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[ad_1] The head of Britain’s domestic intelligence agency MI5 warned Tuesday of a “worsening threat” from ISIS and other Islamic terrorists amid a changing landscape fueled by online activity. In a rare public speech setting out the major threats to the U.K. from both foreign states and militant groups, MI5 Director General Ken McCallum said … Read more

[ad_1] Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on Tuesday doubled down on his call for Israel to pre-emptively strike Iran’s nuclear facilities, saying such an act would be “a gift by the Jewish state to humanity.” Poilievre first voiced his support Monday at a commemoration event in Ottawa marking the one-year anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, … Read more

[ad_1] Christian Brückner, the lead suspect in the unsolved disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann, was acquitted Tuesday of rape and sexual assault stemming from a separate trial in German court. Brückner, 47, was charged with three counts of aggravated rape and two counts of sexual abuse of children between 2000 and 2017 in Portugal. … Read more

[ad_1] As the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah escalates, more than a thousand Canadians have left Lebanon over the past nine days through commercial flights, with more seats available this week. Since Sept. 29, a total of 1,162 people, including Canadians, permanent residents and immediate family members, have flown out of Lebanon, Global Affairs Canada … Read more

[ad_1] At Berlin’s Tiegarten park, just across the Brandenburg gates, the alpine sounds of yodeling travel across century-old trees, bouncing off the gravel ground — just far enough to make police officers perk up. What caught their ear? In between the iconic voice modulations of yodeling, the women singing slipped in a few untraditional lyrics: … Read more

[ad_1] On the one-year anniversary of a Hamas attack on Israel that triggered the ongoing conflict in Gaza, events and protests took place across Canada, including in Edmonton and Calgary. “No one wants this, right?” said Irfan Chaudhry, a hate crimes researcher at MacEwan University and co-founder of Stop Hate AB. The conflict has had … Read more

[ad_1] A British doctor has pleaded guilty to unsuccessfully trying to kill his mother’s partner with a fake COVID-19 vaccine, donning an audacious disguise and forging medical documents in the process. Kwan, 53, admitted in a U.K. courtroom Monday he tried to kill Patrick O’Hara with a toxin that caused a “rare and life-threatening flesh-eating … Read more

[ad_1] Descrease article font size Increase article font size More Vancouver police officers have been deployed around the city on Monday as the world marks one year since the Oct. 7 attacks. Sgt. Steve Addison with the Vancouver police said there are a number of planned and unplanned events expected to take place and officers … Read more

[ad_1] An American man has been sentenced to six years and 10 months in a Russian prison for allegedly fighting as a paid mercenary for Ukraine. Stephen Hubbard, a 72-year-old originally from Big Rapids, Mich., appeared in a Moscow courtroom Monday in handcuffs wearing a beige sweater and black toque, later removing the hat to … Read more

[ad_1] As fears of a broader conflict in the Middle East grow, Israel could strike back at Iran “in the next few days” in response to Tehran’s ballistic missile attack last week, a retired Israeli general said. Israel, which is marking one year since the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack by the Iran-backed Hamas group, … Read more