Posts Tagged ‘global-impact events’
Colombian national extradited to Houston to face narco-terrorism and international cocaine distribution charges
A 45-year-old Colombian national will make his initial appearance in U.S. federal court on charges of narco-terrorism and distributing kilogram quantities of cocaine from Colombia, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. Adrian Alberto Cano Gomez, an alleged member of the National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberación Nacional aka ELN), was extradited from Colombia and is…
Read MoreMaryland Man Indicted for Conspiring to Provide Material Support to Armed Separatist Fighters to Murder, Kidnap, and Maim Individuals in Cameroon and For Making Threats
A federal grand jury in Baltimore returned an indictment yesterday charging a Cameroonian national, Eric Tataw, also known as “the Garri Master,” 38, of Gaithersburg, Maryland, with conspiring to provide material support to armed separatist militias in Cameroon and threatening violence against Cameroonian civilians. He surrendered and will make his initial court appearance before U.S.…
Read MoreSenior Russian general killed in car blast just outside Moscow
A senior Russian general has died in a car blast in the Russian city of Balashikha on Friday morning, according to authorities. Yaroslav Moskalik, deputy head of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, was killed in the explosion of a Volkswagen Golf, Russia’s Investigative Committee said in a…
Read MoreRwandan genocide leader living as beekeeper in exclusive New York enclave arrested for alleged immigration violations
An alleged leader of violence during the Rwandan genocide in 1994 has been living in an exclusive enclave on Long Island as a beekeeper. He was arrested Thursday and accused of concealing his role in horrific violence and human rights violations by making false statements in his applications for a visa, green card and for…
Read MoreHouthis shoot down growing number of US drones
Three U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drones have been shot down by Houthi militants in Yemen this past week, bringing the number of drones that have been brought down by the Houthis since March 15, when the Trump administration began a sustained air campaign against the militant group, to six, according to a U.S. official.…
Read MoreRussia hits Kyiv with deadliest attack since 2024, Ukrainian officials say
At least nine people were killed and dozens more were injured in an overnight Russian attack on several districts and residential areas in Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said on Thursday. “Overnight, Russia held a massive attack on Ukraine,”the Ministry of Defense said. “Cruise missiles, drones, ballistic weapons — yet another strike on peaceful cities and Ukrainian…
Read MoreJustice Department brings first terrorism case against alleged high-ranking TdA gang member
The Justice Department has charged an alleged high-ranking member of Tren de Aragua in Colombia with terrorism offenses, making the first case of its kind against a member of the gang the Trump administration has designated a foreign terrorist organization, officials said Wednesday. The case is part of a broad push to target Tren de…
Read MoreRussian drone attacks kill nine in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region
In the Ukrainian town of Marhanets, a bus was targeted by a Russian drone. Russia also launched an overnight attack on Kharkiv, Kherson, Poltava and Odesa. The Russian army launched another massive attack on Ukrainian cities overnight on Tuesday, with strikes carried out in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Poltava, Odesa and Dnipropetrovsk regions. A Russian kamikaze drone…
Read MoreUkraine reports many Russian drone attacks after truce ends
Ukraine’s military has reported Russian drone attacks on several regions overnight, just hours after the end of a 30-hour “Easter truce” declared by Moscow. Air raid alerts were issued by Ukraine’s air force for the Kyiv region, as well as Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Cherkasy, Mykolaiv and Zaporizhzhia. In the southern city of Mykolaiv, Mayor Oleksandr Senkevych…
Read MorePope Francis has died, Vatican says
Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has died, the Vatican said on Monday, ending an often turbulent reign marked by division and tension as he sought to overhaul the hidebound institution. He was 88, and had suffered a serious bout of double pneumonia this year, but his death came…
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