Archive for July 28, 2026
Man Convicted of Shoving Flaming Car Into Gully, Igniting Giant Wildfire
A 44-year-old man was convicted Friday of pushing his flaming car into a gully after it had gotten stuck, setting off one of California’s largest-ever wildfires. Judge Kristen Lucena determined after a three-day trial that the man, Ronnie Stout, was guilty of arson for igniting the Park Fire in July 2024, which burned across 429,603…
Read MoreMan attacks 3 women with knives in Paris before being stopped by bystander, witness says
A French off-duty policeman on Monday detained a man after he allegedly attacked and wounded three women in Paris with two kitchen knives, a minister and police said. The identity of the suspect and his motive were not immediately clear. Parisian authorities were still determining whether to launch a terrorism investigation into the attack. Three…
Read MoreYemen says ready to escalate against Houthi rebels as they target Saudi Arabia
Yemen’s internationally recognised government on Monday said it is ready for any escalation with Houthi rebels after the Iran-backed group launched attacks and a maritime blockade targeting Saudi Arabia. Fears are growing that renewed fighting between Saudi Arabia and the Houthi rebels in Yemen may further destabilise the Arabian peninsula and rattle the region’s precarious…
Read MoreU.S. Consulate in Toronto Is Struck Again by Gunfire
For the second time this year, the United States Consulate in Toronto was struck by gunfire in what Olivia Chow, the city’s mayor, called “a brazen attack.” The shooting occurred in the heart of the city’s downtown at 4:46 a.m. on Monday and was overheard by a police officer stationed outside the building in a…
Read MoreThree self-radicalised Singapore teens detained, including 14-year-old who plotted school stabbing
Three Singaporean teenagers aged between 14 and 19, who were self-radicalised by violent extremist ideologies and planned to carry out separate attacks here, have been detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA). The cases are unrelated. One of them was a 14-year-old student who was arrested in May, a month before his intended attack on…
Read MoreSuspect in NSB bridge threat linked to prior extremist probe
An Edgewater man who threatened to destroy a New Smyrna Beach bridge was previously a target of an FBI investigation over racist and violent statements, and is believed to hold “incel” views, according to police reports. Logan Cimms, 20, made the bridge threats in a Snapchat conversation, where he referred to the arrest of a…
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