Senior US Army soldier arrested in the UK over alleged Russia-linked espionage
British counter-terrorism police have arrested a 41-year-old senior member of the US Army near Gloucester in connection with allegations linked to Russia. The arrest was made on Tuesday under the UK National Security Act, and the man remains in custody in London. Police said the investigation is ongoing and that searches are being carried out at two locations in Gloucestershire.The Metropolitan Police said the arrest was made under sections 1 and 3 of the National Security Act, which cover leaking classified information and assisting a foreign intelligence service. The force said the allegations relate to Russia, while the FBI described... [Continue Reading]
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US Says Three Iran-Backed Operatives Indicted Over Nearly 20 Attacks
The United States announced an eight-count superseding indictment charging Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi, a dual Iranian-Iraqi national; Mohsen Mohajeri, an Iranian national; and Mohammed Ali Al-Hassani, an Iraqi national. The charges are terrorism-related and allege support for Kata'ib Hizballah and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, both U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organizations. According to the indictment, the three were involved in nearly 20 attacks and attempted attacks across Europe and the United States. The filing identifies their activity as part of support for the two designated groups and says the conduct spans multiple incidents, but gives no additional operational detail in... [Continue Reading]
Wall Street opens mixed as energy, chips and crypto swing sharply on oil and gas shock
Executive summary: U.S. markets opened with a split tape, as the Dow and Russell 2000 held gains while the S&P 500, Nasdaq and key growth sectors slipped. The biggest moves came in commodities and rate-sensitive assets, with natural gas surging, WTI crude and energy stocks falling sharply, and tech, chips and Ether under pressure. Banks and small caps outperformed early, suggesting investors were rotating toward value and domestically oriented names while reassessing the inflation and earnings implications of the commodity move. [Continue Reading]
Top Florida federal prosecutor resigns amid fallout from election probe
A top federal prosecutor in Florida has resigned from the United States Department of Justice as the administration faces the prospect of Democrat-led investigations after the midterm elections. Jason Reding Quinones, the US attorney for the Southern District of Florida, submitted his resignation on Friday, according to Attorney General Todd Blanche. The departure adds to signs of turnover inside the department at a politically sensitive moment.Quinones had overseen and expanded a federal probe into Russia's alleged support for Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign. The report says he was a Trump loyalist and that the investigation formed part of a wider... [Continue Reading]
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US midterm results spark fears in Israel over future of bilateral ties
Israel's political establishment is reacting with concern after the latest US midterm results, with some figures warning that the outcome could mark a generational shift in relations between the two countries. The debate has been sharpened by the fact that Israel's ties with the United States became a campaign issue in races across America. Israeli commentators and opposition politicians are now openly questioning how much support can be assumed in Washington going forward.A prominent columnist in Israel's largest-selling newspaper described the moment as a "generational sea change" and said the Netanyahu government had "sown the wind and reaped the tsunami."... [Continue Reading]
Former US contractor pleads guilty to leaking classified intelligence to Ethiopia
An Ethiopian-born American citizen has pleaded guilty to passing highly classified intelligence to Ethiopian officials, including material prosecutors said he hoped would help target fighters during the country's civil war. Abraham Teklu Lemma, a former US contractor, admitted sharing dozens of classified documents and photographs over more than two years. The case centres on information taken from secure US government facilities and sent to senior figures in Ethiopia's political, military and intelligence establishments.According to the US Department of Justice, the 54-year-old worked as a contractor at the State Department, the Justice Department and the National Reconnaissance Office, which operates US... [Continue Reading]
Fear the Shia, Arm the Sunnis: The Uncomfortable Numbers Behind America’s War Narrative
“When fear is managed carefully enough, a nation can be taught to look away from the blood on the floor and stare instead at the shadow on the wall.” A friend of mine, whose name I will not reveal because he asked me not to, sat across from me over dinner and placed a question on the table that would not leave me alone. He was born into a Muslim Shia background, and for the angle of this article, that detail matters, not because I wish to reduce a man to a sect, but because sect has become one of... [Continue Reading]