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Colombian National Sentenced to Prison and Another Pleads Guilty for Roles in Conspiracy to Kidnap and Assault U.S. Army Soldiers in Colombia
A Colombian national was sentenced and another pleaded guilty in separate hearings today in the Southern District of Florida for their respective roles in kidnapping and assaulting two members of the U.S. military who were on temporary duty in Bogotá, Colombia. Pedro Jose Silva Ochoa, 47, was sentenced to 27 years and three months in…
Read MoreSwedish police probe water sabotage attempt on Gotland
Swedish police are investigating a case of attempted sabotage targeting the water supply on the island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea, the daily Aftonbladet reported on Monday, citing anonymous sources. According to the sources, the entire island might have been left without water if the sabotage had not been discovered. The report comes amid…
Read MoreAt least 3 Serbian lawmakers injured as smoke bombs and flares thrown in parliament
At least 3 lawmakers were injured on Tuesday, one of them seriously, after chaotic scenes in Serbia’s parliament, during which smoke bombs and flares were thrown. Lawmakers were scheduled to vote on a law that would increase funding for university education, but opposition parties insisted the session was illegal and should first confirm the resignation…
Read MoreIsrael blocks entry of all humanitarian aid into Gaza
Israel has blocked the entry of all humanitarian aid into Gaza as it demands Hamas agree to a US plan for a ceasefire extension. The first phase of a truce deal mediated by Egypt, Qatar and the US expired on Saturday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Hamas was refusing to accept a temporary…
Read MoreJailed PKK leader tells group to lay down arms, end conflict with Turkiye
The jailed leader of Turkiye’s outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) Abdullah Ocalan has made a historic call for the party to lay down its arms, dissolve itself and end its decades-long conflict with the Turkish state. A delegation of Turkiye’s pro-Kurdish DEM Party on Thursday visited the island prison where Ocalan has been held since…
Read MoreAlabama Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Violating U.S. Sanctions on Iran
Ray Hunt, also known as Abdolrahman Hantoosh, Rahman Hantoosh, and Rahman Natooshas, 71, of Owens Cross Roads, Alabama, has been sentenced to five years in prison for violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. In July 2024, Hunt pleaded guilty to conspiring to export U.S.-origin goods to the Islamic Republic of Iran in violation of…
Read MoreBulgaria’s anti-euro protesters try to storm EU mission building
Several thousand supporters of Bulgaria’s ultra-nationalist Revival party scuffled with police on Saturday while trying to storm the building of a European Union mission during a protest against the country’s plans to adopt the euro next year. The anti-government protesters, chanting “Resignation” and “No to the Euro”, threw red paint, firecrackers and Molotov cocktails at…
Read MoreSweden investigates new underwater cable damage in Baltic Sea
Swedish authorities say they are investigating a damaged cable discovered in the Baltic Sea, the latest in a string of recent incidents of ruptured undersea cables that have heightened fears of Russian sabotage and spying in the region. The breakage was found on a cable that runs between Germany and Finland off the island of…
Read MoreASIO boss reveals multiple nations plotted to murder critics in Australia
Intelligence officials have disrupted numerous attempts by hostile countries to kill or harm critics in Australia, and in one recent operation even thwarted a plot to lure an unsuspecting human rights activist overseas, who was to be silenced in an “accident”. The boss of the country’s domestic intelligence agency has delivered his annual threat assessment,…
Read MoreSudan: At least 200 killed in paramilitary attack
Sudan’s paramilitary forces launched a three-day assault near Khartoum, killing more than 200, the Emergency Lawyers network said Tuesday. The rights group said hundreds were injured or missing, and that hundreds had been subjected to “executions, kidnappings, forced disappearances and looting.” The lawyers’ network said the paramilitaries shot at villagers as they were trying to…
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