Russian President Vladimir Putin called the assassination attempt on Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico “a despicable crime,” in a message from the Russian leader to his Slovakian counterpart Zuzana Čaputová. Political opponents repeatedly accuse Fico of taking “Russia-friendly” positions amid Putin’s war against Ukraine. Relations between Slovakia, an EU and NATO member state, and its […]
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 24 worshippers, including four children, were injured in northern Nigeria’s Kano state after a man attacked the mosque where they were praying early Wednesday morning, resulting in an explosion, the police said. The suspect, a 38-year-old resident of the area, confessed that he attacked the mosque in Kano’s remote […]
PARIS (AP) — Armed assailants killed two French prison officers and seriously wounded three others in an attack on a convoy in Normandy on Tuesday and an inmate escaped, officials said. A search was underway. The convoy was transporting prisoner Mohamed Amra to Évreux jail after a court hearing in Rouen when it was ambushed […]
STORY: :: France’s Prime Minister says the gunmen who attacked a prison van, killing at least two guards, ‘will pay’ :: Val-de-Reuil, France :: May 14, 2024 :: Paris, France :: Gabriel Attal, French Prime Minister “Everything will be done to find the perpetrators of this despicable crime. The Epervier plan, the protocol to locate […]
LONDON (AP) — Two men accused of plotting to gun down Jews in an Islamic State-inspired attack in northwest England were held without bail Tuesday after appearing in a London court. Walid Saadaoui, 36, and Amar Hussein, 50, were accused of planning to use automatic weapons to kill Jews, police and military personnel, prosecutors said […]
Two men have appeared in court accused of plotting to carry out an Islamic State-inspired marauding gun attack against the Jewish community in the North West. Walid Saadaoui, 36, and Amar Hussein, 50, were arrested at addresses in Wigan and Bolton last week and were also allegedly planning to target police officers and members of […]
Two French prison officers were killed and three others seriously injured in a brazen attack on their convoy in Normandy during which an inmate escaped, officials said. The van was transporting prisoner Mohamed Amra to Evreux jail after a court hearing in Rouen when it was ambushed on Tuesday. Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti said he […]
The families of the victims of the Nottingham attacker have reacted with disappointment at a court’s decision not to change his sentence. Three judges at the Court of Appeal in London ruled that the sentence handed down to Valdo Calocane in January was not “unduly lenient”. The 32-year-old was given an indefinite hospital order after […]
Ukrainian authorities began evacuating people from Bilopillia in the northeast Sumy Oblast on Tuesday, May 14, ahead of a possible Russian attack in the area. Military intelligence chief Gen Kyrylo Budanov told the New York Times in an interview published Tuesday that Russians could target Sumy Oblast next after Ukraine reinforced under-pressure lines in Kharkiv […]
Seattle’s restaurant community is grieving the death of one of its own. A chef was stabbed to death in the Capitol Hill light rail station Saturday night. Now the search is on for his killers. We are learning that the 37-year-old victim was a chef at Harry’s Fine Foods on Seattle’s Capitol Hill. After getting […]
Russia was launching “constant shelling” against Kharkiv Saturday, according to a readout from the National Police. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has had two briefings from his Commander-in-Chief, Alexander Syrsky, on Saturday. Russia attacked with airstrikes in Vilcha, Liptsy, Liman, Izbitskoye, Veseloye, Petrovka, Kazachya Lopan, Sinelnikovo, Volchansk in Kharkiv, according to an assessment from the General […]
CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s military and allied armed groups have staved off an attack by a paramilitary group and Arab militias on a major city in the western region of Darfur, officials and residents said on Saturday. The attack on Friday was the latest by the Arab-dominated Rapid Support Forces against el-Fasher, the provincial capital […]