Russian Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov has been arrested for bribery, the country’s Investigative Committee announced on Tuesday. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu have been briefed on the arrest, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the media. Earlier on Tuesday, Ivanov took part in an extended ministerial …
Read More »Suspected ‘terrorist attack’ hits US-Canada border crossing – media
Four border crossings between Canada and western New York state have been closed after a vehicle exploded at a tollbooth crossing into the US via Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls in what sources told Fox News was an attempted terrorist attack on Wednesday. While the outlet initially reported that explosives were …
Read More »Oil tanker hit in suspected Black Sea drone strike – media
Russian maritime rescue units were deployed early on Saturday to assist an oil tanker off the coast of Crimea. The tanker was left without propulsion after what reports said was a strike by an Ukrainian drone. “The crew is safe, there were no injuries,” a spokesperson for the Novorossiysk Marine …
Read More »Belgium investigating suspected arms diversion in Ukraine – PM
Belgium supplied weapons to Ukraine under a “very strict” rule prohibiting their use on Russian soil, Prime Minister Alexander De Croo explained after a Kiev-backed militia armed with Belgian FN SCAR rifles conducted a cross-border raid in Belgorod Region. “Let’s first try to check things carefully and see if the …
Read More »Russia releases video of suspected Moscow car bomber
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has made public a video of Ukrainian national Natalya Vovk, identified as the prime suspected in Saturday’s car bombing that killed journalist Darya Dugina in Moscow. The footage published Monday shows Vovk and her teenage daughter entering Russia, inside the building where Dugina lived, and …
Read More »Three dead after suspected shelling in Russian city near Ukraine
Three people have been killed, four injured, and several houses damaged in powerful explosion in Belgorod, a Russian city 40km from the border with Ukraine, according to the regional governor. “We currently have information about three fatalities,” Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote on his Telegram channel on Sunday morning, adding that the …
Read More »Pentagon investigates suspected ‘insider’ attack
Two military law enforcement agencies are investigating a service member over the April incident at Green Village, a US outpost in northern Syria, the Pentagon acknowledged on Monday. The explosions, initially thought to be an artillery attack, were set off by someone inside the base. Four troops were injured. The …
Read More »Bail extended for Everton player suspected of child sex offenses
The still-unnamed Everton footballer arrested on suspicion of child sex offenses in 2021 has had his bail extended once again as confirmed by Greater Manchester Police. The Premier League star was arrested on July 16 last year and was released on bail until October 19. His bail was later extended to January 16, …
Read More »Man suspected of getting over 80 Covid jabs – media
An unidentified 61-year-old man received at least 87 Covid-19 shots in the eastern German state of Saxony, the Freie Presse newspaper reported on Friday. On occasion, he is believed to have received as many as three doses in one day. The German Red Cross has pressed charges against the man …
Read More »North Korea launches suspected ballistic missile
North Korea has launched an unidentified missile toward the Sea of Japan, South Korea’s military and Japan’s coast guard reported on Thursday, with conflicting media reports regarding where the projectile landed. Japan’s coast guard issued a statement which claimed the missile fell inside Japan’s exclusive economic zone, with the projectile …
Read More »