Findings also detailed how a ‘bald man in black’ thought by service members to be the bomber was misidentifiedThe suicide bombing at the Kabul airport that killed US troops and Afghans in August 2021 was not preventable, and a “bald man in black” spotted by US service members on the morning of the attack was not the bomber, according to a new review by US Central Command.The findings, released on Monday, refute assertions by some service members who believed they had a chance to take out the...
A police official in Kabul says a sticky bomb has killed one person and wounded three others. Saturday evening's blast happened in the mostly Shiite neighborhood of Kot-e-Sangi, a bustling commercial and residential area.
BEIJING >> Heavy rainstorms that swept across southern China over the weekend killed at least four people in riverside cities, while a search was underway for 10 others missing, state media said Monday.
No arrests have been made as of Sunday morning, according to Chicago police.
The Nigerian Air Force said, on Wednesday, that it bombed three terrorist camps in Zamfara, eliminating several insurgents. The operation, according to NAF spokesman, AVM Edward Gabkwet, was conducted by the Air Component of Operation Hadarin Daji. Gabkwet, in a statement, said the camps destroyed belonged to terrorist kingpins, Abdullahi Nasanda in Zurmi, Malam Tukur Read More
Why are some people not just ignorant but willfully ignorant? It's one thing to be a dumbass — but some people seem to be actively choosing to be a dumbass. This behavioral science study, highlighted in Scientific American, is cleverly designed to get to the bottom of why. — Read the rest
A new study on the risks of cognitive decline looked at 7,000 people in 305 occupations.
A suicide blast in Karachi, Pakistan, claimed the lives of two individuals on Friday. The attack targeted a vehicle carrying foreign nationals, according to reports from broadcaster Geo News. Despite the deadly attack in Karachi, all five foreigners traveling in the targeted vehicle managed to survive, as reported. The swift response from law enforcement resulted […]
Around 70 people have been killed by heavy rains lashing Afghanistan over the past five days, the government’s disaster management department said on Wednesday. Neighbouring Pakistan has also been hammered by spring downpours, with 65 people killed in storm-related incidents as rain falls at nearly twice the historical average rate, officials told AFP. Dubai’s flagship Read More
Metropolitan police scores lowest in public confidence, with women trusting London officers even less than menOnly four out of 10 people in England say they trust the police, with the UK’s biggest force, the Metropolitan police, getting the lowest confidence score, research has found.The poll surveyed nine English regions, in eight of which female respondents had greater trust in the police than male respondents. But for the Met in London, hit by a succession of scandals, women trusted Britain’s...
Three people were arrested after Saturday night’s fatal shooting of two teen girls that shocked the city of Napa, officials said Tuesday. John Nicholson Jr., 22, of Vallejo was detained Monday evening and booked into Napa County jail; he faces two felony counts of murder, the Napa Police Department said in a news release. Jessica Whitten and Judith Adolph, both 19-year-olds from Santa Rosa, were arrested Tuesday at 3 a.m. on suspicion of aiding in a felony, the police said. Police received a...
JERUSALEM (JNS) – Incitement on the internet has become a hot topic in the wake of Oct. 7, but as we all know, violence doesn’t always stay online—extremist activists in Europe and the U.S., mostly Muslims, are actively hatching plots to target Israeli and Jewish sites around the world, posing a clear and immediate threat. […]