Archive for January 2026
Islamic State claims attack on Kabul restaurant that killed seven, including Chinese national
The so-called Islamic State (IS) group has claimed responsibility for an explosion at a Chinese restaurant in Afghanistan’s capital that killed at least seven people, including a Chinese national. The militant group said in a statement posted on its Aamaq news agency late on Monday that a suicide bomber entered a restaurant frequented by Chinese…
Read MoreAlmost half of Kyiv without heat and power as Russia batters Ukraine’s energy grid
An overnight Russian bombardment left thousands of residential buildings in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv without heating and water on Tuesday as temperatures dropped to -14C The barrage of hundreds of drones and missiles, which targeted energy facilities across Ukraine, killed at least one 50-year-old man near Kyiv. The Ukrainian capital is already scrambling to restore vital…
Read MoreFlorida man arrested for ‘cold-blooded’ triple murder of tourists in random shooting
A 29-year-old man was arrested on Sunday in connection with a triple homicide near Kissimmee. The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office said its deputies were called to the Indian Point subdivision at approximately 12:13 p.m. on Jan. 18 after reports of a shooting. When they arrived at 296 Indian Point Circle, deputies found three men dead…
Read MoreMichigan church gunman called 911 with bomb threats to local churches minutes before attack
Gunman Thomas Jacob Sanford made his own call to emergency dispatchers minutes before he drove to a Michigan church in September, rammed his truck into the chapel, opened fire and set the building ablaze, according to newly released records. The documents, released first to ABC News by Grand Blanc Township Police, offer new details about…
Read More9 Guatemalan police officers dead after gang attacks
The death toll from suspected gangsters’ attacks on Guatemalan police rose to nine Monday, as Guatemalans awoke to heavier security and curtailed rights under a state of siege declared by President Bernardo Arévalo. The violence started Saturday when inmates took control of three prisons in apparently coordinated riots, taking hostage 43 guards. The gangs were…
Read MoreIranian official says verified deaths in Iran protests reaches at least 5,000
An Iranian official in the region said on Sunday the authorities had verified at least 5,000 people had been killed in protests in Iran, including about 500 security personnel, blaming “terrorists and armed rioters” for killing “innocent Iranians”.The official, who declined to be named due to the sensitivity of the issue, also told Reuters some…
Read MoreHackers target Iran state TV satellite transmission to broadcast exiled crown prince
Hackers disrupted Iranian state television satellite transmissions to air footage supporting the country’s exiled crown prince and calling on security forces to not “point your weapons at the people,” online video showed early Monday, the latest disruption to follow nationwide protests in the country. The hacking comes as the death toll in a crackdown by…
Read MoreAt least seven killed in Kabul hotel blast
An explosion tore through a hotel in a heavily guarded part of central Kabul on Monday, killing seven people and injuring several others, authorities in the Afghan capital said. Kabul police spokesperson Khalid Zadran said the hotel was in the commercial Shahr-e-Naw neighbourhood that includes large office buildings, shopping complexes and embassies. The district is…
Read MoreWoman jailed after crashing her vehicle into a South Florida federal courthouse
A woman intentionally crashed her vehicle through the front entrance of a South Florida federal courthouse building after regular hours Wednesday, causing about $200,000 in damage, authorities said Thursday. Investigators determined the 55-year-old woman drove into the Paul G. Rogers Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in West Palm Beach around 11 p.m. Wednesday, police said…
Read MoreUS designates three Muslim Brotherhood chapters as global terrorists
The United States on Tuesday designated the Egyptian, Lebanese and Jordanian branches of the Muslim Brotherhood as global terrorists, citing in part what it called their support for Palestinian militant group Hamas. The move, which Washington formally set in motion last November, will bring sanctions against one of the Arab world’s oldest and most influential…
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