Archive for June 2026
DOJ says operation used drones to deliver drugs to prisons
The U.S. Justice Department announced charges Wednesday for 12 people it said used drones in a conspiracy to smuggle drugs, weapons and other items into multiple prisons. The department said the conspiracy affected 10 federal prisons in eight states, including Georgia, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Louisiana and Mississippi, WAPT-TV reported. U.S. Attorney William Keyes…
Read MorePhilippines bans video game played by alleged high school shooter
The Philippines has temporarily blocked gaming app Gorebox after an initial investigation found that a teenage suspect in a rare school shooting had been playing the game. Three students were killed and 20 others wounded after two suspects – aged 15 and 14 – allegedly fired handguns inside a classroom in Tacloban, south-east of Manila,…
Read MoreKey figure in South Africa police corruption scandal pleads guilty
Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala, a central figure in a major ongoing police graft inquiry in South Africa, has pleaded guilty to corruption, fraud and money-laundering charges as part of a deal with state prosecutors. He was accused of bribing top police officials to win a 360m rand ($22m; £16.5m) tender for his health company Medicare24 in…
Read MoreHormuz confusion deepens as Iran and US clash over who controls it
Both Iran and the US are engaged in rapid-fire diplomatic engagements as peace talks to end the war are advancing, while confusion still reigns in the Strait of Hormuz amid conflicting reports on whether free maritime navigation will resume without any restrictions. Iran and Oman announced on Wednesday that they both intend to establish a…
Read More15-year-old sentenced for ‘calculated, predatory’ Tri-City school shooting plot
The student who developed a detailed plan for a mass shooting at Kamiakin High in Kennewick last year received the maximum sentence allowed in juvenile court Monday. Following an emotional hearing, Superior Court Judge Jacqueline Shea-Brown ordered Mason Bently-Ray Ashby, now 15, to be jailed for about five more years, until he turns 21. Because…
Read MoreSuspect arrested in back-to-back blow-dart gun shootings in Cleveland
A man suspected of shooting two people with a blow-dart gun in back-to-back broad daylight attacks this week in the same Cleveland, Ohio, neighborhood, has been arrested, police said on Wednesday. The 42-year-old suspect, whose name was not immediately released, was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of felony assault following a two-day manhunt, according to…
Read MoreIranian agents lived in Australia before directing attacks on Sydney and Melbourne, spy chief says
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard used two agents who once lived in Australia to direct arson attacks against Jewish targets in Sydney and Melbourne, the head of Australia’s domestic spy agency said on Wednesday. “Iran continues to view Australia as a legitimate target for covertly directed acts of violence,” Mike Burgess, director-general of the Australian Security Intelligence…
Read MoreA member of the cultlike Zizians group is charged in the killings of her parents in Pennsylvania
A member of the cultlike group known as Zizians, who has denied killing her parents in Pennsylvania in 2022, has been charged with murder, a prosecutor said Wednesday. Michelle Zajko, who has been jailed in Maryland on other charges since February 2025, has been charged with murder, burglary and conspiracy charges in the deaths of…
Read MoreAustralian citizen working as spy for Iran ‘orchestrated’ Bondi firebombing
The alleged homegrown ties to Australia’s “summer of antisemitism” were contained in a wide-ranging speech given by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (Asio) director general, Mike Burgess, on Wednesday night. He said in the address that the “hatred of Jews is one thing virtually all the violent extremist cohorts have in common”. An Australian citizen…
Read MoreDecades-long sentences announced in shooting at Alvarado ICE facility
Sentences are being announced for the people convicted on terrorism charges in connection with last year’s shootout at the Prairieland ICE Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas. The attack happened almost a year ago, on July 4, 2025. The alleged organizer, Benjamin Song, was sentenced to 100 years in prison; he could have received as little…
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