Posts Tagged ‘global-impact events’
Justice Department Announces Charges Against Indian Government Employee in Connection with Foiled Plot to Assassinate U.S. Citizen in New York City
The Justice Department today announced the filing of murder-for-hire and money laundering charges against Indian government employee, Vikash Yadav, 39, also known as Vikas, and Amanat, in connection with his role in directing a foiled plot to assassinate a U.S. citizen in New York City. Yadav is charged in a second superseding indictment unsealed today…
Read MoreVenezuela detains three Americans, two others for alleged terrorism
Venezuela has detained three Americans and two others for alleged terrorist activities, Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said on Thursday, marking an increase in the count of foreign prisoners in the South American country. The government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has regularly accused members of the opposition and foreign detainees of conspiring with U.S. entities…
Read MoreSouth Korean Intelligence Says North Has Sent Troops To Aid Russia’s War In Ukraine
South Korea’s spy agency said Friday that North Korea has dispatched troops to support Russia’s war against Ukraine, a development that could bring a third country into the war and intensify a standoff between North Korea and the West. The National Intelligence Service said in a statement that Russian navy ships transferred 1,500 North Korean…
Read MoreHamas leader Yahya Sinwar killed in Gaza by Israeli forces, officials say
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip, Israel Foreign Minister Israel Katz said Thursday. Sinwar has been credited as the mastermind behind the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel that led to the deaths of 1,200 people, the worst terrorist attack in Israel’s history. “The master murderer Yahya Sinwar,…
Read MoreRussia suspected of planting device on plane that caused UK warehouse fire
Counter-terrorism police are investigating whether Russian spies planted an incendiary device on a plane to Britain which later caught fire at a DHL warehouse in Birmingham, the Guardian can reveal. Nobody was reported injured in the fire on 22 July at a warehouse in the suburb of Minworth that handles parcels for delivery, and the…
Read MoreUS B-2 bombers strike Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen
The US carried out a round of strikes in Yemen against the Iran-backed Houthis on Wednesday evening, according to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, targeting five underground weapons storage facilities using B-2 stealth bombers. The facilities housed advanced conventional weapons used to target military and civilian vessels in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden,…
Read MoreSpain arrests 4 accused of shipping possible precursors for chemical weapons to Russia, breaching sanctions
Spanish authorities on Tuesday said they had arrested four people suspected of orchestrating a sanctions-busting commercial network after intercepting more than 14 tons of chemical products bound for Russia. “During the investigation, it was proven that internationally sanctioned chemicals, some of them possible precursors for chemical weapons or nerve agents, had been exported in the…
Read MoreIsraeli strike hits municipal building in south Lebanon, mayor and five others killed
An Israeli air strike on Wednesday on the municipal building in Nabatieh, a major town in southern Lebanon, which serves as a provincial capital, killed the mayor Ahmed Kahil and at least five others, two security sources said. The strike came despite U.S. concerns about rising death tolls and fears of all-out war in the…
Read MoreUkraine attacked by over 130 Russian drones in latest strike, Kyiv says
Russia launched one of its largest drone salvos at Ukraine in recent months, targeting Kyiv and other cities and igniting a fire at an industrial facility in the western region of Ternopil, officials said on Wednesday. Air defences shot down 51 of 136 drones used in the attack, the air force said in its readout.…
Read MoreIsrael Says 4 Soldiers Killed By Hezbollah Drone Attack While Israeli Strike In Gaza Leaves 20 Dead
A Hezbollah drone attack on an army base in central Israel killed four soldiers and severely wounded seven others Sunday, the military said, in the deadliest strike by the militant group since Israel launched its ground invasion of Lebanon nearly two weeks ago. The Lebanon-based Hezbollah called the attack near Binyamina city retaliation for Israeli…
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