Israel's military said on Thursday its special forces raided an underground missile production site in Syria in September that it said was primed to produce hundreds of precision missiles for use against Israel by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah. The complex near Masyaf, in Hama province close to the Mediterranean coast, was "the flagship of Iranian manufacturing efforts in our region," Israeli military spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani told a briefing with reporters. "This facility was designed to manufacture hundreds of strategic missiles per year from start to finish, for Hezbollah to use in their aerial attacks on Israel," he said.
At least 15 people have died after the attack on Bourbon Street early on Wednesday, officials said.
Do Kwon, the South Korean cryptocurrency entrepreneur behind two digital currencies that lost an estimated $40 billion in 2022, was set to appear in U.S. court on Thursday to face criminal fraud charges after being extradited from Montenegro this week. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan in March 2023 charged Kwon, who co-founded Terraform Labs and developed the TerraUSD and Luna currencies, with two counts each of securities fraud, wire fraud, commodities fraud and conspiracy. Kwon has denied wrongdoing.
Investigators homed in Thursday on whether a US army veteran had accomplices when he killed at least 15 people by plowing a pickup truck -- carrying an Islamic State flag -- into a dense New Year's party crowd in New Orleans.The key question now is whether anyone was helping Jabbar, who authorities said had been inspired by Islamic State videos, and carried the jihadist group's black flag on the pickup.
At least 14 people were killed after a driver slammed into a crowd celebrating New Year's on Bourbon Street in New Orleans.
The FBI and intelligence community are searching for links between the New Orleans attack and the Las Vegas truck explosion but reported none yet.
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A man "hellbent" on creating carnage drove around barricades and hurtled down Bourbon Street in New Orleans' French Quarter, police said.
A top-secret lab in the UK is developing the country's first quantum clock to help the British military boost intelligence and reconnaissance operations, the defence ministry said Thursday.But it is "the first device of its kind to be built in the UK," the statement said, adding it could be deployed by the military "in the next five years".
The Palestinian Authority has ordered the suspension of broadcasts by Al Jazeera in a move the Qatar-based television network condemned on Thursday as reminiscent of Israeli practices.The network condemned the decision, saying it "aligns with Israeli occupation practices targeting its media teams".
The dollar’s momentum extended into 2025, amid expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will cut interest rates by less than other central banks.
One day after a man drove a truck into New Year's revelers on Bourbon Street, law enforcement is searching for possible accomplices.
Donald Trump doubled down Thursday on linking the deadly New Orleans truck-ramming attack to President Joe Biden's border policies, even though the attacker was identified as a US citizen and military veteran.Early Thursday, Trump posted again on his Truth Social platform, lamenting that weak leadership and the country's "open borders" had made it a "laughing stock."
SoFi's stock was last trading at $14.68 and is heading towards a fourth consecutive session of losses, if current levels hold. The downgrade reflects the challenges and higher expectations startups such as SoFi, a digital banking and brokerage app that lets users trade and invest while also offering loans and credit cards, face as they transition into mature financial services providers. A strong economy, lower interest rates and the company's "success driving better scale and profitability... justifies shifting our investment thesis towards a more long-term view of what a mature SoFi looks like," the brokerage said.
The person who authorities believe died in the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck packed with firework mortars and camp fuel canisters outside President-elect Donald Trump’s Las Vegas hotel was an active-duty U.S. Army soldier, three U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Thursday. Two law enforcement officials identified the man inside the futuristic-looking pickup truck as Matthew Livelsberger. The law enforcement officials spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation.
Matthew Livelsberger was a Green Beret, a member of the Army’s elite Special Forces, according to a U.S. government official.
Five years ago, a cluster of people in Wuhan, China, fell sick with a virus never before seen in the world. The virus is still with us, though humanity has built up immunity through vaccinations and infections. Scientists think the most likely scenario is that it circulated in bats, like many coronaviruses.
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The United States is considering new rules to address risks posed by drones with tech from foreign adversaries like China and Russia, the Commerce Department said Thursday.Flagging the risk from China and Russia, the Commerce Department said: "These countries can leverage their political and legal frameworks to co-opt private entities for national interests."
Wall Street made a positive start to the year Monday, shrugging off falls on Asian markets as investors await planned tariffs from US president-elect Donald Trump, adding to China's economic struggles."The stock market ended 2024 with a whimper, but it is poised to begin 2025 with a bang," Briefing.com's Patrick O'Hare wrote in a note before markets opened on Wall Street.
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