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South Germany train station reopens after morning explosion injured two, police say
An explosion near a German train station followed by the discovery of a suspicious object caused police to temporarily close the transport hub in the southern city of Augsburg on Wednesday morning. Later in the morning, police said the suspicious object had been identified as harmless and that the train station was reopened again at…
Read MoreEU summons Russian envoy over failed Leipzig drone attack
The European Unions’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Wednesday that she summoned Russia’s envoy in Brussels over the alleged attempted hybrid attack involving an explosives-laden drone at Leipzig/Halle Airport last month. Germany’s foreign and interior ministers said in a joint press conference on Tuesday that the government in Berlin had concluded that Russia…
Read MoreYemen government says its forces attacked Sanaa airport
Yemen’s internationally recognised government says its forces have carried out an attack at Sanaa airport to prevent an Iranian aircraft landing. The Yemeni capital Sanaa – and much of northern Yemen, including the port city of Hodeidah on the western Red Sea coast – is controlled by Houthi rebels aligned with Iran, while the government,…
Read MoreAustin man charged with arson after allegedly trying to set CapMetro bus on fire
A 22-year-old Austin man has been charged with arson after authorities said he attempted to set a CapMetro bus on fire before being arrested at a North Austin transit center. Daniel Patrick Donaldson was charged with second-degree felony arson and booked into the Travis County Jail on July 8, according to court records. According to…
Read MoreTSA officers at Ohio airports discover training aid anti-tank mine, realistic replica pipe bomb at security checkpoints in one week
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at two Ohio airports discovered prohibited replicas of explosive devices at the security checkpoint during routine screening in one week. A training aid anti-tank mine was discovered at Dayton International Airport on June 3, and a realistic replica pipe bomb was detected at Rickenbacker International Airport in Columbus on June…
Read More6 injured in knife attack at New York City’s Penn Station
Six people were injured in a knife attack at New York City’s Penn Station on Sunday, authorities said. The city’s fire department said it received a call about someone stabbing multiple people at the major intercity railroad station in midtown just after 7 p.m. One person had serious injuries, and other injuries ranged from minor…
Read MoreSacramento Man Charged with Bringing Explosive Material into Sacramento International Airport
A criminal complaint was filed today charging Kimani Osayande Jones, aka Kimani Osayande Jackson, 49, of Sacramento, with unlawfully possessing explosive material in an airport, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced. According to court documents, at about 9 p.m. on Saturday, May 30, 2026, Jones attempted to go through a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint at…
Read MoreMan with al-Qaeda ties who threatened to bomb subway pleads guilty in Montreal
The lawyer for a homeless man who once attended al-Qaeda training camps says his client has pleaded guilty in Montreal to threatening to bomb public transit. Leonard Waxman says Mohamed Abdullah Warsame has also acknowledged having called a Passport Canada office from detention and threatening to blow it up. A joint statement of facts tabled…
Read MorePolice say a man stabbed and wounded 3 people at a Swiss train station before being arrested
A man stabbed and wounded three people at the train station in the Swiss city of Winterthur on Thursday before being arrested, police said. The attack happened shortly after 8:30 a.m., Zurich regional police said in a statement. They said that the motive of the suspect, a 31-year-old Swiss man, is under investigation. The three…
Read MoreHelsinki Airport resumes flights after drone alert forces suspension, officials say
Helsinki Airport resumed normal flight operations on Friday after suspending air traffic for three hours due to a drone warning, officials said. The airport suspended air traffic from 4:00 am-7:00 am local time after safety authorities issued a danger alert for the southern Uusimaa region over a potential drone in the area. “Although flights are…
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