Archive for May 12, 2026
Kuwait says Iran attacked an island where China is helping to build a port
Kuwait accused Iran of launching a failed attack earlier this month on an island where China is helping build a port in the Middle East nation. Kuwait said a paramilitary Revolutionary Guard team tried to infiltrate Bubiyan Island in the northwest corner of the Persian Gulf near Iraq and Iran on May 1. It accused…
Read MoreNew report details ‘systematic’ rape and sexual violence during Hamas’ Oct 7 attack on Israel
Hamas militants and their allies raped, assaulted and sexually tortured their victims during and after the October 7, 2023 terror attack on southern Israel “to maximize pain and suffering,” a landmark new report has concluded. Shared first with CNN, the report presents the most comprehensive body of evidence yet of sexual and gender-based violence against…
Read MoreGunman opens fire on Cambridge’s Memorial Drive, 2 drivers critically hurt
A gunman opened fire on vehicles on Memorial Drive in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Monday afternoon, leaving two drivers critically injured before being wounded and taken into custody himself, officials said. The shooting sparked a massive police investigation along Memorial Drive, with police cruisers blocking traffic and damaged vehicles left in the road, and elsewhere. Cambridge…
Read MoreCalifornia mayor charged with acting as illegal agent for China
Eileen Wang, the mayor of Arcadia, California, has been charged with acting as an illegal foreign agent for China, the Justice Department announced on Monday. Wang agreed to plead guilty, the Justice Department said. Starting in late 2020 Wang and Yaoning “Mike” Sun worked together to operate a website called U.S. News Center that “purported…
Read MoreThreats called into multiple Tennessee schools
At least seven Tennessee school campuses were placed on lockdown Monday morning after threats were reported against the schools. The Franklin Police Department reported that a bomb threat was called into Franklin High School and Page High School. Both schools were placed on lockdown while investigations were underway. Franklin police determined the bomb threats were…
Read MoreStafford man who called for ‘killing migrants’ pleads guilty to terrorism offences
A rightwing extremist who called for “killing migrants when they arrive on their boats” has pleaded guilty to terrorism offences. Ivan Jennings, 46, from Stafford, admitted encouraging terrorism between 15 August and 14 November 2024 at Leicester crown court on Monday. He had previously pleaded guilty to dissemination of a terrorism publication at a hearing…
Read MoreFrance arrests Tunisian suspected of planning ‘jihad-inspired’ attack in Paris
French authorities have arrested a 27-year-old Tunisian man suspected of “plotting a violent action inspired by jihadism”, the anti-terror prosecutor’s office told AFP on Monday. According to a source familiar with the case, the investigation established that the suspect was aiming to attack “a Paris museum as well as members of the Jewish community, although…
Read MoreCanberra teenager charged with additional terrorism offences, including planning an attack
A Canberra teenager has been charged by the ACT Joint Counter Terrorism Team (JCTT) with additional terrorism offences, including acts in preparation for a terrorist act. The youth, 17, is the first person to be charged with planning a terrorist act in the ACT. It is alleged the teenager was planning an attack on people…
Read MoreAt least nine people killed in explosion at Pakistan market
An explosion in a busy market in northwestern Pakistan has killed at least nine people and wounded 30, according to emergency workers and a medical official. The blast on Tuesday was caused by a bomb-laden rickshaw in Pakistan’s town of Sarai Naurang, in Lakki Marwat district, a region close to the border with Afghanistan, said…
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