Category: Attack

Niger Says at Least 10 Soldiers Killed in Insurgent Ambush

NIAMEY—At least 10 Nigerien soldiers were killed in an ambush, and more than a dozen others were injured by armed assailants near the West African Sahel nation’s border with neighboring Mali, Niger’s defense minister said in a statement on Saturday. Around 16 people are missing following the attack on Friday evening in Banibangou near Mali,…


Major Florida Hospital Hit by Possible Ransomware Attack

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—A major hospital system in northern Florida said Friday it is diverting some emergency room patients and canceling surgeries after a security problem with information technology. Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare said the issue began effecting its systems late Thursday night and has forced the hospital to shut down its IT network. It had the hallmarks…


Seven Dead in Synagogue Attack Outside Jerusalem: Israeli Officials

JERUSALEM—Seven people were killed and 10 were injured in a synagogue shooting attack on the outskirts of Jerusalem on Friday, Israel’s foreign ministry said. Israel’s ambulance service put the death toll at five and said another five people were wounded and transported to hospitals, including a 70-year-old woman. Israeli police described it as a “terror…


7 Dead in Synagogue Attack Outside Jerusalem: Israeli Officials

JERUSALEM—Seven people were killed and 10 were injured in a synagogue shooting attack on the outskirts of Jerusalem on Friday, Israel’s foreign ministry said. Israel’s ambulance service put the death toll at five and said another five people were wounded and transported to hospitals, including a 70-year-old woman. Israeli police described it as a “terror…


At Least 7 Dead in Synagogue Attack Outside Jerusalem: Israeli Officials

JERUSALEM—Seven people were killed and 10 were injured in a synagogue shooting attack on the outskirts of Jerusalem on Friday, Israel’s foreign ministry said. Israel’s ambulance service put the death toll at five and said another five people were wounded and transported to hospitals, including a 70-year-old woman. Israeli police described it as a “terror…


At Least 1 Dead, Several Injured in Machete Attack at Southern Spain Churches

MADRID—Spanish authorities said they were investigating what they called a possible “terrorist” incident after a machete-wielding man attacked several people at two churches in the southern port city of Algeciras, killing at least one person. The man attacked clergymen at two different churches—San Isidro and Nuestra Senora de La Palma, around 300 meters (1,000 feet)…


2 Killed in Knife Attack on Train in Northern Germany

BROKSTEDT, Germany—Two people were killed and several others injured when a man attacked them with a knife on Wednesday on a regional train travelling between Kiel and Hamburg in northern Germany, authorities said. Police in the state of Schlewsig-Holstein on the Danish border said the man, who was himself lightly injured, was being treated in…


Polar Bear Kills Woman, Boy in Remote Alaska Village

WALES, Alaska—A polar bear has attacked and killed two people in a remote village in western Alaska, according to state troopers. Alaska State Troopers said they received the report of the attack at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in Wales, on the western tip of the Seward Peninsula, KTUU reported. “Initial reports indicate that a polar bear…


14 Malian Soldiers Killed by Explosives in Multiple Attacks

BAMAKO, Mali—Coordinated attacks by Islamic terrorists have killed 14 Malian soldiers and wounded nearly a dozen, the army said. Multiple improvised explosive devices detonated between Dia and Diafarabe villages as well as between Koumara and Macina towns in central Mali, said Col. Souleymane Dembele, the director of public relations for the army, in a statement…


ISIS Claims Responsibility for Kabul Attack That Killed 5

KABUL, Afghanistan—The ISIS terrorist group claimed responsibility Thursday for a deadly bombing that killed at least five people near the Foreign Ministry in the Afghan capital the previous day. The bombing was the second major attack in Kabul in 2023 and drew condemnation from the international community. The extremist group said in a statement that…