Posts by MCAC(Maryland Coordination and Analysis Center)
Iran says it defused 30 bombs in Tehran, detained 28 ISIS-linked ‘terrorists’
Authorities in Iran have neutralized 30 bombs meant to go off simultaneously in Tehran and detained 28 “terrorists” linked to ISIS, Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported on Sunday, citing the intelligence ministry. “Some of the members are of ISIS and the perpetrators have a history of being affiliated with [extremist] groups in Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan…
Read MoreJury selection set to open in terrorism trial of extended family stemming from 2018 New Mexico raid
Jury selection is set to open Monday in federal court as members of an extended family face kidnapping and terrorism charges stemming from a raid of their squalid New Mexico encampment in 2018 by agents seeking a sickly, missing 3-year-old boy. The boy’s badly decomposed remains were eventually found in an underground tunnel at the…
Read MoreKosovar police surround a village after Serb gunmen storm a monastery in violence that has killed 4
Dozens of Serb gunmen dressed in combat uniforms killed a Kosovar Albanian police officer then stormed an Orthodox monastery in Kosovo near its border with Serbia, setting off gunbattles that left three assailants dead and further raised tensions between the two former wartime foes as they seek to normalize ties. Kosovo police surrounded Banjska, a…
Read MoreThe death toll from a truck bomb at a checkpoint in Somalia rises to 21
The death toll from a bombing attack at a government checkpoint in central Somalia has reached 21, authorities said Sunday. The number of wounded in Saturday’s truck bombing in Beledweyne stood at 52, said Abdifatah Mohamed Yusuf, director general of the Hirshabelle ministry of humanitarian and disaster management. He told The Associated Press that 17…
Read MoreJan. 6 Capitol rioter Rodney Milstreed, who attacked AP photographer, police officers, sentenced to 5 years in prison
A man who attacked a news photographer and attacked police officers guarding the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced Friday to five years in prison. Rodney Milstreed, 56, of Finksburg, Maryland, “prepared himself for battle” on Jan. 6 by injecting steroids and arming himself with a four-foot wooden club disguised as a flagpole,…
Read MoreIndia Suspends Visas for Canadians, Escalating Clash Over Sikh’s Killing
India has suspended visa applications by Canadian nationals, a sharp escalation in the diplomatic conflict that has followed Canada’s claim that Indian agents were behind an assassination in June on Canadian soil. Arindam Bagchi, the Indian foreign ministry spokesman, described the move as a technical and security issue, saying on Thursday that the country’s high…
Read MoreIndictment alleges mass shooting threat at Stanley Cup game in Las Vegas
A Nevada grand jury has indicted a man on felony charges alleging he threatened to carry out a mass shooting in June at a Stanley Cup Final hockey game on the Las Vegas Strip. The six-count indictment handed down this week in state court charges Matthew DeSavio, 34, with threatening an act of terrorism, burglary…
Read MoreCourt Sentences 5 Suspects to Prison for 2016 Belgian Terror Attack
A Belgian court on Friday sentenced five men to prison terms ranging from 20 years to life on charges of terrorist murder in connection with 2016 suicide bombings that killed 32 people and wounded hundreds at Brussels airport and a busy subway station, the country’s deadliest peacetime attack. A chief suspect, Salah Abdeslam, had previously…
Read MoreKnoxville man arrested on threat of terrorism, harassment charges
A Knoxville man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly making a threat against the Marion County Road Department. Joshua Isely, 39, is charged with threat of terrorism and first-degree harassment, according to a news release from the Knoxville Police Department. Police began investigating Tuesday around 7:44 a.m. after receiving a report about the alleged threat, which…
Read MoreTalks Have Opened On The Future Of Nagorno-Karabakh As Azerbaijan Claims Full Control Of The Region
Representatives from Nagorno-Karabakh and the Azerbaijan government are meeting for talks Thursday to discuss the future of the breakaway region Azerbaijan claims to fully control following a military offensive this week. Nagorno-Karabakh authorities and the Azerbaijan State News Agency say the talks Thursday between regional leaders and the Baku government will focus on Nagorno-Karabakh’s “reintegration”…
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