HOUSTON — An Iraqi refugee who is facing charges that he tried to help the Islamic State group wanted to set off bombs at two Houston malls and was learning how to make electronic transmitters that could be used to detonate explosive devices, a federal agent has testified.
Police announced on Thursday after investigation of Shoham Yosef, director of Ayalon Prison in Ramla, that it would recommend prosecuting him on charges of rape and indecent acts while exploiting police power.
A schmatta, it’s not. Infamous Mexican cartel boss Joaquín Guzmán better known as El Chapo is in the news after a widely publicized interview with Sean Penn in Rolling Stone magazine led to his capture (again). In the days that followed, photos of the actor and the drug kingpin circulated around the world.
Israeli supermodel, Bar Refaeli, who is currently under investigation by the Tax Authority for allegedly not reporting her full revenues, has filed a complaint with the Tel Aviv police in which she claims that she is the victim of identity theft.
A noted Mount Sinai emergency room doctor was being sought by police Wednesday for allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting a 22-year-old female patient who’d gone to the hospital due to severe shoulder pain on Monday night.
FLORENCE — A Senegalese immigrant has been charged with the murder of an American woman found strangled in Florence, Italian authorities said Thursday.
Iran’s seizure of American patrol boats in the Persian Gulf on Wednesday was a negligible incident from a military viewpoint. It appears that someone was not monitoring the boats, which crossed territorial waters, and the Iranians responded and quickly.
San Juancito, Honduras – A trip to the airport turned deadly for an Orthodox Jewish student from New York who was among three women killed on Wednesday in Honduras.
At least three suicide bombers exploded themselves in a Starbucks cafe in downtown Jakarta on Thursday while two gunmen attacked a police post nearby, a witness told The Associated Press.
Sean who? Despite marrying and divorcing Madonna, winning two Oscars and palling around with the likes of Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez, Sean Penn was unknown to Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman before their infamous interview, text messages from the cocaine kingpin reveal.