Archive for July 2026
Secret Service has investigated 10,000 threats in 2026
U.S. Secret Service Director Sean Curran on Wednesday said the agency has opened more than 10,000 investigations this year into threats against protectees. Curren told reporters about the 40-percent rise, and when compared to last year, that the threat number is “off the charts.” “The environment has become very volatile, and that’s just across the…
Read More‘Hamas sleeper cell terrorist’ is found working at luxury Crete hotel ‘while preparing cruise ship attack’
A suspected Hamas operative allegedly worked at a luxury hotel on the Greek island of Crete while preparing for a suspected terror attack targeting an Israeli cruise ship, according to reports. The 37-year-old Egyptian man of Palestinian origin, identified by the media as Motasem, was arrested by Greek special forces in the tourist resort of…
Read MoreMurdered ex-UK minister Widdecombe was struck on head with hammer 21 times
Former British government minister Ann Widdecombe was killed by a man who struck her on the head 21 times with a hammer while she was eating lunch at home earlier this month, prosecutors told a London court on Tuesday. The killing shocked British politics, raising further concerns about politicians’ security, with two serving British members…
Read MoreOpenAI model autonomously hacked a rival firm, fuelling fears of rogue agents
ChatGPT maker OpenAI said late Tuesday that its artificial intelligence system hacked into another AI company on its own in what the company called an “unprecedented cyber incident.” “We had a significant security incident during evaluation of our models,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in a statement posted on social media. AI startup Hugging Face…
Read MoreUK man appears in court on spying charges allegedly linked to Iran
A man has appeared in court accused of offering his skills to a contact he believed to represent the Iranian authorities. Vahid Aberi, 39, from Liverpool, has been charged with assisting a foreign intelligence service relating to Iran after an investigation by Counter Terrorism Policing. Aberi, who has been charged with the National Security Act…
Read MoreMan Who Attacked Salman Rushdie Faces Terrorism Charges in Federal Trial
In August 2022, a young man gripping a knife rushed onstage at an idyllic retreat in Western New York. His eyes were trained on the author Salman Rushdie. The man, Hadi Matar, had been enraged by the work of Mr. Rushdie, who had long been a target of Islamic extremists. In 1989, the government of…
Read MoreVernon Hills man accused of making terrorist threats against local high school, church
A Vernon Hills man is facing charges for allegedly making terrorist threats. Prosecutors say Ryan Kang, 26, threatened Vernon Hills High School, Willow Creek Church and several people who live out of state. They say the social media threats included school shootings, bombings and other violence. Investigators say Kang did not have the means to…
Read MoreAustralian doctor who joined ISIS found alive in Iraq
An Adelaide-trained doctor who left Australia to join the Islamic State terrorist group has been reportedly found alive in a Baghdad prison almost a decade after he was believed to have been killed. Dubbed “Dr Jihad”, Tareq Kamleh was a Perth-born pediatrician who travelled to Syria to join Islamic State and work in its health…
Read MoreExplosive, radioactive substances at late chemist’s home bring bomb squad to Lexington
A highly explosive chemical, radioactive substances and more hazardous materials found at a late chemist’s house in Lexington brought out the Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad for a complex removal Monday, officials said. A hazmat team and an FBI bomb technican were also part of the response prompted by a clean-out of a home on…
Read MoreYemen’s Houthis declare naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, widening threat to global oil supplies
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said Monday they were imposing a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, a move that opens a new front against the United States in its war on Iran and widens the threat to global energy supplies and trade beyond the Gulf. Iran had pressed the Houthis to close the Bab el-Mandeb gateway to…
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