12 h. ago Beltane Fire Festival: Scottish council's park levy branded 'targeted attack' on community event

Beltane Fire Festival said the new tax, which was introduced in January, was a ‘financial strain’

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26 h. ago Iran's armed forces being urged to NOW strike the UK after making threats to target British forces 'to stop Trump's attack'

Iran's military has called for preemptive strikes on a military based on the British-controlled Chagos Islands in an attempt to prevent the US from using it. 

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65 h. ago Iran 'threatens to target UK forces in Chagos Islands if Trump launches attack'

The threat from Tehran follows warnings by the US president of potential military action against Iran

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6 d. ago Edinburgh acid attack targets plush Mercedes in supermarket car park as gang wars erupt in city

The red S Class Coupe was found abandoned outside a Sainsbury's in Edinburgh on Wednesday morning.

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7 d. ago Myanmar junta airstrike on village clinic kills doctor and 10 civilians

Attack targets region partly captured by rebel forces

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7 d. ago New Greggs store targeted in arson attack as fire becomes huge inferno

Warwickshire Police have confirmed the fire, which damaged the Greggs store in the village of Exhall, is being treated as an arson investigation - but no one has been arrested

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8 d. ago Tesla showroom targeted with ‘incendiary devices’ in latest attack on Musk’s company

The FBI and a bomb squad has responded to a Tesla showroom in Austin, Texas after “incendiary” devices were placed in the building.

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9 d. ago Israeli strike at Gaza hospital kills five including Hamas political leader

Ismail Barhoum died in attack on Khan Younis, which Israel says followed extensive intelligenceAn Israeli airstrike on a hospital in Gaza has killed five people, including a Hamas political leader and Palestinian medics, Hamas has said, in an attack Israel said had targeted a key figure in the militant group.The Gaza health ministry said the strike hit the surgery department at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis. The Israeli military said its attack followed extensive intelligence and used precise munitions to minimise harm at the site. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Edinburgh home firebombed in targeted attack amid 'gangland turf war'

Cops have confirmed reports of a suspicious fire the early hours of Sunday, 23 March is now being probed in relation to the alleged gang activity in the area.

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9 d. ago 3 killed after Moscow targets Kyiv with a mass drone attack ahead of ceasefire talks

Local Ukrainian officials and emergency services say at least three people were killed in Kyiv after Russia launched a mass drone attack targeting the city

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1 week ago Latest shooting 'linked to Scots gangland war over stolen cocaine'

Cops confirmed that they believe the shooting in Edinburgh was another targeted attack.

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1 week ago Teslas set ablaze with Molotov cocktails and shot in ‘targeted attack’

Multiple Tesla vehicles parked outside a facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, were set on fire in the early hours of Tuesday, 18 March.

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1 week ago Activist alerts ICC to spyware attack while sharing Libya torture victims’ details

David Yambio, founder of Refugees in Libya, urges international criminal court members to have phones checked A prominent activist in Italy has warned the international criminal court that his mobile phone was under surveillance when he was providing the ICC with confidential information about victims of torture in Libya.A report released on Wednesday by the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto, which tracks digital surveillance of members of civil society, has confirmed that David Yambio, the founder of an organisation called Refugees in Libya, was targeted by mercenary spyware. The attack occurred at a time when he was in communication with The Hague, he said. At least one attack took place around June 2024, researchers said. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago The Justice Department and FBI announce a new task force to target Hamas over Oct. 7 attack

The Justice Department has announced the creation of a task force to investigate Hamas for its Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel as well as potential civil rights violations and acts of antisemitism by anyone supporting the militant group

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2 w. ago Six arrested and 'several' seriously hurt after mass brawl on Manchester streets with three cordons in place

Detectives said they believe it to be a 'targeted attack'

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3 w. ago Moscow hit by ‘largest ever’ drone attack before US and Ukraine officials meet for peace talks – Europe live

US and Ukraine officials meet in Jeddah after Moscow authorities said one person was killed in a drone attack on the Russian capitalAnd just hours before the talks were due to get under way, Ukraine targeted Moscow in what authorities said was its largest ever drone attack on the Russian capital, killing at least one person, sparking fires and forcing the suspension of flights and train travel.The Russian defence ministry said 337 drones were launched at Russia over Monday night, with 91 of them targeting the Moscow region. The Moscow city mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, said it was the largest Ukrainian drone attack on the city. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago At least 60 Ukrainian drones shot down over Moscow in a massive attack, city's mayor says

At least 60 Ukrainian drones targeting the Russian capital have been shot down in a massive attack on Tuesday morning, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said

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4 w. ago Tesla showroom is torched in arson attack in France with £550,000 of cars destroyed amid growing fury in Europe over Elon Musk's EU 'meddling' and Trump Ukraine funding row

The Tesla showroom in was set ablaze in the early hours of Monday, destroying 12 vehicles worth a staggering £550,000 in what authorities are treating as a deliberate attack.

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