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☆ Philadelphia synagogue: Police investigating arson, vandalism and attempted burglary that happened hours apart
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-24 | by ( Dalia Faheid | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Police are investigating incidents of arson, vandalism and attempted burglary at a historic synagogue in Philadelphia that occurred within hours of each other Tuesday. Surveillance footage released by police shows the suspect standing inside the dumpster, then smoke coming out of the dumpster before it’s engulfed in flames. Then, around 6:30 a.m., two men attempted to break into the synagogue, police say. Philadelphia police are asking the public for help identifying the suspects in the arson and attempted break-in. The synagogue, which refers to itself as the “Synagogue of the American Revolution,” has “deep ties to Philadelphia’s and our nation’s founding,” the statement said.

Persons: haven’t, ”, Israel, “, Brendan Boyle, ” Boyle, CNN’s Josh Campbell Organizations: CNN — Police, Mikveh Israel, Jewish Federation of Greater, Philadelphia Police Department, CNN, KYW, Philadelphia, Defamation, Islamic Relations, Jewish Federation of, Pennsylvania Locations: Philadelphia, Center City, Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, Israel, United States

☆ Russia says it has no intention of abandoning Iran as it faces Israel's wrath
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-23 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Alexander Shcherbak | Afp | Getty ImagesThe Kremlin said it has no intention of abandoning Iran as it faces a widely-expected direct attack from Israel. He did not directly answer whether Iran had asked Russia for support against Israel. Peskov told CNBC that Russia "maintains a dialogue with all parties involved in the conflict in the Middle East." Russia and Iran's 'strategic' dealTo see just how Russia could look to support Iran, all eyes are now on the BRICS summit that's taking place in Kazan, southwestern Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (L) during their meeting, October 11, 2024, in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Masoud Pezeshkian, Magtymguly, Alexander Shcherbak, Dmitry Peskov, Sergei Ilnitsky, Peskov, Ali Akbar Ahmadian, Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu's, Ozcelik Organizations: Sputnik, Afp, Getty, Ukraine, CNBC, Kremlin, Google, Israel, Commonwealth of Independent States, CIS, Reuters, United, United Arab Emirates, Iran's, National Security Council, Middle, International Security, Royal United Services Institute, U.S, Global, UN Security Council Locations: Russian, Ashgabat, Iran, Israel, Gaza, Lebanon, Republic, Russia, Tehran, Moscow, Reuters Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab, Ukraine, Saint Petersburg, Kazan, Brazil, India, China, South Africa, what's, Turkmenistan

Shirel’s family and friends surrounded the grave, sobbing and wailing loudly, visibly shaken by her death. Heartbroken and overwhelmed with guilt and anger, Eyal said he blames the Israeli health authorities for some of Shirel’s problems. “You don’t love to go to shrinks and psychiatrists, okay, go to visit your friends that also went the Nova Festival and survived. How to get help Help is available if you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters. Eyal Golan said the only help Shirel received was from the local authorities, which are strapped for cash and unable to offer adequate assistance.

Persons: Tel, Israel CNN — Meir Golan, Shirel Golan, Shirel’s, Eyal Golan, Shirel, ”, Eyal, CNN Eyal, “, let’s, it’s, Shirel didn’t, ” Omer Leshem, SafeHeart Organizations: Israel CNN, CNN, Nova Music, Nova, Israel’s Welfare, Social Services Ministry, Nova Festival, Israel Defense Forces, IDF, International Association for Suicide Prevention, Befrienders Locations: Tel Mond, Israel, Gaza, Shirel’s, Tel Aviv

☆ Federal prosecutors charge Iranian Revolutionary Guards official in assassination plot on US soil
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-22 | by ( Hannah Rabinowitz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The charges made public Tuesday against the official, Ruhollah Bazghandi, are the first to accuse an Iranian government official by name in the alleged plot to kill journalist Masih Alinejad. Prosecutors allege they were enlisted to carry out the assassination of Alinejad in the United States. Bazghandi allegedly discussed the plot to murder Alinejad with a second defendant, Haj Taher. Taher, in turn, communicated about the plot defendants Hossein Sedighi and Mohammad Forouzan, prosecutors say, including about payment for the murder. Taher, Sedighi and Forouzan also have connections to the Iranian government, prosecutors allege.

Persons: Ruhollah Bazghandi, Masih Alinejad, Bazghandi, Alinejad, General Merrick Garland, ” Alinejad, Ali Khamenei’s IRGC, “, ”, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Christopher Wray, ” Wray, General ”, Qasem Soleimani, Javad, Haj Taher, Taher, Hossein Sedighi, Mohammad Forouzan, Sedighi, Forouzan, Rafat Amirov, Amirov, Polad, Zailat, CNN’s Kara Scannell Organizations: CNN, Federal, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Eastern, ”, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Treasury Department, Qods Force, Amirov Locations: New York, Iran, United States, Iran’s, American, Iranian, New York City, IRGC, Syria, ”, France

☆ Washington’s Arab allies engage with Iran as US efforts to stem Middle East violence falter
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-22 | by ( Mostafa Salem | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Abu Dhabi, UAE CNN —Growing unease over the United States’ inability to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East is prompting some of Washington’s closest Arab allies to significantly increase engagement with its primary regional adversary: Iran. Arab nations that had spent decades brawling with Iran for regional influence are now opting to engage with it again. Despite seeing an opportunity to weaken Iran’s regional influence, Arab nations are now signaling neutrality. “The Gulf (Arab) monarchies’ priority is not to be directly involved in a proper regional conflagration. Still, regional states rely heavily on their military relationship with the US.

Persons: State Anthony Blinken, Yahya Sinwar, Israel, Blinken’s, Hassan Nasrallah, Ismail Haniyeh, Prince Mohamed bin Salman, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Hitler, ”, Abbas Araghchi, Jordan’s King Abdullah II, Abdel Fattah Al, ” Araghchi, Crown Prince Sabah, Cinzia Bianco, ” Kuwaiti Crown Prince Sheikh, ” Kuwaiti Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al, Hamad Al, ” Hasan Alhasan, Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, “, ” Anwar Gargash, Joe Biden’s, Abu, ” Bianco, Jake Sullivan Organizations: UAE CNN, State, Saudi Arabia’s, Iranian, Saudi, Bahraini, Crown, CNN, European Council, Foreign Relations, ” Kuwaiti Crown, Kuwait News Agency, Reuters, Middle, International Institute for Strategic Studies, Israeli, United Arab Emirates, US, US National, Atlantic Festival Locations: Abu Dhabi, UAE, United States, Washington’s, Iran, Republic, Israel, Gaza, Lebanon, Tehran, Riyadh, Tehran’s, Amman, Egypt, Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, Cairo, Doha, Muscat, Manama, Crown Prince, Crown Prince Sabah Al, Sabah, Kuwait City, Islamic Republic, ” Kuwaiti Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Saudi, Washington, Yemen, China, Washington ,

☆ Gulen, the powerful cleric accused of orchestrating a Turkish coup, dies
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

The U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, who built a powerful Islamic movement in Turkey and beyond but spent his later years mired in accusations of orchestrating an attempted coup against Turkish leader Reccep Tayyip Erdogan, has died. Since the failed coup, his movement has been systematically dismantled in Turkey and its influence has declined internationally. Soon after the 2016 coup, Erdogan described Gulen’s network as traitors and “like a cancer”, vowing to root them out wherever they are. The Turkish government said its actions were justified by the gravity of the threat posed to the state by the coup. Gulen had travelled to the United States for medical treatment but remained there as he faced a criminal investigation in Turkey.

Persons: Fethullah Gulen, Reccep Tayyip Erdogan, Gulen, Erdogan, ”, Erdogan’s Organizations: U.S, AK Party, Prosecutors, Gulen, Reuters Locations: Turkey, U.S, United States, Turkish, Erzurum, Edirne, Izmir, Turkey’s, Central Asia, Balkans, Africa, Gulen, Ankara, Pocono

☆ Iran aided Russia against Ukraine. Now it needs to call in the favor
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Russia is unlikely to offer military intervention against Israel on behalf of the Iranians, Saab said, given it is already "too bogged down in Ukraine." In return for Iran's support, Russia has bolstered Iran's military capabilities in several areas, they noted: "Iran has made notable progress in acquiring advanced conventional weaponry from Russia, allowing it to achieve some of its defense officials' long-standing goals. Iranian protesters shout anti-Israeli slogans while burning an Israeli flag in a celebration for Iran's missile attack against Israel, in Tehran, Iran, on October 1, 2024. That shared antipathy toward the U.S. and desire to create a "new world order" are what largely binds Iran and Russia. Russia cannot — and will not — save Iran in its confrontation with Israel and the United States," he noted.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Masoud Pezeshkian, Israel, Bilal Y, They've, Saab, It's, Karim Sadjadpour, Nicole Grajewski, Su, John Kirby, Morteza, Mikhail Svetlov, Bashar al, Nikita Smagin, Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Organizations: Getty, CNBC, Saab, North Africa, Israel, Kremlin, Carnegie Endowment, International Peace, Security, Ukraine, Nurphoto, United, Base, Russian International Affairs Council, Saudi Arabian Crown, Royal, Anadolu Locations: Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Iran, Ukraine, Tehran, Russia, Islamic Republic, East, United States, Russian, U.S, Ukrainian, Gaza, Lebanon, Israel, Iranian, Yemen, Syria, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Syria's, Moscow, Saudi, Al Yamamah, Riyadh

More than a year after Hamas and other armed groups launched their terror attack against Israel, Shirel Golan became their latest victim. Shirel’s brother Eyal Golan told CNN her health problems began immediately after the October 7 attack. Eyal Golan, brother of Shirel Golan. How to get help Help is available if you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters. Eyal Golan said the only help Shirel received was from the local authorities, which are strapped for cash and unable to offer adequate assistance.

Persons: Tel, Israel CNN — Meir Golan, Shirel Golan, Shirel’s, Eyal Golan, Shirel, ”, Eyal, Luis Graham, Yooll, “, let’s, it’s, Shirel didn’t, ” Omer Leshem Organizations: Israel CNN, CNN, Nova Music, Nova, Israel’s Welfare, Social Services Ministry, Israel Defense Forces, Nova Festival, IDF, International Association for Suicide Prevention, Befrienders Locations: Tel Mond, Israel, Gaza, Shirel’s, Tel Aviv

☆ Fethullah Gulen, the powerful cleric accused of orchestrating a Turkish coup, dies
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

An undated capture taken from a video shows Fetullah Gulen, leader of a group that the Turkish government alleges was behind the defeated 2016 coup in Turkiye and has designated the Fetullah Terrorist Organization's (FETO),. Social media accounts associated with the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) have claimed that the organization's ringleader, Fethullah Gulen, has died. The U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, who built a powerful Islamic movement in Turkey and beyond but spent his later years mired in accusations of orchestrating an attempted coup against Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan, has died. Gulen, who had lived in self-imposed exile in the United States since 1999, denied involvement in the putsch but his movement was designated as a terrorist group by Turkey. Since the failed coup, his movement has been systematically dismantled in Turkey and its international influence has declined.

Persons: Fetullah Gulen, Fethullah, Fethullah Gulen, Tayyip Erdogan, Gulen, Erdogan, Hakan Fidan, Fidan Organizations: Fetullah Terrorist Locations: Turkiye, Fethullah Gulen, U.S, Turkey, United States, Turkish

☆ ISIS-K threat grows as it targets disaffected Muslims with sophisticated propaganda
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-20 | by ( Dan De Luce | Dan De Luce Is A Reporter For The Nbc News Investigative Unit. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

The recent arrest of an Afghan accused of plotting an Election Day attack in the U.S., as well as recent plots in France, Sweden and elsewhere, highlight the growing threat posed by ISIS-K, officials and counterterrorism experts say. U.S and Western officials now view ISIS-K as the more potent threat. ISIS-K has used AI tools to dramatically bolster their propaganda output at low cost. Growing threat to the WestA string of recent arrests in the U.S. and other Western countries underscores the group’s resurgent threat. He also saved ISIS propaganda on his iCloud and Google accounts, participated in pro-ISIS Telegram groups and contributed $540 in cryptocurrency to a charity that funnels money to ISIS, the complaint says.

Persons: Lucas Webber, “ It’s, ”, Webber, ” Webber, Aaron Zelin, ” Bret Holmgren, ” Holmgren, Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, Tawhedi, Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi . U.S . Department of Justice Tawhedi, “ Organizations: Islamic State, ISIS, Tech Against, Soufan, Al, Crocus City Hall, Washington Institute for Near East, National Center for Counterterrorism, U.S, FBI, NBC News, CIA, Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi . U.S . Department of Justice, U.S ., Local Guard Force Locations: Afghanistan, U.S, France, Sweden, Europe, New York, United States, Al Qaeda, Khorasan, Syria, Iraq, Kabul, Moscow, Crocus, Israel, Gaza, Iran, Tajikistan, Costa Rica, Pakistani, Canada, New York City, Oklahoma, Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi ., America, cryptocurrency

☆ An American was kidnapped from a southern Philippine town and a search is underway
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-19 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

The Philippine police said Friday it has launched a search after gunmen reportedly abducted an American national, who was shot in the leg as he tried to resist before being spirited away from a southern Philippine coastal town by speedboat. Police in Sibuco town in the southern province of Zamboanga del Norte tried to pursue the suspected abductors and their victim, who they identified as Elliot Onil Eastman, 26, from Vermont, after the reported abduction on Thursday night. “We confirm that there was a report of the alleged abduction of an American national,” the regional police said in a statement. The southern Philippines has bountiful resources but has long been hamstrung by stark poverty and an array of insurgents and outlaws. They targeted American and other Western tourists and religious missionaries, most of whom were freed after ransoms were paid.

Persons: Elliot Onil Eastman, Hamsiran Jala, Eastman, Abu, Abu Sayyaf, ransoms Organizations: Philippine, Catholic, Police, American, Associated Press, Eastman, Facebook, Embassy Locations: American, Philippine, Philippines, Sibuco, Zamboanga del Norte, Vermont, Basilan, Sulu, Sibuco ., U.S, Manila, Moro Islamic, Abu Sayyaf, United States, beheadings, Sirawai

☆ A Telegram group posted what it calls 'highly classified' US documents about Israel's attack plans
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-19 | by ( Katie Balevic | Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Telegram group posted what it says is leaked US intel on Israel's attack plans against Iran. AdvertisementA Telegram channel posted what it says are "highly classified" US intelligence documents analyzing Israel's plans to attack Iran. The region is bracing for an expected Israeli attack on Iran. Israeli officials have said it plans to retaliate for Iran's October 1 missile attack. The US announced this month it would send troops along with "a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery" to Israel in response to Iran's attack.

Persons: —, Hassan Nasrallah, Sean McFate, Benjamin " Bibi, Biden, Bibi, McFate Organizations: intel, Middle East Spectator, Service, East Spectator, Zionist, Department of Defense, Business, US, Defense, Syracuse University Locations: Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Israel

☆ A US airstrike in the Middle East is meant to remind Iran that nothing is out of reach
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

It used B-2 stealth bombers to target the underground sites. AdvertisementThe US on Wednesday targeted underground Houthi militia weapons stores in Yemen using long-range B-2 stealth bombers, damaging the group's capacity to attack international shipping lanes. AdvertisementIsrael is still mulling how to respond to Iran's attack, with some, including former Prime Minister Naftali Bennet, advocating for strikes on nuclear sites. The Washington Post on Monday reported that Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US President Joe Biden Israel wouldn't target Iran's oil or nuclear facilities. On Thursday, Brent crude futures were down 4 cents to $74.18 as investors waited to hear about developments in the Middle East.

Persons: —, Lloyd Austin, Austin, Naftali Bennet, Austin's, they'll, Benjamin Netanyahu, Joe Biden Israel, Brent Organizations: US, Service, US Air Force, Hamas, Israel, Washington Post, Israel's, Brent Locations: Yemen, Iran, United States, Israel, Gaza, Red, Gulf

☆ Crude oil prices edge higher after four-day losing streak
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Crude oil futures rose slightly Thursday after a four-day losing streak as fears of a supply disruption in the Middle East eased and a surplus looms over the market next year. Here are Thursday's energy prices:Israel has reportedly told the U.S. that it will refrain from hitting Iran's oil facilities in retaliation for the Islamic Republic's Oct. 1 ballistic missile attack. The oil market sold off steeply Tuesday on reports that Israel will limit its strike to military targets in Iran. An attack on oil facilities, however, could disrupt 1.4 million bpd of Iran's production, Saraswat said. A full-blown war could lead to Iran choking the Strait of Hormuz, jeopardizing 12 million bpd of oil and "driving up prices sharply," the analyst said.

Persons: Aditya Saraswat, Saraswat Organizations: Rystad Energy Locations: Israel, retaliating, Iran, East, Hormuz, jeopardizing

☆ The B-2 stealth bomber used to hit the Houthis was built to strike the toughest targets
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The Pentagon disclosed that B-2 stealth bombers were involved in the operation. AdvertisementThe US military carried out a series of airstrikes against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen on Wednesday, using B-2 stealth bombers to hit targets underground. The US bases the heavy strategic bombers at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri. AdvertisementBefore the emergence of the new B-21 Raider, the B-2 was, for decades, the only stealth bomber. The Air Force describes the MOP as a heavy munition that can accomplish "difficult" and "complicated" missions of reaching enemy weapons stored in well-protected sites.

Persons: —, Defense Lloyd Austin, Austin, Vincent De Groot, Northrop Grumman, Matthew S, Domingos Mark Gunzinger, Samantha White Organizations: Pentagon, Service, Defense, Navy, US Air Force, US Air National Guard, The Air Force, Northrop, Whiteman Air Force Base, Raider, Air Force, Islamic, U.S . Air Force, Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, Boeing, Air Locations: Yemen, Iran, Gulf of Aden, United States, Missouri, Soviet, Australia

☆ Who was Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar?
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Kara Fox | Ivana Kottasová | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, believed to be one of the architects of the militant group’s October 7, 2023, terror attack and Israel’s most wanted man, was killed in Gaza on Wednesday, according to the Israeli military. He was also viewed as a pragmatic political leader by some: In 2017, Hamas elected Sinwar as the political chief of its main decision-making body, the Politburo, in Gaza. At one of the protests, Sinwar applauded those facing “the enemy who besieges us.”As the group’s political leader, Sinwar focused on the group’s foreign relationships, forging important ties with regional Arab powers. Yahya Sinwar, center, with the late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, left, take part in the funeral of senior militant Mazen Fuqaha in Gaza City on March 25, 2017. The talks involved senior figures from Israel, Hamas, the United States, Qatar and Egypt.

Persons: Yahya Sinwar, Sinwar, ”, Khan Younis, bunkering, Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas ’, Majdal –, Ashraf Amra, Shutterstock Sinwar, Gilad Shalit, “, –, Mazen, Mohammed Salem, Mohammed al, Masri, Mohammed Deif, Al, Marwan Issa Organizations: CNN, Hamas, Islamic University, Open University, European Council, Foreign Relations, Israel, Brigades, US Department of State, European Union Locations: Gaza, Tehran, Al, Ashkelon –, Aqsa, Palestine, Gaza City, Israel, Israeli, Italian, Islam, Iran, United States, Qatar, Egypt, United Kingdom, France

☆ U.S. crude prices fall more than 4% as Israel is not expected to strike Iran’s oil industry
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Year to date, U.S. crude oil has fallen more than 1%. But Croft warned of a spiral of escalation that could ultimately lead to an oil disruption. Israel could be holding the oil card in reserve until they see how Iran responds to their strike, she said. OPEC also has millions of barrels per day in spare capacity that could jump into the breach if there is a supply disruption. “They will want to see that there is a physical supply disruption before they really jump in front of this.”

Persons: Israel, Helima Croft, CNBC’s, Brent, Croft, ” Croft, “, ” Organizations: Biden, NBC News, RBC Capital Markets, West Texas Intermediate, Natural Gas, Israel, Global, International Energy Agency, IEA, OPEC Locations: Israel, Iran, Americas, U.S, Saudi Arabia

ISIS-K, the Afghan branch of the Islamic State, directed an Afghan man’s foiled U.S. Election Day terror plot, according to two senior U.S. officials briefed on the matter. The revelation that a foreign terrorist organization was in communication with a would-be attacker inside the U.S. makes the alleged Election Day plot different from most terrorism cases in the past decade, most of which involved people self-radicalized online or self-directed attempts. The charging documents say Tawhedi told the FBI that he was communicating with a person named “Malik” and that he knew “Malik” was affiliated with ISIS. Tawhedi’s mother, who lives in Afghanistan, is believed to be an ISIS sympathizer, two U.S. officials said. In the France case, law enforcement officials told NBC News they had opened a preliminary investigation into a potential terror plot in France on Sept. 27.

Persons: Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, Tawhedi’s, Tawhedi, “ Malik ”, United States Department of Justice Tawhedi, — Organizations: Islamic, U.S, FBI, AK, Russia, AP ISIS, ISIS, United States Department of Justice, CIA, NBC News, Terrorism Locations: Islamic State, Afghan, Oklahoma, Russian, Crocus, Moscow, U.S, Afghanistan, Paris, France, Toulouse, Fronton, Haute, Garonne, Iran, Europe

☆ Crude oil prices fall more than 4% as looming surplus overshadows Iran-Israel tensions
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Crude oil futures fell more than 4% on Tuesday, as a looming global oil surplus next year overshadowed the risk of a supply disruption from the conflict between Israel and Iran. Oil prices spiked earlier this month after Iran hit Israel with a ballistic missile attack, raising fears that Israel would respond by targeting the Islamic Republic's oil facilities. The International Energy Agency said Tuesday that its members are prepared to take action if there is a supply disruption in the Middle East. Meanwhile, crude production in the Americas, led by the U.S., is poised to grow by 1.5 million bpd this year and next, the IEA said. OPEC has cut its oil 2024 forecast for the third consecutive month in a row.

Persons: Israel Organizations: International Energy Agency, OPEC Locations: Israel, Iran, Americas, U.S

Both Afghans are believed to have wanted to carry out the operations on behalf of ISIS, the officials said. French officials said the Afghan charged there was 22 years old but declined to name him. They also did not identify two other individuals who were also taken into police custody in France for questioning and released. Two sources with knowledge of the matter later told NBC News that Tawhedi worked as a security guard for the CIA in Afghanistan. A senior Biden administration official said Tawhedi had been screened twice but no derogatory information had been detected.

Persons: Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, Tawhedi, Donald Trump, Biden, ” Organizations: Terrorism, ISIS, NBC News, CIA, Biden, Politico, Counterterrorism, FBI, U.S ., U.S, of Homeland Security Locations: Oklahoma, France, French, Paris, U.S, Afghanistan, Toulouse, Fronton, Haute, Garonne, Islamic State, Germany, Swedish, Sweden, Stockholm, Oklahoma City

“The overall trend is unmistakable: The far right is gaining ground,” said Matthijs Rooduijn, a politics professor at the University of Amsterdam. But recent elections have seen the far right increasingly usurp centrist conservatives as the main right-wing force. “But that potential upper limit just keeps increasing.”The far right is “no longer second fiddle to the main right-wing party. Centrists can sometimes cobble together coalitions to keep out the far right — even if those parties are smaller individually. Whereas in France, Le Pen was kept from victory in June-July parliamentary elections by an intricate network of tactical voting between erstwhile rivals.

Persons: Donald Trump, remigrate, Geert Wilders, ”, Matthijs Rooduijn, ” Wilders, “, Le Pen, Wilders ’, Le, ” It’s, Björn Höcke, Jens Schlueter, Nadia Urbinati, Markus Wagner, ” Wagner, Jordan Bardella, Benjamin Girette, Herbert Kickl Organizations: U.S, Austria’s Freedom Party, NBC News, France’s National, Marine, University of Amsterdam, University of Georgia, London, Dutch Party for Freedom, France “, jihadists, NBC, Germany, Nazi, Ukraine —, Columbia University, Labour Party, ”, University of Vienna, France’s Rassemblement National, Bloomberg, Getty, Austrian People’s Party Locations: Germany, European, Europe, East, North Africa, France, Britain, “, Austria

☆ Lebanese American killed by Israeli airstrike while caring for those who were displaced, family says
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-13 | by ( Alaa Elassar | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —When Israeli airstrikes began raining down on southern Lebanon, Kamel Ahmad Jawad’s first instinct wasn’t to seek safety or return to the US. On October 1, Jawad, a 56-year-old American citizen, father of four and cherished figure in the Dearborn, Michigan, community, was killed by an Israeli airstrike, his family says. CNN has reached out to the Israeli military, which said they could not comment without being given the exact coordinates and time of the strike that killed Jawad. But his American citizenship, his daughter says, does not make his life any more valuable than the lives of the thousands of Palestinian and Lebanese civilians killed by Israeli airstrikes. Before he was killed, Jawad sent his children a simple voice note: “Peace be upon you.

Persons: Kamel Ahmad Jawad’s, wasn’t, Jawad, ”, Nadine Jawad, Jawad’s, Israel, Yemen –, Iran –, Benjamin Netanyahu, “, ” Hamzah Raza, ” Raza, Abed Ayoub, He’s, ” Ayoub, Rashida Tlaib, Debbie Dingell, Ali Dabaja, Bint Jbeil, Batoul Dabaja, Saad, –, Dabaja, ” Dabaja, Matthew Miller, disclaiming, Kamel Jawad Organizations: CNN, Facebook, Lebanese Ministry of Public Health, Hamas, Palestinian Ministry of Health, Militant, Lebanese Diaspora Relief, “, US State Department, Arab American, Islamic, State Department, Lebanese Locations: Lebanon, Dearborn , Michigan, Israel, Nabatieh, Gaza, Beirut, Iran, Yemen, American, Dearborn, Michigan, Lebanese, US, Arab, ”, Palestinian

A Detroit man was arrested after allegedly slashing the neck of a 7-year-old girl this week at a park. Lansky approached the girl at the park and cut her throat with a knife before fleeing the scene, Detroit police said. A spokesperson for Detroit police said the department already completed its investigation and handed it to the prosecutor's office, which determined the charges. He was released on $2 million bond and placed under house arrest with a GPS tether, according to the prosecutor's office. A bond redetermination hearing is set for Monday and a probable cause conference is scheduled for Wednesday, the prosecutor's office said.

Persons: Gary Lansky, Lansky, Maria Miller, Lanksy Organizations: Prosecutor's Office, Islamic Relations, Detroit, CAIR, Detroit Police Department, Court Locations: Detroit, Wayne, American

☆ UN inquiry accuses Israel of ‘crime of extermination’ through deliberate destruction of Gaza’s health care system
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Niamh Kennedy | Muhammad Darwish | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —A United Nations inquiry has accused Israel of carrying out a “concerted policy” of destroying the health care system in Gaza during its year-long conflict with Hamas in attacks it said amount to war crimes. Israel’s actions in the besieged Palestinian enclave “constitute the war crimes of willful killing and mistreatment and the crime against humanity of extermination,” the commission said in a statement Thursday. The Israeli foreign ministry rejected “accusations of widespread ill-treatment and torture of detainees,” saying Israel is “fully committed to international legal standards” on treatment of detainees. “Children in particular have borne the brunt of these attacks, suffering both directly and indirectly from the collapse of the health system,” she said. The commission previously alleged that both Israel and Hamas committed war crimes in the early stages of the Gaza war, and that Israel’s actions also amounted to crimes against humanity.

Persons: Israel, “, Pillay, Israel “, Hind Rajab Organizations: CNN, United, UN’s Independent International Commission of, Hamas, UN, Human Rights, Israeli Army’s 162nd, Assembly Locations: United Nations, Gaza, Palestinian, East Jerusalem, Israel, Jihad

☆ Iran is threatening to break its fragile truce with Saudi Arabia: reports
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Iran has threatened to attack Saudi oil sites if the Gulf state supports an Israeli attack. AdvertisementThe fragile truce between longtime regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia could unravel if Gulf states allow Israel to use their airspace to strike Iran. He reportedly told the officials that Iranian-backed militias in Iraq or the Houthi militia in Yemen could be deployed against Saudi Arabia. It named Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar, all of which host US military bases, as countries Iran has threatened with reprisals. GetyAn Iranian attack would likely upend the truce brokered between Iran and Saudi Arabia by China in 2023 that saw the longtime rivals establish diplomatic contacts.

Persons: Abbas Araghchi, —, Ali Shihabi, Jordan, Naftali Bennet, they'd, Mohammed bin Salman's, may've, hasn't, Brent, Vladimir Putin's Organizations: Iranian Foreign Affairs, Reuters, Service, Iran, Foreign, Saudi, Street, United Arab, Hamas, European Council for Foreign Relations, Opec Locations: Iran, Saudi, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Riyadh, Islamic Republic, Iraq, Yemen, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Lebanon, Syria, Gulf, Iranian, China, Ukraine

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