Tag: attack
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Netanyahu to speak with Biden on attack; IDF and Hezbollah clash at border
Share IDF troops raising Israeli flag in Lebanon ‘inappropriate,’ State Department says via AFP – Getty Images The State Department said it was inappropriate for Israeli soldiers to raise their flag in southern Lebanon, where the IDF has ordered the evacuation of dozens of villages. “It’s obviously inappropriate for Israeli soldiers to take that step,…
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Afghan national living in the U.S. charged with allegedly plotting an Election Day terrorist attack
An Afghan national living in Oklahoma was charged this week with conspiring to carry out a terrorist attack on Election Day on behalf of the Islamic State terrorist group, according to court documents unsealed Tuesday. Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, was arrested Monday in connection with conspiring and attempting to provide material support to ISIS and getting…
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Black bear and 3 cubs attack man after they break into his Colorado home
A 74-year-old Colorado man was injured in his home by a black bear after the animal and its three cubs opened a partially cracked sliding glass door, authorities said. The attack Thursday in Lake City marks the first bear attack in the state this year, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife. The animals got into…
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Two Chinese nationals killed in ‘terrorist attack’ near Karachi airport
ISLAMABAD — Two Chinese nationals were killed in an explosion near the international airport of the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Sunday night, the Chinese embassy in Pakistan said, in what it described as a “terrorist attack.” In a statement emailed to journalists, separatist militant group Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed the explosion was…
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Woman gets 40 years for giving husband lethal dose of tranquilizer in attack captured on dash cam
An Ohio woman was sentenced to 40 years in prison this week for injecting her estranged husband with an animal tranquilizer — and then burying his body — during an attack that was partially captured on a vehicle dash camera. Amanda Hovanec, 37, of Wapakoneta, Ohio, pleaded guilty to multiple charges that included distributing a…
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Released hostages from Hamas captivity share haunting memories nearly a year after the October 7 attack
Ilana Gritzewsky, a pastry chef, no longer bakes cakes. It’s been almost a year since she was taken hostage by Hamas — the memories of the Oct. 7 terror attacks remain vivid — and her 55 days trapped in the group’s tunnels under the Gaza Strip transformed her. “Today, I’m doing more things that I didn’t used to…
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Voting begins for Alaska’s Fat Bear Week after one contestant was killed in an attack
Voting in Katmai National Park’s famed Fat Bear Week was underway Wednesday after a bear killed one of this year’s competitors and delayed the bracket reveal by a day. Bear #469 attacked and killed bear #402 Monday morning at Brooks River in the Alaska park, the National Park Service said in a release, pushing Monday’s…
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How will Israel retaliate against Iran’s missile attack?
Netanyahu has made it clear he wants to change “the balance of power” in the Middle East, as he said last weekend. So far, that has meant assaulting Gaza and weakening Hamas, before obliterating Hezbollah’s command structure, including killing its powerful leader Hassan Nasrallah. Both these fronts have come at a high cost to Palestinian…
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Israel vows Iran ‘will pay’ for missile attack, sends more troops into Lebanon
Share Iran says any Israeli retaliation will face ‘even tougher response’ Iran has “no intention of continuing” its strikes, foreign minister Abbas Aragchi said today, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency, adding that its strikes on Israel last night were “a legitimate defensive right.” “Any new move by the regime or its supporters will face…
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After Iran’s attack on Israel, the Biden White House is desperately trying to avert a wider war in the Mideast
The Biden administration’s monthslong effort to avert a full-blown war between Israel and Iran is now being put to the most difficult test yet after Tehran on Tuesday launched a barrage of ballistic missiles at Israel. The administration has worked around the clock for the past year trying to avoid a direct clash between its…