Archive for June 3, 2026
New prime minister says Solomon Islands will review its secretive security treaty with China
The Solomon Islands will review its secretive security treaty with China, the South Pacific nation’s new Prime Minister Matthew Wale said Wednesday. The pact struck in 2022 with the Solomons’ then-Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare created fears in the United States and among allies including Australia that it would allow the Chinese navy to build a…
Read More11 officers injured in Henry Nowak murder protests in the UK, police say
Protests have broken out in the UK over the murder of 18-year-old student Henry Nowak, with hundreds gathering in Southampton on Tuesday as anger spilled into violence. It comes after the highly publicised trial of Vickrum Digwa, a 23-year-old Sikh man who was found guilty of Nowak’s murder last month. Nowak was repeatedly stabbed by…
Read MoreIranian strikes in Kuwait kill 1, injure 63
Iran launched a deadly new set of attacks in the Persian Gulf on Wednesday as it traded strikes with the United States, the latest exchange to threaten the fragile ceasefire and stalled peace talks between the two countries. One person was killed and flights were suspended in Kuwait, officials said, after missile and drone strikes…
Read MoreUkraine Strikes St. Petersburg on First Day of a Marquee Putin Event
Ukrainian drones on Wednesday attacked St. Petersburg, Russia’s second-largest city, on the opening day of a major annual economic conference that President Vladimir V. Putin has tried to cultivate into a showcase of a modern and prosperous country. It was the second time in a month that Ukraine had struck a major Russian city before…
Read MoreUN chief proposes options to help end Israel-Hezbollah conflict after peacekeepers leave Lebanon
The United Nations chief has proposed three options to help end the decades-old conflict between Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah militants and Israel when the 8,100-member U.N. peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon ends on Dec. 31. All of the options presented to the U.N. Security Council by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres would continue U.N. military monitoring of the…
Read MoreSacramento Man Charged with Bringing Explosive Material into Sacramento International Airport
A criminal complaint was filed today charging Kimani Osayande Jones, aka Kimani Osayande Jackson, 49, of Sacramento, with unlawfully possessing explosive material in an airport, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced. According to court documents, at about 9 p.m. on Saturday, May 30, 2026, Jones attempted to go through a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint at…
Read MoreWoman facing arson, hate crime charge following fire at Tassajara Zen Buddhist monastery
Authorities in Monterey County announced an arrest Tuesday in connection with a fire that burned the nation’s oldest Buddhist monastery in late March. The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office said 36-year-old Fiona GuoGuo Lu of Mountain View was arrested after investigators found online social media posts that connected her to the March 27 fire at the…
Read MoreBaltimore County man arrested for going to crash survivor’s home, making threats while armed
A Baltimore County man is behind bars and facing assault and weapons charges after police said he went to the neighborhood of a 16-year-old recovering from a serious car crash and threatened that teen’s mother and others in the community. Police found more than a dozen weapons inside the suspect’s home, a short distance away.…
Read MoreTwo hostages released, others remained trapped amid bomb threat at Bakersfield bank building
Police were negotiating into the night Tuesday with a man believed to be in possession of a bomb who was holding people hostage inside a building in downtown Bakersfield, authorities said. Officers with the Bakersfield Police Department responded to a confirmed bomb threat at the “Chase Bank Building” at Chester Avenue and 17th Street on…
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