Posts Tagged ‘Foiled’
Who Is Christian Sturdivant? FBI Arrests 18-Year-Old as It Claims It Foiled ISIS-Inspired New Year’s Eve Attack on Christians in North Carolina
An 18-year-old Burger King employee from North Carolina was allegedly “prepared for death,” with officials saying that he had already accepted the idea of dying, as he planned a New Year’s Eve attack on a local grocery store and a fast-food restaurant using hammers and knives. Christian Sturdivant, 18, was arrested and charged after authorities…
Read MoreGeorgia PM Vows Sweeping Crackdown After ‘Foiled Coup’
Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze vowed opposition arrests Sunday after police used force against opposition protesters who tried to enter the presidential palace in what he termed was a coup bid during a controversial election. Saturday’s local polls were the ruling populist Georgian Dream party’s first electoral test since a disputed parliamentary vote a year…
Read MoreGeorgia PM Announces Sweeping Crackdown On Opposition After ‘Foiled Coup’
Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze vowed opposition arrests Sunday after the ruling party won local elections and police used force against protesters who tried to enter the presidential palace. Saturday’s polls were the ruling populist Georgian Dream party’s first electoral test since a disputed parliamentary vote a year ago plunged the Black Sea nation into…
Read MoreArmenia PM Says Foiled ‘Sinister’ Coup Plot By Senior Cleric
Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Wednesday said security forces had foiled a coup plot involving a senior cleric, amid his escalating standoff with the leadership of the powerful Apostolic Church. Pashinyan has been at loggerheads with senior clerics since 2020, when Catholicos Garegin II began calling for his resignation following Armenia’s disastrous military defeat…
Read MoreChad Says Bid To Storm Into Presidential Palace Foiled, 20 Dead
Two dozen armed men tried to storm into Chad’s presidential palace but 18 of the attackers and two soldiers were killed in the failed attack, the national prosecutor said Thursday. Heavy gunfire erupted near the presidential complex just before 8:00 pm local time (1900 GMT) on Wednesday in the centre of N’Djamena, the capital of…
Read MoreHezbollah Strikes Israel, Says It Foiled Israeli Incursions
Hezbollah fired projectiles into Israel on Wednesday and said it foiled ground incursions, a day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Lebanon could face destruction like Gaza. Netanyahu is set to speak with US President Joe Biden on Wednesday about Israel’s response to last week’s missile attack by Iran, Hezbollah’s main backer, US news…
Read MoreTaylor Swift Returns To Stage For First Time Since Foiled Terror Plot
Taylor Swift kicked off the first of five sell-out London shows on Thursday, taking to the stage a week after concerts in Vienna were cancelled due to a foiled suicide attack plot. The American star’s return to Wembley Stadium, where she performed for three nights in June, marks the end of the European leg of…
Read MoreSecurity Guard’s Sinister Plot to Kidnap, Rape and Murder UK TV Presenter Holly Willoughby Foiled by Undercover Officer in the USA
A British court has heard that a security guard, obsessed with UK TV presenter Holly Willoughby, plotted to kidnap, rape, and murder her. Gavin Plumb, a shopping centre security guard, allegedly spent two years planning the crime from 2021 to 2023. He had purchased metal cable ties, a knife, and chloroform in preparation. Plumb shared…
Read MoreRussia Says Attack Foiled In South Of Country
Russian officials said Friday they had arrested three people plotting an attack in the country’s south, a week after the assault on a Moscow concert hall killed at least 144 people. The FSB security agency said it had “put an end to the terrorist activities of three nationals from a Central Asian country”, Russian news…
Read MoreCZ’s Bold Move Foiled: Judge Bars UAE Trip Despite Binance Stake Pledge
KEY POINTS Judge shot down CZ’s request to travel CZ pledged all of his Binance.US stakes worth over $4 billion Binance’s CZ was initially allowed by the court to leave the country and return a few weeks before his sentencing Despite former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao’s audacious move to offer his substantial Binance.US stake as…
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