Archive for April 2026
Mali’s Defence Minister Sadio Camara killed during coordinated attacks
Mali’s Defence Minister, General Sadio Camara has been killed in coordinated attacks on military sites nationwide, a government spokesperson has confirmed. Camara was killed when assailants targeted his house, the spokesperson, Issa Ousmane Coulibaly, said in a statement on Sunday. Camara’s residence in the garrison town of Kati came under assault on Saturday during simultaneous…
Read MoreArson arrest after fire at packed-out LGBT+ club
A man has been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life after a fire at a packed-out LGBT+ nightclub. Revellers were evacuated in the early hours of Sunday from Pink Punters at Fenny Stratford in Milton Keynes, as flames quickly took hold. Thames Valley Police said a 51-year-old man from Milton Keynes…
Read MoreNew Orleans man accused of using Molotov cocktail on Tesla building faces new federal charges
A New Orleans man accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at a Tesla depot on Tchoupitoulas Street was rearrested on new federal charges after bonding out last week. A federal complaint unsealed Monday in the New Orleans-based U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana accuses the man, John Hinkhouse, of one count of…
Read MoreMan threatened bystanders, officers with machete on Nashville pedestrian bridge, police say
Nashville officers tased a machete-wielding man on the pedestrian bridge Thursday night after people claimed he threatened them with the weapon. According to an arrest affidavit, a 911 call was made from the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge for a man threatening people with a machete. Officers with the Metro Nashville Police Department responded and found…
Read MoreIslamic State militants kill at least 29 in an attack on a village in northeastern Nigeria
Militants with the Islamic State group attacked a village overnight in northeastern Nigeria, killing at least 29 people, authorities said Monday. It was the latest violence in Africa’s most populous country that has long been battling a complex security crisis. The attack took place late on Sunday in Guyaku, a village in the Gombi local…
Read MoreHezbollah Vows to Keep Its Weapons as Lebanon Says Israeli Strikes Killed 14
The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah declared on Monday that it would not lay down its weapons, a day after the authorities in Lebanon said 14 people were killed in Israeli attacks on Sunday, one of the deadliest days since a truce was declared this month. Naim Qassem, the leader of Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed group, said…
Read MoreStudents rescued after raid on Nigerian orphanage school: state government says
Nigerian security forces rescued 15 pupils after gunmen abducted 23 children and the wife of a school proprietor during an attack late on Saturday on an unregistered orphanage and school in central Nigeria’s Kogi state, the state government said. Read more: Reuters
Read MoreMali’s Defense Minister Killed in Attacks by Islamist Insurgents
Mali’s defense minister, Gen. Sadio Camara, was among those killed in coordinated attacks by Al Qaeda-linked militants across the country over the weekend, a government spokesman said on state television late on Sunday. The spokesman, Issa Ousmane Coulibaly, said a vehicle “laden with explosives and driven by a suicide attacker” had targeted General Camara’s residence,…
Read MoreNew IRA linked to car bomb outside police station in Northern Ireland
Police in Northern Ireland said Sunday morning that the New IRA is believed to have been involved in a car bombing near a police station in Belfast. Detectives are treating a car bombing outside a police station in the Dunmurry area of outer Belfast as an attempted murder, and said called it a miracle that…
Read MoreAn explosive device kills 13 and injures 38 on a bus in southwestern Colombia as violence persists
An explosive device killed 13 people traveling on a bus in southwestern Colombia on Saturday, an attack the country’s army chief described as a “terrorist act” that also left at least 38 injured as violence linked to drug trafficking in the region escalates. Octavio Guzmán, the governor of the region of Cauca, said on X…
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