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British Army chef jailed for terror-linked offences
A British Army chef who made explosives and a “homemade cannon” while promoting extreme right-wing views and talking of raising a militia has been jailed. Officers found a “crude” homemade cannon, gunpowder, crossbows, bolts, six large knives and a baseball bat when they searched his home and barracks quarters. However, the judge found he was…
Read MoreHackers heat French supermarket fridges, sparking fires and spoiling food
Hackers raised the temperature of refrigerators and freezers at hundreds of French supermarkets to as high as 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) overnight, causing fires and spoiling food. The Paris prosecutor’s office said on Monday that a “large-scale” attack was “affecting connected refrigerators in several major food retailers across France”, leading to food losses…
Read MoreRebels set off a car bomb outside toll booth as fighting intensifies in Colombia’s Cauca region
A car bomb exploded at a toll booth in southwestern Colombia Monday, injuring at least three civilians, the army said, as fighting between the military and rebel groups intensified in the region. The military blamed the attack near the town of El Bordo in Cauca department on the Carlos Patiño front, a group led by…
Read MoreExplosives found at home of suspect plotting to ‘assassinate’ Polish PM
A man suspected of planning to assassinate Poland’s prime minister has been charged with attempting to “violently overthrow the state authorities” after investigators found explosives at the suspect’s home, prosecutors have said. The 66-year-old suspect, named only as Krzysztof N. under Polish privacy laws, has been charged with nine offenses. The most serious is plotting…
Read MoreSix-year-old critically injured in alleged Umhlali school stabbing
A six-year-old girl was critically injured after allegedly being stabbed multiple times in a classroom at a private pre-primary school in Umhlali, on Tuesday morning. Police arrested a 16-year-old suspect. He was previously arrested for intimidation in April 2026. The girl is fighting for her life in hospital. She sustained stab wounds to her chest,…
Read MoreMI5 chief says Iran is targeting military sites and suspected plot at RAF Fairford is ‘not unique’
Iran is trying to hit military sites in Britain and the suspected plot to attack a U.S.-run military air base in September is “not unique,” the head of the MI5 spy agency said Tuesday, as he warned that both Tehran and Moscow are expanding their attacks against the U.K. Ken McCallum, who leads the U.K.’s…
Read MoreMan accused of threatening to shoot crowd at Holly restaurant reopening
Daniel James Gibson, 26, from Holly, has been charged with making a terrorism threat after allegedly threatening to shoot people at an outdoor celebration marking the reopening of a downtown restaurant. Gibson was arrested on Saturday (Oct. 10) after Holly police responded to reports of threats at an event celebrating the reopening of Andy’s Place…
Read MorePolice investigating shots fired into California TV news station
Police are searching for the person who fired several shots at a Bakersfield, California, television station while people were working inside. This is the second shooting at KBAK/KBFX in a week. No one was hurt in either incident but there was damage to the building, including a front-facing window. The first shooting happened Friday, Oct.…
Read MoreEleven sailors missing after drone sinks ship off Bulgaria
Eleven sailors were missing at sea on Tuesday from a ship sunk by a drone attack off the coast of Bulgaria, possibly the second deadly sinking of a cargo vessel in the area in a week, prompting Bulgaria to summon Russia’s ambassador. Two cargo ships were hit by drones overnight and one was sunk, Bulgarian…
Read MoreMI5 chief warns of threats to UK from Russia, Iran and AI
MI5 is devoting more resource to countering state threats than during the Cold War, the head of the intelligence service has said. Sir Ken McCallum said threats from foreign adversaries had quadrupled in the last decade, with Russia “aggressor number one” as well as increased Iran-linked aggression against Jewish sites and military bases. At an…
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