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UK arson attack trial reveals how Russia-linked operatives recruited ‘gig’ workers for terrorism

UK arson attack trial reveals how Russia-linked operatives recruited ‘gig’ workers for terrorism


July 9, 2025
Dylan Earl said he needed a “fresh start” in life. Unsatisfied by his prospects in his dreary English town, he decided to orchestrate a terrorist attack in London on behalf of a Russian mercenary group. If he’d had things his way, the 20-year-old, small-time drug dealer would have moved to Russia to join its military. […]
Israel’s defense minister plans to hold Gazan population in ‘humanitarian city’ on ruins of Rafah, Israeli media reports

Israel’s defense minister plans to hold Gazan population in ‘humanitarian city’ on ruins of Rafah, Israeli media reports


July 9, 2025
Israel’s defense minister said he told the military to advance plans for what he called a “humanitarian city” built on the ruins of Rafah in southern Gaza, according to reports in Israeli media. In a briefing to reporters Monday, Israel Katz said the zone would initially house some 600,000 displaced Palestinians who have been forced […]
Hostages released from Gaza detail sexual violence as Israeli report concludes Hamas used it as ‘weapon of war’ on October 7

Hostages released from Gaza detail sexual violence as Israeli report concludes Hamas used it as ‘weapon of war’ on October 7


July 9, 2025
Thirteen women and two men who survived captivity by Hamas said they experienced or witnessed sexual violence while held hostage in Gaza, according to a new report by a group of Israeli researchers known as the Dinah Project. The Dinah Project experts — all women — gathered first-hand testimonies from the 15 returned hostages, one […]
Members of Canadian military among four charged in ‘extremist’ plot to grab land in Quebec

Members of Canadian military among four charged in ‘extremist’ plot to grab land in Quebec


July 9, 2025
Four men in Quebec, including two active members of the Canadian Armed Forces, were arrested and charged in what Canadian police say is a case of “ideologically motivated violent extremism.” Three of the men, all in their mid-twenties, “were planning to create an anti-government militia” with the intent to “forcibly take possession of land in […]
Trump’s sudden shift on weapons for Ukraine takes the war back to square one

Trump’s sudden shift on weapons for Ukraine takes the war back to square one


July 9, 2025
For a fleeting moment, Ukraine’s conflict may have come full circle. In the past 48 hours, US President Donald Trump has perhaps said his most forcefully direct words yet on arming Ukraine. And in the same period, the Kremlin have given their blankest indication to this White House that they are not interested in a […]
Germany accuses China of laser targeting aircraft in EU mission

Germany accuses China of laser targeting aircraft in EU mission


July 9, 2025
Germany summoned the Chinese ambassador to the Foreign Ministry on Tuesday after saying China’s military had laser targeted a German aircraft taking part in an European Union operation in the Red Sea. The flare up in tensions comes as concerns mount in the EU about Chinese influence on critical technologies and security infrastructure in Europe. […]
A torpedoed US Navy ship escaped the Pacific in reverse, using coconut logs. Its sunken bow has just been found

A torpedoed US Navy ship escaped the Pacific in reverse, using coconut logs. Its sunken bow has just been found


July 9, 2025
More than 80 years ago, the crew of the USS New Orleans, having been hit by a Japanese torpedo and losing scores of sailors, performed hasty repairs with coconut logs, before an 1,800-mile voyage across the Pacific in reverse. The front of the ship, or the bow, had sunk to the sea floor. But over […]
More than 200 children found with high lead levels after kindergarten in China uses paint as food coloring, authorities say

More than 200 children found with high lead levels after kindergarten in China uses paint as food coloring, authorities say


July 9, 2025
More than 200 kindergarten students in northwestern China were found to have abnormal blood lead levels after kitchen staff used paint as food coloring, authorities said, in a case that’s stoked outrage in a country long plagued by food safety scandals. Eight people, including the principal of the private kindergarten that the children attended, have […]
Russia launches record drone attack on Ukraine after Trump criticizes Putin

Russia launches record drone attack on Ukraine after Trump criticizes Putin


July 9, 2025
Russia launched its largest drone attack on Ukraine since the beginning of its invasion, Ukrainian officials said Wednesday, just hours after US President Donald Trump pledged more military support for Kyiv and accused his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin of throwing “bullsh*t” over peace talks. The massive aerial assault involved 741 drones, Ukraine’s Air Force said, […]
Desperate Gaza doctors cram several babies into one incubator as fuel crisis reaches critical point

Desperate Gaza doctors cram several babies into one incubator as fuel crisis reaches critical point


July 9, 2025
Doctors in Gaza say they were forced to cram multiple babies into one incubator as hospitals warned that fuel shortages are forcing them to shut off vital services, putting patients’ lives at risk. The UN has warned that the fuel crisis is at a critical point, with the little supplies that are available running short […]
Russian minister dies by suicide hours after getting fired by Putin, officials say

Russian minister dies by suicide hours after getting fired by Putin, officials say


July 8, 2025
Former Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoit died by suicide on Monday, just hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin fired him from the job, officials said. Starovoit was dismissed by Putin on Monday morning. The decree announcing his dismissal was published on the official Kremlin website, with his deputy Andrey Nikitin appointed acting minister. Asked by […]
‘We have to keep growing:’ Mother of killed Israeli hostage in battle to have a grandchild with his harvested sperm

‘We have to keep growing:’ Mother of killed Israeli hostage in battle to have a grandchild with his harvested sperm


July 8, 2025
“Something can be born out of everything – if you want it to,” said Iris Haim, whose hostage son Yotam was killed in Gaza. Those words are helping her find hope. The new beginning that Haim now longs for is a grandchild, created from sperm she had harvested from Yotam’s body upon its return home […]
King Charles to emphasize bonds between UK and France as he welcomes Macron in first European state visit since Brexit

King Charles to emphasize bonds between UK and France as he welcomes Macron in first European state visit since Brexit


July 8, 2025
King Charles III will highlight the crucial bonds between the United Kingdom and France in the face of a “multitude of complex threats” as he welcomes President Emmanuel Macron for the first state visit by a European leader since Brexit. The French leader’s three-day visit to the UK kicks off on Tuesday and sees Charles […]
Man dies at Milan airport after being sucked into jet engine, local media reports

Man dies at Milan airport after being sucked into jet engine, local media reports


July 8, 2025
A man died after he was sucked into the engine of a departing plane at Milan airport in northern Italy, local media reported on Tuesday. Corriere della Sera newspaper reported that unnamed airport officials said an individual ran onto the tarmac as the plane was preparing to take off and got sucked into the engine. […]
Blaze at Cairo telecommunications building kills 4, disrupts internet, phone

Blaze at Cairo telecommunications building kills 4, disrupts internet, phone


July 8, 2025
Four workers were killed and at least 22 others were injured in a fire that broke out on Monday at a key data centre in Cairo, Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the spokesperson at Egypt’s Health Ministry, told Reuters on Tuesday. The blaze at a Telecom Egypt ETEL.CA facility, which state TV said was contained on Monday, […]