Archive for May 11, 2026
As attacks on Europe’s Jewish communities escalate, Iran may be recruiting operatives online
The Kenton United Synagogue, in northwest London, was one of a string of mainly Jewish sites struck in arson attacks across the British capital and other European cities in the past two months, including schools, businesses and volunteer-run ambulances. An official works among the burnt out ambulances at the scene of an antisemitic arson attack…
Read MorePakistan blames Afghanistan-based militants for deadly attack on police
Pakistan blames Afghanistan-based militants for the attack on a police post that killed 15 personnel over the weekend, Pakistan’s foreign ministry said on Monday, signaling fresh tension between the neighbours whose militaries have clashed over the issue this year. The police personnel were killed in a car bombing at a police post in the northwestern…
Read MoreIran hangs grad student accused of spying for the CIA and Israel’s intel agency
Iranian authorities on Monday hanged a post-graduate student from an elite Tehran university on charges of espionage, the latest in a spate of executions against the backdrop of the war against the United States and Israel. Erfan Shakourzadeh, 29, was hanged after being convicted for allegedly collaborating with the CIA and Israel’s Mossad intelligence service,…
Read MoreTwo arrested over arson attack at former synagogue
A man and a woman have been arrested by counter-terrorism police over a suspected arson attack at a former synagogue in east London. Minor damage was caused to a set of gates and a lock at the front of the former East London Central Synagogue building in Whitechapel on Tuesday. No-one was injured. The suspected…
Read MoreExplosion at future Den Bosch asylum shelter; Riot police again intervene in Apeldoorn
An explosive went off at a building in Den Bosch, where the municipality wants to shelter around 50 child asylum seekers. The police investigated the explosion on Sunday evening and found remnants of fireworks and flammable liquid, Omroep Brabant reported. In Apeldoorn, riot police had to break up an anti-asylum protest for the third consecutive…
Read MoreNew Braunfels Woman Indicted for Attempted Arson of Comal County Republican Headquarters
A federal grand jury in San Antonio returned an indictment this week charging a New Braunfels woman with actual and attempted malicious damage by fire to property involved in interstate or foreign commerce, announced U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas, Justin R. Simmons. According to court documents, on Jan. 14, Grace Carol Brown,…
Read MoreRussia, Ukraine trade blame for continued fighting as US-brokered ceasefire nears end
A U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine was due to expire on Monday with both sides accusing each other of breaching the 72-hour arrangement, as American and European officials considered how they might steer the warring countries into further talks. Ukrainian authorities said Monday that Russian drones, bombs and artillery shelling struck civilian areas of…
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