesday, a man charged the podium where Rep. Ilhan Omar was giving remarks, appeared to squirt a liquid at her and was then tackled to the ground by a security guard after a brief struggle. The man, identified as 55-year-old Anthony Kazmierczak was arrested and booked into Hennepin…
Read MoreAzerbaijan arrests 3 men for planning attack on Israeli embassy at behest of ISIS
Three individuals were arrested in Azerbaijan on Tuesday on suspicion of planning an attack on the Israeli embassy in the capital Baku at the instructions of Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K), the Afghan offshoot of the Islamic State terror group, the Times of Israel learned. Authorities in Azerbaijan confirmed the arrests, but did not specify which…
Read MoreMan charged over Invasion Day rally bomb scare after suspect device thrown into crowd
Security cameras have captured the moment a suspected homemade bomb was allegedly thrown into a crowd of thousands of Invasion Day protesters. More than 2500 people were evacuated from Forrest Place in Perth early on Monday afternoon after an improvised object police say contained “volatile and potentially explosive chemicals”, nails and metal ball bearings was…
Read MoreCocke County [TN] juvenile charged with threats of mass violence after investigation involving FBI
A juvenile living in Cocke County has been charged after they were accused of making threats of mass violence against a school outside the county, officials said. The Cocke County Sheriff’s Office announced the charges were filed following a joint investigation with the Tennessee Office of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. CCSO…
Read MoreBristol man charged with preparing terrorist acts
A man has been charged with the preparation of terrorist acts. Mohammed Mohamoud, 21, of Francombe Grove, in Horfield, Bristol, was charged with by Counter Terrorism Policing South East (CTPSE) on Monday. He was remanded in custody and is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court later. Mohamoud was arrested after an investigation by officers…
Read MoreMan ‘planned UK attacks on Pakistani dissidents’
An alleged “hitman for hire” has appeared in court accused of planning violent attacks on two Pakistani dissidents at their UK homes. Louis Regan, from Birmingham, is charged with plotting simultaneous assaults on human rights lawyer Mirza Shahzad Akbar and journalist Adil Raja, at 08:00 GMT on Christmas Eve last year. Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard…
Read MoreTeen admits he wanted to join ISIS, tried to kill N.J. cop to ‘promote terrorism’
A 17-year-old has admitted in court that he planned to join ISIS and tried to kill a police officer as a way to “promote terrorism.” Fasihullah Safar, of Alexandria, Virginia, pleaded guilty on Thursday to first-degree attempted murder, second-degree aggravated assault, third-degree aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer and third-degree theft of a motor…
Read MoreIran’s crackdown has killed at least 6,126 people, activists say as the country’s currency plunges
Iran’s bloody crackdown on nationwide protests has killed at least 6,126 people while many others still are feared dead, activists said Tuesday, as a U.S. aircraft carrier group arrived in the Middle East to lead any American military response to the crisis. Iran’s currency, the rial, meanwhile fell to a record low of 1.5 million…
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