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Woman Stabbed in UK ‘Terror Attack' was an American Spy – Report
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Good Morning

ioRxiv. Endonuclease fingerprint
indicates a synthetic origin of SARS-CoV-2.
Thursday March 16th, 2023

ElkeSomer_Killer Dress05
Democrats to Skip Another Border Hearing,
Claim GOP Going to Texas %u2018to Attack' Biden
SVB donated $73M to Black Lives
Matter movement, social justice causes
The court refused to return the Eldzharkiev
murder case to the prosecutor's office
Berri says no one has luxury
of time as to presidential election
Do not underrate Al-Shabaab and
ISIS threat in Somalia, experts tell leaders
Three terrorists killed in Baghdad
Droog, 14, arrested in caught-on-video
attack on NYC subway rider, 15, with autism: cops

Posted by: Fred || 03/16/2023 00:23 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The Woman Stabbed was more likely an intel analyst than a spy. I know lotsa people have trouble trouble with the concept.
Posted by: Fred || 03/16/2023 0:26 Comments || Top||

#2  ^^^ Your comment makes sense. If she was a Spy she should have have been carrying heat on her or at least knew karate.
Posted by: Mad Eye Omeretch7959 || 03/16/2023 0:40 Comments || Top||

#3  Lost your credibility with that one MEO.
Posted by: Skidmark || 03/16/2023 0:45 Comments || Top||

#4  Somebody stabbed Elke Sommer? Why? WHY? Oh, the horror of it all!
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 || 03/16/2023 1:36 Comments || Top||

#5  "If they shoot straight and put up their dukes
Asiatically," media pukes,
"And are rocking kewl lewks
While disporting with nukes...
They're the things that we used to call S-words!"
Posted by: Skunky Fillmore2938 || 03/16/2023 1:40 Comments || Top||

#6  "So now, of course, we've gotta say 'spy.' If we told you why, we'd both have to die."
Posted by: Skunky Fillmore2938 || 03/16/2023 1:44 Comments || Top||

#7  Right up there with journalists reporting of 'tank'.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 03/16/2023 8:39 Comments || Top||

#8  Well, she (not Elke) was a Spy, but Fang Fang was an intelligence source for Fartboy
Posted by: Frank G || 03/16/2023 9:05 Comments || Top||

#9  No wonder the Nazis fought to the last man with that waiting at home for them.
Posted by: jpal || 03/16/2023 18:12 Comments || Top||

#10  OH c'mon... no one? Shot In The Dark with Peter Sellers? SMH... we have truly failed.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 03/16/2023 19:20 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
Daily Evacuation Brief March 16, 2023
[AfghanDigest] LAST 24 HOURS
  • 2,400+AFGHAN REFUGEES STUCK IN UAE — Human Rights Watch reported that the United Arab Emirates has detained between 2,400-2,700 Afghans within the humanitarian city in Abu Dhabi, a processing center that was a frequent destination for Afghan evacuees. Many asylum seekers have been held without processing for 15 months in what HRW describes as “cramped, miserable conditions”. Read more HERE.

  • IMRAN KHAN WARRANT PAUSED — A Pakistani court suspended the operation to arrest former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan due to the protests’ impact on a highly important upcoming international cricket match near Khan’s home. Although protests have largely dispersed for now and Khan has re-emerged from his home, the operation will resume on March 19th once the foreign cricket players depart.

  • AFG STILL COUNTRY MOST IMPACTED BY TERRORISM — The Institute for Economics & Peace published a report on global terrorist deaths in 2022. Since the Taliban now control the government and are not included in terrorist attack counts, terror-related deaths in Afghanistan dropped 58% and terror attacks dropped 75%. However, Afghanistan is still considered the country in the world most impacted by terrorism. Notably, Pakistan’s terror-related death toll rose from 292 to 643 over the last year.

  • MULTIPLE REPORTS REGARDING DRONE TARGETING HOUSE OF IMPORTANT TTP COMMANDER in Zanghara Khadrakhel, South Waziristan. A photo showing the bodies of two young children killed in the purported drone attack is circulating social media. However, an anonymous senior Pakistani official has said the attack was artillery and mortar fire targeting the commander’s house, not a drone.


CONFLICT TRACKER
Baghlan: A contingent of Taliban conducted door-to-door searches in the Tanghank Valley in the Baghlan district, leading to an extended clash between National Resistance Front (NRF) members and Taliban fighters. Casualty figures are unconfirmed, but most reports say that 8 Taliban fighters and 2 NRF members were killed. Supposedly it is the first NRF-Taliban lash in Andarab since the beginning of spring weather.

NEXT 24 HOURS
  • REPORTED ISIS-K ATTACK — A leaked communique from the Taliban’s Ministry of Interior reported that ISIS-K is planning suicide attacks in Kabul targeting government employees collecting their salaries. Although the attacks are not planned for a specific date, they appear to be imminent.

  • KHAN PROTESTS TO RESUME SOON — Pakistani protests regarding former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s arrest warrant should remain calmed until March 19th, when the warrant is reinstated.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/16/2023 02:52 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Taliban/IEA


Africa Horn
Somalia executes 3, including ex-army officer worked for Al-Shabab
[ShabelleMedia] Somalia’s armed forces court on Wednesday morning executed three men convicted of working with al-Shabaab
...... an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia attempting to metastasize into Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and similar places, all of which have enough problems without them...
, the al-Qaeda affiliate in East Africa.

The convicts — Mohammed Abdulle Abkow (Biyamalow), Sharif Mohammed Barqadle (Jeego) and Mohammed Abdi Nur Jirow (Dr. Fanah) faced the firing squad in the morning.

Dr Fanah masqueraded as a specialised medical doctor and an army major to hide from the eyes of the security agencies. He also used Govt and aid agencies’ IDs.

The fake doctor said in an interview prior to his execution that he acquired military uniforms, decorated with the rank of ’major’ and identity cards from the ministry of health.

He arranged suicide kabooms in Mogadishu, including one targeted delegates representing Somaliland during the election of the members of parliament last year.

The court said Jeego, a former army officer allowed Al-Shabaab boom-mobiles to pass through checkpoints and park at busy commercial areas in Mogadishu, including Village Hotel and Restaurant, Bar Italia, Agaweyne — Bilsan Restaurant and Lido beach.

All of the car kabooms that occured in 2019 claimed the lives of at least 27 people.

The security agencies of the government succeeded in arresting the men after getting their information of working in the name of the army to facilitate al-Shabaab attacks.

The military court appears to have expedited the executions weeks after the government began a military offensive against al-Shabaab. Dozens of bully boyz were executed.

Today’s execution came 24 hours after at least five people were killed and 11 others maimed, including Gedo governor, in a suicide attack in southern Somalia, police said.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/16/2023 00:14 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


Britain
Woman Stabbed in UK ‘Terror Attack' was an American Spy – Report
[Breitbart] A woman stabbed in what is thought to have been a terror attack in England last week is an American spy, it is now thought.

One man has been arrested under UK terrorism law in relation to the incident, which took place in a car park close to both the world-famous Cheltenham race course, and the famous ‘donut’ building of Britain’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), a UK spy agency roughly equivalent to the NSA in the United States.

According to a report by the Daily Mail the single female victim of the incident is now thought to be related to intelligence gathering, with the publication claiming that she is an American spy on secondment to a UK government agency.

No details have been given as to what U.S. agency the woman is a part of, nor why she was working in Britain.

GCHQ is said to be taking last week’s attack “seriously”, but it has not yet been made public whether the victim was attacked randomly, or was specifically targeted in the incident.

Original reporting indicated that the woman was badly injured in the attack, with news outlets having since said that she has undergone surgery that has left her in an allegedly stable condition.

Little information has also been revealed about the alleged attacker by official sources, other than that he is a 29-year-old male, and that police have now searched a property in the town thought to be linked to the suspect.
The Daily Mail adds:
Yesterday police were searching a property in Cheltenham connected to the alleged offender.

The incident took place just three miles from the headquarters of the intelligence and security agency whose staff work to identify and disrupt terror plots across the UK.

Yesterday local residents suggested the victim was known to the suspect and the pair had been arguing in the car beforehand.

‘They were either parked or had pulled into the car park when she was stabbed and then she managed to get out of the car and get to the leisure centre,’ one neighbour said.

‘There were two ambulances and then the police arrested the bloke in the car.’

Posted by: Skidmark || 03/16/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:


Europe
French Riot Police unleash war on protestors.
[YouTube] Today marks the sixth day of nationwide strikes since mid-January, and could surpass the largest protests so far, with more than 1.27 million gathering on January 31.

Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said some 11,000 police were mobilised across the country, including some 5000 in Paris alone.
Posted by: Omiting Theting7288 || 03/16/2023 08:14 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM

#1  At some point civil disobedience is the only course left.
Posted by: Itsoktobewhite || 03/16/2023 12:42 Comments || Top||

#2  "Cry 'Havoc' and unleash the poodles of war!"
Posted by: SteveS || 03/16/2023 17:52 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
NIA raids multiple locations in J&K, Punjab
[GreaterKashmir
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
] The National investigation Agency on Wednesday said it conducted searches at multiple locations in Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab
1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots....

in a militancy related case.

Quoting a statement, news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) reported that in June 2022, NIA had registered a suo-moto case against OGW (Over Ground Worker)
Over ground workers (OGWs) are people who help militants, or terrorists, with logistical support, cash, shelter, and other infrastructure with which armed groups and insurgency movements such as Hizbul Mujaheddin and Jaish-e-Muhammad in Jammu and Kashmir can operate....
s and cadres of various proscribed outfits and their affiliates, who were operating under various pseudo names on the commands of their Pak handlers.

The statement said that in follow up operations in 2022, searches were conducted at 14 locations in 6 districts of Jammu and Kashmir, including Srinagar, Baramula, Pulwama, Anantnag, Budgam and Kathua.

"The case relates to terror conspiracy hatched by Pakistain based commanders of proscribed hard boy organizations to radicalize youth of J&K and target members of minority communities, security personnel and religious events and activities. The accused were also found involved in spreading terror in J&K over cyber-space," it read.

The statement read during investigations, 12 suspects were identified who were in touch with different Pakistain based handlers.

"Searches were conducted at 11 locations belonging to the suspects in Kulgam, Shopian, Pulwama, Anantnag and 1 location in Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab in case RC-05/2022/NIA/JMU. Digital devices and incriminating material were seized from these locations yesterday. Further investigations in the case are in progress," it read.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/16/2023 02:54 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistain Proxies


Iraq
Turkey's military helicopter crash kills six people in Iraqi Kurdistan - or perhaps someone else’s
[Shafaq News] Six people were killed in a Ottoman Turkish military helicopter crash in an oil field in Iraqi Kurdistan on Wednesday, according to a security source.

The incident took place in the Khairi mountain of Jamanki district, located north of Dohuk Governorate in the Kurdistan Region.

"The accident occurred due to bad weather," the source explained. The Ottoman Turkish military or the Iraqi authorities have provided no further information.
Rudaw adds:
Videos submitted to Rudaw on Wednesday evening depicted employees of an oil company running away from a large fire as the sound of sirens played in the background.

"Two helicopters were flying around the area. One of them broke down and spun around twice, before crashing and catching fire," Haval Mohammed, an employee of the company and an eyewitness to the crash, told Rudaw's Nasir Ali.

A military official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told Rudaw that seven bodies have been recovered from the crash, adding that their bodies have been completely burnt.

As of the time of this writing, the reason for the helicopter’s crash and whether it belonged to the Iraqi armed forces or a foreign country remain unclear.

Reports circulated following the crash suggesting that the helicopter belonged to The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund...
’s armed forces. The Ottoman Turkish defense ministry quickly denied the reports, saying no helicopters belonging to the Ottoman Turkish armed forces were in the air in that region.

Chamanke is located 15 kilometres from Mount Gara, known for frequent festivities between Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/16/2023 00:13 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Three terrorists killed in Baghdad
[Shafaq News] Three bad boyz were potted in a clash with security forces in the Al Tarmiyah district north of the capital, Baghdad, on Wednesday, according to a security source.

The source told Shafaq News agency that "security forces carried out raids on a hideout that housed forces of Evil and clashed with them in one of the orchards in Al Tarmiyah district."

The source added that "the operation also resulted in a security member being seriously injured and transported to hospital."

A military front man later said in a statement that the operation was based on accurate intelligence information from the Military Intelligence Directorate. He added that through preemptive operations, a force from the 23rd Infantry Brigade and the 6th Division, and al-Hashd al-Shaabi in Al Tarmiyah, were able to ambush and kill three ISIS forces of Evil in the district.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/16/2023 00:12 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
IDF arrests 4 unarmed Gazans who entered Israel
[IsraelTimes] Four unarmed Paleostinians are detained by Israeli troops after infiltrating into Israel from the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
Strip this morning, the military says.

The Israel Defense Forces says soldiers operating surveillance cameras spotted the suspects crossing the barrier in the central part of Gaza.

Troops dispatched to the scene arrested the four adjacent to the border fence, and are taking them to the Shin Bet for further questioning, the IDF says.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/16/2023 03:32 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Hamas


IDF suspects Hezbollah behind bombing attack on northern highway; terrorist killed


[IsraelTimes] Military releases details of Monday morning blast; says suspect, armed with explosives belt, hitched ride back to Lebanon border before being shot dead by security forces

The Israeli military suspects the Lebanese Hezbollah terror group is behind a blast on a highway in northern Israel that seriously maimed a man earlier this week, the Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet security agency said Wednesday.

The alleged terrorist was rubbed out on the Lebanese border several hours after the attack on Monday. He was armed with an explosives belt at the time.

On Monday morning, a bomb planted on the side of the Route 65 highway near the Megiddo Junction went kaboom!, seriously wounding Shareef ad-Din, 21, from the Arab village of Salem.

Many details surrounding the blast were kept under wraps due to the ongoing investigation, which was spearheaded by the Shin Bet.

The bomb itself was considered unusual according to the IDF, and did not appear to be similar to bombs used by Paleostinians in recent months. Ad-Din’s car that was hit by the shrapnel was around 30 meters (98 feet) away from the device.

Following the blast, troops began to close roads and search for the suspected terrorist who planted the bomb.

On Monday afternoon, several hours after the earth-shattering kaboom, soldiers spotted a vehicle with the suspected Lebanese terrorist near the northern Israeli town of Ya’ara, close to the border with Lebanon Hezbollahstan
...Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. ...
, the IDF said.

Officers of the elite police Yamam counterterrorism unit and Shin Bet officers shot up the suspect, killing him. The IDF said the suspect was a "clear danger" to the security forces and had a primed explosives belt on him at the time.

Several more weapons were found in the vehicle, according to the IDF.

"The assessment is that neutralizing the terrorist prevented another attack," the IDF said.
"No recidivism, and it saved money too"
The military said the suspected terrorist crossed into Israel from Lebanon overnight between Saturday and Sunday and planted the bomb, possibly on behalf of the Iran-backed Hezbollah.

The exact manner in which the suspect crossed into Israel was still being investigated, as were his potential links to Hezbollah. The IDF said it expects that ongoing construction work to build a wall along the northern frontier, to replace an aging fence, would be completed within two years.

The IDF said there were no other known murderous Moslems who had infiltrated into Israel with the suspect and is believed to have been alone during the attack.

Following the Monday morning attack at the Megiddo Junction, the alleged terrorist hitched a ride to northern Israel.

The driver of the car was detained by officers at the scene, before being released after questioning on Wednesday. He was not believed to have been involved in the attack.

The Megiddo Junction is around 60 kilometers (37 miles) from the Lebanon border.

The military said it was continuing to investigate the circumstances of the incident, including how he managed to reach the junction.

There were no special security instructions for residents, and the IDF said it would remain on alert for potential Hezbollah attacks in northern Israel.

The IDF said the details of the incident remained unpublished for more than two days because it wanted to wait to find out exactly who was behind the bombing attack.

The censorship came under criticism by civilians and analysts, as unsubstantiated rumors regarding the incidents spread on social media, leaving many worried and confused.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a security assessment with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Wednesday afternoon regarding the incident. On Tuesday, Gallant’s office also said the defense minister had held a number of security assessments over the previous day due to the attack.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/16/2023 03:32 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Hezbollah


Israel said it has killed a man who planted a bomb in north Israel
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 03/16/2023 00:14 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Hezbollah


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Asayish start security operation against ISIS cells in Syria’s Qamishli
[NPASyria] On Wednesday, Internal Security Forces of North and East Syria (Asayish) launched a security operation in the neighborhood of Allaya east of the city of Qamishli, northeast Syria, in search of Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(ISIS) sleeper cells.

A security source from the Asayish told North Press that their forces have deployed since early morning in search of ISIS sleeper cells, forbidden weapons, and drugs.

The Asayish also imposed a curfew in the neighborhood before launching combing and inspection operations.

It is worth mentioning that a prison where ISIS bully boyz are held is located inside the neighborhood, which witnessed tension and security unrest days ago.

On the same day, commandos units of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) deployed in the vicinity of al-Sinaa Prison and a nearby US base in Hasakah city, coinciding with information, indicating that ISIS affiliates are preparing for riots in the prisons and in the Hawl Camp, which holds around 50.000 of the family members of ISIS turbans.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/16/2023 00:56 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Turkish border guards kill 2nd Syrian man in week
[NPASyria] Another Syrian man was killed in a week at the hands of Ottoman Turkish border guards on Syrian-Ottoman Turkish border, northern Idlib, northwest Syria, as he was trying to get into The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
illegally.

A local source said that the border guards threw the body of the victim in forests.

The family of the killed man called on the border guards to hand them over the body and for investigating the incident, according to the source.

On March 12, a young man was killed under torture, and seven others sustained various injuries after being assaulted by the border guards while trying to get into Turkey through the Syrian-Ottoman Turkish border.

On March 13, residents and activist muppets arrived at Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey north of Idlib, to denounce the practices of the Ottoman Turkish border guards against Syrians.

A day before, activist muppets in the city of Afrin, northwest Syria, called for organizing a protest to denounce the killing and torturing practiced by the border guard against Syrians trying to cross the border into Turkey.

Ottoman Turkish authorities continue to tighten the screw on the Syrians who try to illegally cross to Turkey by snipping and ongoing torturing, according to reports.

Monitoring and Documentation Department of North Press has counted the killing of 16 individuals and the wounding of 46 others including a child and three women since early 2023.

Most of those who want to access Turkey resort to illegal and dangerous smuggling routes in light of unavailable safe ones to either reunite with their families or secure jobs to provide for their families amid the dire economic conditions the country is witnessing.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/16/2023 00:56 || Comments || Link || [15 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Unknown gunmen kill 2 government soldiers in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor
[NPASyria] Two soldiers of Syrian government forces were killed on Tuesday in an infiltration operation carried out by unknown button men who targeted their post in a town, east of Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria.

A military source of the government forces in the town of al-Mayadin, eastern Deir ez-Zor, said that unknown button men infiltrated into a post of 17th Division of the government forces on the outskirts of the town.

The infiltration resulted in the killing of two soldiers, who hail from the city of Homs, central Syria, and confiscating their weapons, the source added, under the condition of anonymity.

Soldiers in nearby checkpoints did not hear the gunshot, as the button men may have killed the soldiers using firearm silencers, according to the source.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/16/2023 00:56 || Comments || Link || [15 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria


SDF arrests ISIS militants in Syria’s Deir ez-Zor
[NPASyria] Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced on Wednesday the arrest of an Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(ISIS) "terrorist" two days ago in Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria.

The SDF Media Center said that the arrested ISIS murderous Moslem was responsible for "providing the terrorist cells of ISIS with intelligence for planning terrorist acts" to hit the state of safety and stability the region is maintaining.

After precise monitoring, the SDF, with the support of the US-led Global Coalition, raided the hideout of the ISIS murderous Moslem and arrested him.

Additionally, the operation resulted in the confiscation of one AK-47, three smartphones, and ammunition, according to the SDF Media Center.

The SDF confirmed they will continue operations, pursuing ISIS turbans and the group’s sleeper cells throughout northeast Syria "until achieving the enduring defeat of ISIS cells in the region."
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/16/2023 00:56 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State



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Two weeks of WOT
Thu 2023-03-16
  Woman Stabbed in UK ‘Terror Attack' was an American Spy – Report
Wed 2023-03-15
  Saudi-Backed Coalition Sends Three More Brigades to Confront STC in Aden
Tue 2023-03-14
  Al-Shabaab and ISIS militants clash in Somalia
Mon 2023-03-13
  Greek court sentences Egyptian man to 280 years in jug for ‘trafficking in migrants’
Sun 2023-03-12
  Iraq seizes three million captagon pills on Syria border
Sat 2023-03-11
  Pakistan Police Books Imran Khan on Charges of Murder, Terrorism
Fri 2023-03-10
  Mexico's Gulf Cartel turns over 5 members tied to Americans' deadly kidnapping
Thu 2023-03-09
  Puntland executes 19, including Al-Shabaab and ISIS operatives
Wed 2023-03-08
  Hezbollah officially endorses Suleiman Frangieh for president of Lebanon
Tue 2023-03-07
  Only 2 of the 23 Suspects Charged With Domestic Terrorism in ‘Cop City' Attack From Georgia
Mon 2023-03-06
  Crisis over suspected Iran schoolgirl poisonings escalates
Sun 2023-03-05
  Taliban-Appointed Agriculture Head in Panjshir Arrested on Corruption Charges
Sat 2023-03-04
  Nigeria presidential election drama heads to the courts
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