BERLIN—German police are investigating a series of apparently deliberate crashes on a Berlin highway as a possible act of terror, authorities said Wednesday. Police overpowered and detained a 30-year-old Iraqi-born man Tuesday night, after he allegedly rammed his car into several vehicles on the A100 highway that bisects the German capital, police spokeswoman, Patricia Bremer, … Read more
BEIRUT—An international tribunal convicted a member of Hezbollah of terrorism and homicide over the assassination of Lebanon’s former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in 2005 but acquitted three others and found no evidence that the militia and political group’s leadership was involved in the plot. Tuesday’s verdict comes just two weeks after the deadly Beirut explosion … Read more
Al-Shabaab militants’ deadly assault on a popular seaside hotel in Somalia’s capital has raised fresh questions about the threat posed by the terrorist group, despite a heightened U.S.-backed counterterrorism campaign in the Horn of Africa nation. The militants, carrying AK-47 rifles and explosives, detonated a car bomb outside Mogadishu’s Lido beach Sunday afternoon, before shooting … Read more
UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council has overwhelmingly rejected a US resolution to indefinitely extend an arms embargo on Iran, prompting an angry Trump Administration to threaten that it could initiate a “snapback” to reimpose all UN sanctions on Tehran. The US only received support for the proposal from the Dominican Republic in the 15-member … Read more
New Delhi: To monitor financial transactions of individuals and entities booked under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), the Union home ministry has redrawn a list of 44 state and central nodal officers, an official said. Under section 51 A of UAPA, powers of the central government are delegated to state, immigration and regulatory authorities to … Read more