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Iranian Man, Romanian Woman Charged Over Attempt to Enter UK Submarine Base
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (1542+ words) An Iranian man and a Romanian woman have been charged after attempting to enter Britain's nuclear submarine base in Scotland, Police Scotland said on Saturday. The two, who British media have "called suspected "Iranian spies, were "arrested "on Thursday. The…...
US Federal Jury Convicts Assad-era Syrian Official of Torture
6+ day, 14+ hour ago (1683+ words) A federal jury in Los Angeles convicted a former Syrian government official, who headed the Damascus Central Prison under the government of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, of torture, the US Justice Department said on Monday. Samir Ousman Alsheikh, 73, was…...
Police in Nigeria Say Suspected Suicide Bombings Killed at Least 23 People
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (1567+ words) At least 23 people were killed and more than 100 injured following suspected suicide bombings Monday night that targeted Maiduguri city in northeastern Nigeria, police said Tuesday, one of the deadliest attacks in the conflict-battered city in recent history. "Regrettably, a total…...
Azerbaijan Jails Frenchman for 10 Years for Espionage
1+ week, 10+ hour ago (471+ words) A court in Azerbaijan sentenced a French citizen to ten years in prison on Monday after finding him "guilty "of spying "on "behalf of Paris, "Russian state news agency RIA reported. Baku accuses the man, Martin "Ryan, who was "arrested…...
Iraq Warns Drone Strikes Could Trigger al-Qaeda Prison Break
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (1470+ words) Iraq's Ministry of Justice warned Sunday that repeated drone attacks near Baghdad International Airport pose a danger to a nearby prison holding high-risk al-Qaeda inmates. In a statement, the ministry said areas around the airport and Airport Prison - also known…...
Iran Arrests Man Accused of Running Starlink Internet Network
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1153+ words) Iranian authorities have arrested a man accused of leading a network that sold access to the internet via Starlink terminals, a technology that is banned in Iran, the ISNA news agency reported on Friday. Iran has been digitally sealed off…...
Assailant Dead after Ramming Vehicle into Michigan Synagogue
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1483+ words) A 41-year-old man was killed Thursday after ramming his pickup truck into a synagogue on the outskirts of Detroit, Michigan, causing a blaze and triggering a huge police response. US media reported the assailant had recently lost family members in…...
Norway Police Arrest 3 Suspects in Bombing of US Embassy
1+ week, 4+ day ago (627+ words) Norwegian police said on Wednesday they had apprehended three brothers suspected of carrying out Sunday's bombing at the US embassy in Oslo, in an attack investigators have branded an act of terrorism. The powerful early-morning blast from an improvised explosive…...
Kremlin Says Putin’s Proposals on Iran Are Still on the Table
1+ week, 6+ day ago (819+ words) Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered different options to mediate and ways to reduce tensions in the Iran "conflict and "these proposals "are still "on the table, "the Kremlin said on Tuesday. Moscow is ready to provide any "assistance it…...
Norway Police Says Possible Terror Motive in US Embassy Blast
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1738+ words) Oslo police said Sunday an explosion at the US embassy in Norway overnight that caused no injuries and minor material damage may have been an act of terror, but stressed police were also investigating other motives. Police did not provide…...