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French authorities have launched a terrorism investigation following the discovery in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood At least 300 people were evacuated from a Paris suburb after weapons were found in a vehicle near a synagogue.The suspicious vehicle was discovered on Saturday evening in the busy suburb of Sarcelles, north of the capital, which is home to one of the country’s largest Jewish communities. Police established a security cordon around the area, which includes a cinema and several restaurants, and evacuated nearby premises.AFP, citing police sources, said officers recovered an assault rifle and a handgun from the stolen vehicle. Bomb disposal…
A technology journalist test-driving a Range Rover was surrounded by four police vehicles in a Minnesota parking lot after an automated license plate recognition system incorrectly flagged his vehicle as stolen due to a data entry error. The Drive reports that Joel Feder, director of content and product at the popular outlet for automotive news, experienced firsthand the consequences of automated surveillance technology when a mistake in a police database led to his detention by Plymouth Police Department officers in late June. Feder and his wife were boxed in by police vehicles as they attempted to leave a Kohl’s parking lot,…
LONDON (AP) – A series of arson and vandalism attacks on Jewish sites in Britain were the work of a proxy group backed by Iran, the U.K. government said Monday. The government said it is banning the Islamic Movement of the Companions of the Right, or IMCR, also known as Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia. It also banned Iran´s powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard as a threat to national security. Committing sabotage on behalf of the groups will be punishable by up to life imprisonment after Parliament approves the legislation, which the government expects to take place by the end of the…
At least two people were killed and others injured after a gunfight Saturday shortly after 8 p.m. at a Latin festival in Toronto, Canada. The New York Post reported that two people were dead at the scene and “five people were…treated for gunshot wounds.” CBC noted that the incident occurred at the Salsa on St. Clair event when “at least two people exchanged gunfire while moving through the crowd.” No arrests were made. Witnesses at the festival described screaming and people fleeing for cover when the shots rang out. Toronto Police stand guard on St. Clair Avenue West near Arlington Avenue in…
Moscow said previously that increased support for the “Nazi regime” in Ukraine was a sign of Germany “transforming into a Fourth Reich” Germany will fund the purchase of 50,000 attack drones for the Ukrainian military, Reuters has reported, citing informed sources.Ukraine has intensified its drone attacks on energy infrastructure and residential areas inside Russia in recent months amid continued setbacks on the front line, targeting the country with several hundred UAVs per day on average. Among other things, there has been an increase in incidents where FPV drones, including AI-guided models, have hit passenger buses and private vehicles.On Wednesday, at…
The Trump administration on Monday announced sweeping new banking rules aimed at cracking down on lending to illegal immigrants, requiring lenders to consider that borrowers without legal work authorization may pose “elevated credit risk,” a move that supporters say could improve housing affordability for Americans. The rules require banks and credit unions to account for the possibility that an illegal immigrant borrower could lose his job, be unable to find lawful work, or be removed from the country before repaying a mortgage, auto loan, credit-card balance, or other debt. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit…
Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) said the conflict in Iran had become a “quagmire.” Host Kristen Welker said, “How do you see the next steps with Iran, given that military action has resumed?” Schiff said, “It’s very difficult to see the way out of what has become a kind of a quagmire. This memorandum of understanding was so vague that you see all the problems with essentially agreeing to agree in the future. I think you’re also seeing the problems with embarking on a war of choice, a war that the president got this country involved…
A massive fire broke on Sunday at a bar in Bangkok, Thailand, killing at least 27 people and dozens more injured — including at least 22 in critical condition. The fire, extinguished during the early morning hours of Monday (local time), is reportedly being investigated by local police officers as a possible case of negligence — with Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul stating to reporters that many of the victims found themselves “trapped” near the venue’s bathrooms. International outlets identified the bar as the Rong Beer Na Lat Phrao pub, located in Bangkok’s Chatuchak district. The BBC, citing eyewitnesses’ testimonies, reports that the fire…
Vice President JD Vance remembered Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) after his office announced he died at the age of 71 “from a brief and sudden illness,” describing Graham as a “one of a kind figure in our politics.” In a post on X, Vance shared his experiences with Graham, such as how he had gotten into a “shouting match” with him regarding a Ukraine funding bill” and how the next day he found out Graham was supporting legislation Vance “really cared about.” Vance also shared that Graham “had the best sense of humor in the Senate.” “Lindsey Graham came from…
Sen. Tim Scott on Sunday threw his support behind former Rep. Trey Gowdy to fill the Senate seat left vacant by the sudden death of South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham. Scott, who appeared on Gowdy’s Fox News show Sunday night, has already made a round of calls pitching the former prosecutor as a possible short-term pick to serve out the remaining months of Graham’s term, which expires at the end of this year. Scott and Gowdy have long had a close relationship, beginning when the two were first elected to Congress in 2010, and authored a book together that was…