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Leader of Global Violent Extremist Network ‘764’ Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Sexually Exploit Minors
Prasan Nepal, 21, also known by the online moniker “Trippy,” of High Point, North Carolina, pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to commit sexual exploitation of a child. “This is the latest victory in the FBI’s work with partners to dismantle the violent 764 network,” said FBI Director Kash Patel. “Prasan Nepal, a leader of 764,…
Read MoreSaudi authorities say 3 killed in Houthi-claimed attacks on Riyadh airport
An airline pilot was among three Saudi citizens killed in attacks targeting Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport and a Saudia aircraft, the kingdom’s civil aviation authority said on Friday. Several people “of different nationalities” were wounded. The attacks on Thursday were the deadliest in Saudi Arabia since the kingdom and allied forces in neighboring Yemen…
Read MoreRussian strikes across Ukraine kill 3 people as Kyiv struggles to counter escalating attacks
Russian strikes killed three people and wounded at least eight across Ukraine, officials said Friday, as Ukraine struggles to counter escalating Russian bombardments that have killed more than 50 people over the past three days. One man was killed and five people were wounded in Russian strikes on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region in the morning hours,…
Read MoreJustice Department and FBI Seize Vulnerability Scanning and Spear Phishing Tools Operated and Used by China-State Sponsored Hackers
Today the Justice Department and FBI announced court-authorized seizures to deny malicious cyber actors access to two hacking tools, “Microscan” and “FishHub,” used to scan and, in some cases, hack, U.S. and foreign critical infrastructure systems and other networks. As alleged in court documents unsealed in the Western District of Pennsylvania, malicious cyber actors working…
Read MoreTwo Latvian men arrested at RAF base in Cambridgeshire used by US military
Two Latvian men were arrested in the early hours of Thursday after they were discovered inside the perimeter of RAF Molesworth, a Cambridgeshire base used by the US military and Nato for intelligence operations. The men, 32 and 36, were picked up at 2am inside the base, in an investigation that began four hours earlier…
Read MoreNorthshore brothers accused in Hamas funding pipeline face new charges; wives arrested in Medicaid fraud case
The wives of two Northshore brothers accused of helping funnel money to Hamas have been arrested along with another family member in a separate Medicaid fraud investigation. It comes just days after Abdel and Omar Adhami, both of Covington, were arrested. The two already face federal charges accusing them of providing money to a financing…
Read MoreMan Pleads Guilty to Throwing Molotov Cocktails at LA Federal Building
A Koreatown man pleaded guilty Monday to throwing Molotov cocktails at security officers inside a federal building in downtown Los Angeles, an attack he indicated was motivated by anti-illegal immigration enforcement sentiment. Jose Francisco Jovel, 54, entered a plea to one count of assault on a person assisting federal officers/employees and one count of possession…
Read MorePolish police arrest multiple teens over ‘Bloody Friday’ school attack threats
Polish police have arrested a string of young people, mainly for making threats related to school attacks, they said on Friday, as authorities sought to calm fears spurred by rumours online of a “Bloody Friday” after two stabbing sprees in as many days. Social media in Poland has been filled with talk of a supposed…
Read MoreHouthis Escalate Attacks at Riyadh Airport
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis escalated their campaign of strikes against Saudi Arabia on Thursday, trying to shut down the kingdom’s airspace and oil facilities with missile fire that has killed three people this week. The group said it had struck Riyadh airport, where witnesses saw smoke billowing from a plane, and it warned workers to stay…
Read MoreAt least 30 people killed after Russia bombs two buses in Ukraine
At least 30 people were killed when a Russian bomb struck two buses in the Ukrainian front-line city of Kramatorsk on Thursday, local officials said, as Moscow’s intensifying attacks grow ever more deadly. Another 18 people were wounded when the bomb hit a street in the city at 10 a.m. local time (3 a.m. ET),…
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