Suspect arrested for planned “mass stabbing” at CA high school

Fresno police arrested a suspect who allegedly planned to commit a mass stabbing at Duncan Polytechnical High School on Sep. 11. Police said a student potentially stopped the attack by speaking up. The big picture: The student who spoke up about the potential attack sent a message to friends. “There is going to be a…

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Improvised explosive devices found near German power plant, police say

Several improvised explosive devices were found at a substation near a coal-fired power plant in Germany on Tuesday and several power lines were damaged, police and a grid operator said. Operator 50Hertz said there was a “brief interruption of service” but all lines are now back in operation at the Preilack substation, which distributes power…

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EU considers military mission to replace UN peacekeepers in South Lebanon

With the nearly 50-year United Nations peacekeeping mandate in southern Lebanon set to expire at the end of 2026, proposals for a European Union mission to fill some part of the vacuum have attracted attention. Lebanon, still under almost daily Israeli bombardment with a fifth of its territory occupied and about 335,000 people still displaced,…

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EU summons Russian envoy over failed Leipzig drone attack

The European Unions’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Wednesday that she summoned Russia’s envoy in Brussels over the alleged attempted hybrid attack involving an explosives-laden drone at Leipzig/Halle Airport last month. Germany’s foreign and interior ministers said in a joint press conference on Tuesday that the government in Berlin had concluded that Russia…

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Justice Department Continues to Disrupt Hamas Terrorist Financing Schemes Through Seizures of Cryptocurrency and Internet Infrastructure

Today the Justice Department announced the disruption of an ongoing scheme by Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya (Hamas) –— a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization — to raise funds for terrorist operations and recruit supporters. As part of the Department’s efforts, over $560,000 in cryptocurrency donations destined for Hamas were seized and its fundraising and recruitment communication platforms…

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