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At Least 17 Civilians Killed By Extremist Rebels In Eastern Congo
At least 17 people were killed by extremist rebels in eastern Congo’s North Kivu province, local authorities said. Civilians were killed by fighters with the Allied Democratic Forces — believed to be linked with the Islamic State group — in the Bambuba-kisiki area in Beni territory, said Sabiti Njiamoja, a deputy to the local governor,…
Read MoreOn same day, two adults charged with threats against schools in Durham, Fuquay-Varina
A 27-year-old woman faces criminal charges for making a threat against a Wake County middle School. Danielle Symone Ward, 27, of Raleigh, allegedly made what authorities called a “false report concerning mass violence on educational property” last Friday against Herbert Akins Middle School in Fuquay-Varina. The Wake County Sheriff’s Office identified and charged Ward on…
Read MorePolice In Florida Say They Fatally Shot Armed Woman Who ‘aMbushed’ Them In Park
Police in a Florida park fatally shot an armed woman who “ambushed” them as they were searching for a drug investigation suspect, officials said. The shooting happened at Tom Brown Park in Tallahassee about 10:30 p.m. Thursday. Police responded to the park after receiving a report that the person they were looking for, a man,…
Read MoreSuspect arrested after shooting and stabbing attack in Japan leaves four dead
The suspect in a shooting and stabbing incident that left four people dead in central Japan is now in police custody, according to Japanese public broadcaster NHK, citing local police early Friday. Police in Nakano City received a call on Thursday with reports that a “man stabbed a woman,” a city police official told CNN.…
Read MoreJan. 6 rioter who put his feet on desk in Pelosi office sentenced to 4.5 years in prison
The Arkansas man who was photographed on Jan. 6, 2021, with his feet on a desk in then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office was sentenced Wednesday to four and a half years in prison. Federal prosecutors had asked the judge to sentence Richard “Bigo” Barnett to more than seven years for his actions before, during and after…
Read MoreGermany detains 3 more suspects linked to far-right coup plot
Germany’s federal prosecutor’s office said Tuesday that criminal police have detained three more suspected far-right extremists who are linked to an alleged plot by the Reichsbuerger, or Reich Citizens, movement to topple the country’s government. The three suspects, who were only identified as Johanna F.-J., Hans-Joachim H. and Steffen W. in line with German privacy…
Read MoreArab-Israeli recruited by Hamas to carry out terror bombing, arrested by Shin Bet
An Israeli Arab from Umm al-Fahm was arrested by the Shin Bet and Israel Police after he was recruited by Hamas to conduct a bombing attack on a bus in the Hadera area, the Shin Bet announced on Wednesday. The suspect, identified as Muhammad Nadir Mahajna, was found to have been recruited by Hamas’s military…
Read More‘Counter-terrorism operation’ in Russia’s Belgorod region continues -governor
The governor of Russia’s Belgorod region said on Tuesday the “counter-terrorism operation” in the region was ongoing, with the defence ministry and law enforcement agencies continuing “to clean up” the territory on the border with Ukraine. “On the situation in the Graivoron district: the cleaning of the territory by the Ministry of Defence together with…
Read More3 Palestinians Killed In Israeli Raid In Occupied West Bank; Us Slams Latest Settlement Expansion
Three Palestinians were killed in an Israeli army raid in a West Bank refugee camp early on Monday, Palestinian health officials said, while the Biden administration sharply condemned Israel’s latest act of settlement expansion. The Palestinian Health Ministry said the three men were killed during a raid in Balata, a refugee camp near the city…
Read MoreSupreme Court sides with Twitter, Google in high-stakes cases on social media, terrorism
A unanimous Supreme Court on Thursday sided with Google and Twitter in a pair of cases that had alleged social media liability in terror attacks overseas. Justice Clarence Thomas in an opinion for the Twitter case said that families of victims of a 2017 ISIS attack on the Reina nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey, did not…
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