Posts Tagged ‘global-impact events’
Thousands of Rohingya flee to Bangladesh from violence in Myanmar, official says
Around 8,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh in recent months, escaping escalating violence in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state, according to Bangladeshi officials. The violence has intensified as fighting between Myanmar’s ruling junta and the Arakan Army, a powerful ethnic militia drawn from the Buddhist majority, continues to worsen.“We have information that around 8,000 Rohingya…
Read More2 U.S. Marines attacked during port visit in Turkey, Navy says
Two U.S. Marines from the USS Wasp were attacked Monday during a port visit in Izmir, Turkey, according to a Navy spokesperson. Video of the apparent incident shows a group of men forcing a bag over the head of one of the Marines as they restrain him, chanting “Yankee go home.” CBS News senior foreign…
Read MoreSikh separatist leader attacked by gunfire on California interstate
Gunmen fired at a truck transporting a Sikh political leader near Sacramento. The incident is one of several targeting Sikh separatists in North America in recent months. Satinder Pal Singh Raju, an organizer in the Khalistan movement, which calls for Sikhs to have a country of their own in the Punjab region of India, survived…
Read MoreIsrael and Hezbollah trade heavy fire before pulling back, jolting a region braced for war
Israel launched a wave of airstrikes across southern Lebanon early Sunday in what it called a preemptive strike to avert a large Hezbollah rocket and missile attack. The militant group said it fired hundreds of rockets and drones to avenge the killing of a top commander last month. Both sides halted the heavy exchange of…
Read MoreSea-Tac Airport, Port of Seattle hit with suspected cyberattack
A “possible cyberattack” led to an internet outage and web system issues at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Saturday, the Port of Seattle reported. The agency posted an initial alert on the social media platform X shortly after 9 a.m., advising passengers to check with their airlines for the latest information on their flights. In an…
Read MoreGermany: Solingen attack suspect named, remanded in custody
German prosecutors on Sunday released the name of the 26-year-old Syrian man suspected of a multiple stabbing attack in the western city of Solingen that killed three people and injured eight others. Issa Al H., who was identified without his family name due to German privacy laws, was flown by helicopter to the Federal Court…
Read MoreRussian snipers kill Islamist hostage-takers to end prison siege
Russia’s security services shot dead four inmates on Friday who had taken hostages at a penal colony, fatally stabbed four of its staff and posted online videos describing themselves as Islamic State militants, officials said. “Snipers of the special forces of the Russian National Guard in the Volgograd region, with four precise shots, neutralised four…
Read MoreKnife-wielding Russian convicts take prison staff hostage and kill one guard
A group of prisoners identifying themselves as Islamic State militants seized hostages in a maximum security jail in Russia’s southern Volgograd region and killed at least one member of staff, the country’s prison service said. “During a session of a disciplinary commission, convicts took staff of the penal institution as hostages,” the prison service said in a…
Read MoreGermany investigates drone flights over industrial park
Investigators in northern Germany confirmed on Thursday that they were investigating suspicious drone activity over an industrial park in Brunsbüttel, following media reports about the case. “The Flensburg public prosecutor’s office confirms the launching of an investigation due to the suspicion of espionage activity for sabotage purposes, in connection with repeated drone flights over critical…
Read MoreNATO air base in Germany raises security level due to ‘potential threat’
The NATO air base in the German town of Geilenkirchen has raised its security level “based on intelligence information indicating a potential threat,” it said late on Thursday. A spokesperson for the base in Geilenkirchen said the threat level had been raised to Charlie, the second-highest of four states of alert, which is defined as…
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