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The homeless man accused of fatally stabbing 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska could see charges against him dropped after he was deemed unfit to stand trial, several US media outlets report, citing a motion filed by his attorney. He was previously indicted by a federal grand jury in the case, which could lead to the death penalty Zarutska was killed on a train last August in Charlotte, North Carolina. Surveillance footage shows…

A 17-year-old girl has been stabbed in the neck in northwest England, just days after a brutal knife attack in Belfast sparked national outrage and anti-immigration riots. A 30-year-old British-born man of Pakistani heritage was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following the incident in the town of Brierfield, Lancashire Police said on Saturday. The victim is also of Pakistani heritage, according to the BBC. · Police said officers were…

Russia has no plans to attack NATO territory, the bloc’s senior military commander has said, despite warnings from some European officials that members should prepare for a potential armed clash with Moscow. Individual NATO member states have adopted plans to drastically increase their defense spending since 2022, citing the Ukraine conflict. Russia, however, has repeatedly stated that it would not attack the US-led bloc unless attacked first.…

The defense team for Tyler Robinson, the man accused of murdering US conservative activist Charlie Kirk, is seeking to hold prosecutors in contempt for allegedly violating a gag order, according to multiple media reports. Robinson is due in court in Utah on Friday. The dispute centers on forensic evidence revealed by defense attorneys in March that suggested that a bullet jacket fragment recovered from Kirk’s body could not be conclusively…

Four Palestine Action activists convicted of causing criminal damage to an Israeli arms plant in the UK have been sentenced as terrorists due to the blacklisting of their organization. Dozens of the group’s supporters were arrested outside the courthouse as the verdicts were read out. The defendants took part in a raid on an Elbit Systems factory near Bristol in 2024. After ramming the gate with a decommissioned prison van, they destroyed…

By Clandestine · BREAKING NEWS · DNI Gabbard is releasing new evidence about US-funded biolabs in Ukraine, and calls out the Biden administration and complicit media for covering all of this up and attacking/threatening those who tried to expose this, aka, ME! · The highest ranking US intelligence official just confirmed that the entire system went out of their way to cover up US-funded biolabs around the world. · In other words, Tulsi just…

Residents of EU countries will ultimately suffer from the bloc’s decision to cut economic relations with Russia, a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) representing Slovakia, Judita Lassakova, has said. She spoke to the news agency TASS during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) last week; the interview was published by the agency on Friday. · "This will not end well," she said about the sweeping economic restrictions…

A deal in the making. The final agreement is being ironed out according to Tehran, highlighting its core interests must be fulfilled, while Donald Trump says the war is already over. · While the US has spent a fortune waging foreign wars, inflation skyrockets in America, with Donald Trump saying he loves the numbers. But he suggests that when the conflict is over prices will drop like a rock. · Anger brews in Armenia, with the opposition…

An estimated $1.3 trillion has been wiped from global markets as investors suddenly reassess the extraordinary valuations attached to artificial intelligence. In her latest World Affairs In Context podcast, Lena Petrova argues that the AI boom is entering a critical new phase as markets begin asking tougher questions about profits, valuations and economic reality. ELOCAL REPORT · For almost three years, artificial intelligence has been the…

The analyst argues that Washington is exaggerating the prospect of future Russian military moves in the Baltic region in order to strengthen NATO's containment posture and deepen regional military integration. The latest debate surrounding Baltic security has intensified after US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Christopher Smith told lawmakers that Washington expects Russia to redirect some of its military…