FBI Deputy Director Christopher Raia discusses how the bureau has expanded its counterterrorism resources since the 9/11 attacks, the evolving nature of threats, and Iran’s use of asymmetric warfare tactics. Source link
A building housing displaced Palestinian families collapsed in Gaza City on Wednesday, killing at least 20 people, most of them women and children, according to local health officials. The multistory structure was heavily damaged during the Israel-Hamas war and there had been warnings about its safety. The building was housing about six displaced families when…
The Justice Department is accusing several members of Russia’s intelligence services of running a “global assassination network” that targeted Kremlin critics — including one alleged murder plot on U.S. soil over the summer. Federal prosecutors in New York unsealed an indictment Tuesday against five people who belonged to what they called the “RIS Network,” including…
An English judge issued a scathing report Tuesday blaming dysfunctional management and a “complete failure at all levels” to protect babies at the hospital where neonatal nurse Lucy Letby was convicted of murdering seven newborns. The inquiry into baby deaths found the Countess of Chester Hospital, in northwestern England, could have saved some infants from…
New photos obtained exclusively by CBS News reveal for the first time the widespread damage and destruction of buildings and vehicles at multiple U.S. positions across the Middle East, as a result of Iranian missile and drone attacks. The images were sent to CBS News by active service members on condition of anonymity because…
A woman’s body was found on Tuesday in the same area east of Johannesburg in South Africa where the discovery of several other victims in the past two months has sparked fear of a potential serial killer at large and led to a public warning by the police. According to South African authorities, the cases…
The United States is experiencing a shortage of ammunition due to its expensive war in Iran, the inspector general of the Defense Department disclosed on Monday. According to the inspector’s first-ever required report to Congress, the estimated cost of Operation Epic Fury (OEF) between February 28 and June 30 was $33.4 billion, of which $22.3…
Escalating fighting between Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabia, and attacks by other Iranian proxy forces on Saudi infrastructure, are increasing the threat to tanker traffic in the Middle East and driving up global fuel costs more than six months after the U.S. and Israel launched their war on Iran. Direct clashes between the U.S….
Kansas City, Missouri — Attorney General Todd Blanche vowed that the federal government will continue releasing records related to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, doubling down on U.S. assertions that documents still being withheld are not being kept secret to protect Saudi Arabia or any other government. “The one thing that we are not…
The U.S. economy has remained resilient over the past two years despite a slowing labor market, trade wars and resurgent inflation, but economists are now warning that a convergence of new and lingering threats could test its strength. The “worry list is growing more worrisome,” Ed Yardeni, president and chief investment strategist of Yardeni Research,…
