Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida canceled a planned trip to Central Asia on Friday to lead the government’s response after scientists urged people to prepare for a possible “megaquake” off the country’s southern coast. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued its first ever “megaquake advisory” on Thursday warning of a possible future major earthquake triggered by…
Houston, we have a problem. SpaceX’s Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is being significantly delayed, and it’s all thanks to the issue-riddled Starliner spacecraft, which is taking up docking space and still has no concrete plan for return to Earth. The veteran astronauts who flew to orbit on the Boeing-built vessel continue…
A third teenager has been arrested in connection with a foiled attack on now-canceled Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna, Austria’s interior minister said Friday. Austrian Interior Minister Gerhard Karner said an 18-year-old was taken into custody Thursday evening in Vienna after allegedly being in contact with the main suspect. Karner announced the arrest during an…
An Edmonton gas station employee convicted in the U.K. of a terrorism offence came to the attention of the RCMP after returning to Canada from Lebanon in 2017, records obtained by Global News reveal. The unsealed court documents show that Khaled Hussein, sentenced to five years last week for joining extremist group Al-Muhajiroun in 2020,…
The family of a French explorer who died in a submersible implosion has filed a more than $50 million lawsuit, saying the crew experienced “terror and mental anguish” before the disaster and accusing the sub’s operator of gross negligence. Paul-Henri Nargeolet was among five people who died when the Titan submersible imploded during a voyage…
The Canadian government is pulling the children of diplomats out of Tel Aviv as fears rise that escalating tensions between Israel and Hezbollah could spiral into an all-out war. “Due to the increased risk of escalating conflict in the Middle East, Global Affairs Canada approved the temporary relocation of dependent children and their legal guardians…
Two young people arrested in a foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna appeared to be inspired by the Islamic State and al-Qaeda, Austrian authorities said Thursday after finding bomb-making materials and chemicals at one of their homes. One of the two teens confessed to planning to “kill as many people as possible…
By Staff The Associated Press Posted August 8, 2024 1:09 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A top U.N. counterterrorism official told the Security Council that a vast stretch of Africa could fall under the control of groups affiliated with the Islamic State group and affiliated terrorist organizations. There was…
A Russian chess champion has been suspended from competing after she was filmed allegedly tampering with another player’s game pieces and contaminating a chessboard with mercury. The Russian Chess Federation on Wednesday issued a statement claiming competitor Amina Abakarova attempted to poison another participant at the Dagestan Republic Championship in the city of Makhachkala on…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A former U.N. official from Canada who now works as a North Korea specialist has been detained in Switzerland on charges of spying, likely for China, media reports said on Thursday, citing unnamed intelligence sources. The reports were part of a joint investigation by the German news…
