Posts by MCAC(Maryland Coordination and Analysis Center)
ISIL doubled territory it controls in Mali in less than a year: UN
The armed group ISIL (ISIS) has almost doubled its territory in Mali in less than a year, United Nations experts have said in a new report. The stalled implementation of a peace deal and sustained attacks on communities have offered ISIL and an al-Qaeda affiliate also operating in the region a chance “to re-enact the…
Read MoreISIS fanatic collapses in German court
An ISIS fanatic who chained up a five-year-old Yazidi girl in the sun and let her die of thirst as punishment for wetting the bed collapsed in a German court today after he was jailed for life for genocide. Taha Al-Jumailly, who covered his face with a folder at the Frankfurt court, passed out as…
Read MoreNerve agents, poison and window falls. Over the years, Kremlin foes have been attacked or killed
The attacks range from the exotic — poisoned by drinking polonium-laced tea or touching a deadly nerve agent — to the more mundane of getting shot at close range. Some take a fatal plunge from an open window. Over the years, Kremlin political critics, turncoat spies and investigative journalists have been killed or assaulted in…
Read MoreSuspect in hours long Pittsburgh standoff after deputies tried to evict him is dead, police say
The occupant of a home who opened fire when deputies tried to serve an eviction notice is dead after an hourslong standoff, Pittsburgh authorities said Wednesday. “The subject in this incident was pronounced deceased by @PghEMS at 5:08 p.m. EST,” public safety officials posted Wednesday afternoon on X, formerly known as Twitter. Seven deputies went…
Read MoreMontgomery County bomb squad called to Department of Energy in Germantown
State and federal authorities are investigating a suspicious vehicle at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in Germantown, Maryland Thursday morning. The Montgomery County Police and Fire Rescue Bomb Squad responded to a call from DOE security after a bomb detection dog alerted on a gray Subaru just before 9 a.m. There is a heavy police presence…
Read MoreSuspect in California bar shooting that left 3 dead was targeting his wife, sources say
A gunman who opened fire at a beloved California bar popular with bikers, leaving three people dead, is a former law enforcement officer who targeted his wife, authorities said Thursday. The shooter was identified as John Snowling, who retired as a sergeant from the Ventura Police Department in 2014, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office said. Snowling…
Read MoreWhat Is Wagner? Inside Prigozhin’s Secret War Company
Since the beginning of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner paramilitary group has emerged from the shadows to become a potent political and cultural force in Russia—and one with the potential to derail the Kremlin’s long-term plans. Prigozhin initially built a fighting unit of well-armed men to defend his business interests, which chiefly revolved…
Read MoreWagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin listed in Russian plane crash with no survivors
Russia’s most powerful mercenary Yevgeny Prigozhin was on board a plane which crashed on Wednesday evening north of Moscow with no survivors, the Russian authorities said, two months to the day after he led an abortive mutiny against the army top brass. There was no official comment from the Kremlin or the Defence Ministry on…
Read MoreColorado man accused of killing 10 at supermarket in 2021 is competent for trial, prosecutors say
A Colorado man charged with killing 10 people at a Boulder supermarket in 2021 is competent to proceed toward a trial, prosecutors said Wednesday. The district attorney’s office announced Wednesday that experts at the state mental hospital say Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa no longer has a mental disability that prevents him from helping in his defense and…
Read MoreMercenary chief who staged mutiny in Russia is listed as a passenger on a plane that crashed, state media says
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the chief of Russian mercenary group Wagner, was on the passenger list of a plane that crashed north of Moscow, according to Russian state media. The official Russian news agency TASS said the Federal Air Transport Agency has launched an investigation into the crash of an Embraer aircraft, which occurred in the Tver…
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