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12 ISIS fighters killed in new round of US strikes on Syria, DOD says
U.S. forces in the Middle East conducted the second round of strikes in Syria in as many weeks, killing 12 enemy fighters Monday. Central Command, which oversees the American military in the region, said the targets included “ISIS leaders, operatives and camps,” though it didn’t say how many of each were targeted or what weapons…
Read More15-Year-Old Girl Fatally Shoots Teacher And Teenager At A Christian School In Wisconsin
A 15-year-old student opened fire inside a study hall at a small Christian school in Wisconsin, killing a teacher and teenager and prompting a swarm of police officers responding to a second grader’s 911 call. The girl also wounded six others in Monday’s shooting at Abundant Life Christian School, including two students who were in…
Read MoreStillwater man told Minnesota police, FBI that his homemade explosives were for rocket hobby
A 46-year-old Stillwater man found with a trove of homemade explosives and hundreds of rounds of high-powered ammunition is part of an anti-government movement and claimed to authorities that he was not subject to certain criminal laws, according to the FBI. Wayne Robert Lund, indicted by a grand jury on multiple weapons charges this week,…
Read MoreUkraine kills top Russian general in Moscow it accuses of chemical weapons crimes
A top Russian general accused by Ukraine of being responsible for the use of chemical weapons against Ukrainian troops was assassinated in Moscow by Ukraine’s SBU intelligence service on Tuesday morning in the most high-profile killing of its kind. Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, who was chief of Russia’s Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops, was…
Read MoreAlleged Toronto ISIS attack plotter now faces war crimes charges
A Toronto man accused of plotting an ISIS-inspired mass murder in the city with his son is now facing war crimes charges, CBC News has learned. Ahmed Eldidi, 62, and Mostafa Eldidi, 27, both appeared in a Newmarket, Ont. courtroom late Monday afternoon from the prisoner box. Ahmed Eldidi leaned in to hear an Arabic-language…
Read MoreArizona Man Associated with Online Terror Network Arrested for Production of Child Sex Abuse Material and Cyberstalking
Baron Martin, 20, of Tucson, Arizona, was arrested on Dec. 11 for producing child sexual abuse material and cyberstalking offenses carried out as part of his participation in online violent terror networks known as 764 and CVLT. “764 remains a dangerous network of violent extremists who systematically target children and weaponize child sexual abuse material…
Read MoreVirginia man charged in FBI sting with supporting Islamic State found guilty
A Virginia man accused of funneling tens of thousands of dollars to the Islamic State group was found guilty on all counts. On Monday his defense lawyer told jurors 35-year-old Mohammed Chhipa of Springfield, Virginia was a lonely man looking for a wife and relentlessly targeted by FBI sting operations, including one undercover operative who…
Read MoreFour men arrested in North Macedonia during anti-terror operation, interior minister says
Four men suspected of planning terrorist attacks were arrested Sunday in western North Macedonia, authorities said. Interior Minister Panche Toshkovski said the arrests were made during raids on several locations in the western towns of Struga and Gostivar. The four men are suspected of being “part of terrorist organizations (and) have been under surveillance for…
Read MoreUkraine Claims North Korean Troops Were Killed As They Fought Alongside Russian Forces
Ukraine’s military intelligence agency claimed Monday that around 30 North Korean troops were killed or wounded in fighting against the Ukrainian army at the weekend in Russia’s Kursk border region. The North Korean casualties occurred around three villages in Kursk, where Russia has for four months been trying to quash a Ukrainian incursion, the agency,…
Read MoreThree killed and dozens injured by bomb at Thai festival
At least three people have been killed and dozens more wounded after an explosive was thrown into a crowd at a festival in Thailand. The attack took place shortly before midnight local time on Friday at the Red Cross Doi Loyfa fair, held annually in the Umphang district in the northern Tak province. Two suspects…
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