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Jury Retires at Austrian Trial Over Foiled Attack on Taylor Swift Concert

Jury Retires at Austrian Trial Over Foiled Attack on Taylor Swift Concert

WIENER NEUSTADT, Austria, May 28 (Reuters) – The jury at the ⁠trial ⁠of a 21-year-old over a foiled Islamist ⁠attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna in 2024 retired for deliberations on Thursday, ​with the defendant having already pleaded guilty to the main charges including terrorism offences. Beran A, whose last name has not been made public ‌in accordance with Austrian privacy rules, was ‌arrested on August 7, 2024, the day before the first of three planned concerts by the U.S. pop star in the ⁠Austrian capital. All three ⁠dates were then cancelled, to the dismay of fans and of Swift, who wrote ​afterwards that it was “devastating.” While crowds of disappointed fans sang together in Vienna then to console themselves, neither Swift nor any “Swifties” appeared at the courthouse in Wiener Neustadt, a town south of the capital. Beran A, who is Austrian, has pleaded guilty to charges related to the planned attack, ​which carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. He covered his face with a ring binder as ⁠he …

Man known for pro-Trump displays who died after attack outside his home was ‘caring’ and ‘kind,’ family says

Man known for pro-Trump displays who died after attack outside his home was ‘caring’ and ‘kind,’ family says

The death of a Southern California man who was attacked outside his home decorated with Donald Trump memorabilia has left his family struggling to cope. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Alejandra Nava, Kerry Sheron’s stepdaughter, said he was a “caring” man who enjoyed working as a chef at local retirement homes. Every Friday, he would host a fish fry, Nava said in a phone interview Wednesday. “He was definitely a kind man,” she said. “Anybody who was anybody knew him at the churches and stuff.” His wife, Maria Garcia, told NBC San Diego that he was a “beautiful man.” “I want my husband back,” she said. Sheron, 69, was attacked outside his home in Escondido just before 2:15 p.m. May 20, police said in a news release. When officers arrived, he had significant injuries, and he was hospitalized in critical condition. He died Sunday. The cause and manner of death are pending determination by the medical examiner’s office. A suspect, Navy veteran Thomas Caleb Butler, …

Family mourn ‘Hamas leader’ killed in Israeli attack | Hamas

Family mourn ‘Hamas leader’ killed in Israeli attack | Hamas

NewsFeed A funeral has been held for Mohammed Odeh, believed to be the leader of Hamas’s military wing, who Israel said was killed in a strike on a busy area in Gaza City on Tuesday. Odeh’s family has reportedly confirmed his death, despite no official comment from Hamas. Published On 27 May 202627 May 2026 Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Source link

Woman appears in court after dangerous XL Bully attack left teen girl dead

Woman appears in court after dangerous XL Bully attack left teen girl dead

A woman from Bristol has appeared in court charged over the death of a teenager killed by an XL Bully dog. Kelcie Reed, 24, is accused of being in charge of a dangerously out-of-control dog after Morgan Dorsett, 19, died following the attack. She gave no indication of plea, with the case sent to crown court, and was released on bail with a ban on owning or handling dogs. Source link

Sevastopol Governor Says Ukraine Used Storm Shadow Missiles in Attack

Sevastopol Governor Says Ukraine Used Storm Shadow Missiles in Attack

May 27 (Reuters) – Air defence units in ⁠the ⁠port of Sevastopol in ⁠Russian-occupied Crimea downed more than 20 Ukrainian drones ​early on Wednesday, with Ukraine also using Storm Shadow missiles, the city’s ‌governor said on Telegram. There were ‌no injuries, according to preliminary data, Mikhail Razvozhayev said, ⁠adding that ⁠a few buildings, including a regional office of the central ​bank and an eight-story apartment block, were damaged in the attack. Storm Shadow missiles are made by a Franco-British consortium. Russia, which annexed Crimea ​from Ukraine in 2014, has previously summoned the British and French ⁠ambassadors ⁠to protest Ukraine’s use ⁠of the ​weapons. There was no comment from Ukraine on the attacks. On Monday, ​Ukraine’s military said it ⁠used Storm Shadow missiles to destroy a Russian command-and-control and communications post in Russian-controlled territory in Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk region. Separately, two people were wounded in the southern Russian port city of Taganrog, ⁠east of the border with Ukraine, after Russia downed a missile ⁠early on Wednesday, Taganrog Mayor Svetlana Kambulova said on Telegram. Overall, Russia downed …

SoCal man dies after attack outside his Trump-themed home

SoCal man dies after attack outside his Trump-themed home

A 69-year-old man known in his San Diego County neighborhood as the owner of the “Trump house” has died from injuries suffered when he was brutally assaulted outside of his home. Kerry George Sheron of Escondido was hospitalized in critical condition last week after he was attacked outside his MAGA-themed residence at East Mission Avenue and Buchanan Street around 2 p.m., according to the city Police Department. The alleged attacker, Thomas Caleb Butler, 32, fled on foot and was apprehended that day. Butler initially was charged with attempted murder, cruelty to an elder resulting in great bodily injury, making a criminal threat and battery, according to the San Diego County district attorney’s office. He pleaded not guilty Friday. On Sunday evening, police were notified that Sheron had died. The cause of death is pending determination by the county medical examiner. The district attorney’s office is reviewing the case and will announce whether a murder charge will be filed at Butler’s June 3 court hearing, according to an office spokesperson. He remained in custody without bail. …

The attack dominating financial services doesn’t steal passwords. It resets MFA and steals the token.

The attack dominating financial services doesn’t steal passwords. It resets MFA and steals the token.

The attacker who hit the most financial services organizations over the past 12 months never phished a password. They called an IT support line, convinced an employee to reset their MFA, and registered their own device on the network. CrowdStrike’s 2026 Financial Services Threat Landscape Report, released this month and covering activity from April 2025 through March 2026, identified Mutant Spider as the single most active threat to the financial services sector. The group’s primary technique was voice phishing over Microsoft Teams. Operators impersonated internal IT support, convinced employees to reset their credentials and multifactor authentication, then registered their own devices on corporate networks. The security control worked exactly as designed — and that was the problem. Within days, the FBI published a public service announcement warning about Kali365, a phishing-as-a-service platform sold on Telegram for as little as $250 a month. Kali365 captures Microsoft 365 OAuth tokens through the legitimate device code authentication flow. MFA fires on the victim’s device, not the attacker’s. The token grants persistent access to Outlook, Teams, and OneDrive without …

Attack on Iran’s oil released as much pollution as a volcano

Attack on Iran’s oil released as much pollution as a volcano

Flames and smoke rise from an oil storage facility struck during attacks on Iran on 7 March Alireza Sotakbar/ISNA/AP/Alamy Israeli airstrikes on oil facilities in Tehran on 7 March led to sulphur dioxide emissions equivalent to a small volcanic eruption, potentially exposing people as far away as China to acid rain and toxic air pollution. As part of the US and Israeli campaign against Iran, warplanes struck several oil depots and a refinery that night, sparking massive fires that lit up the sky and spewed smoke for days. Black rain containing soot and hydrocarbons fell on the Iranian capital, and residents reported eye and skin irritation and difficulty breathing. Now, data from a new generation of Chinese satellites has shown that the plume of sulphur dioxide released by these explosions and fires covered 300,000 square kilometres, passing over Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and China. The brief attack prompted a days-long spike in emissions, injecting a total of 29,800 tonnes of sulphur dioxide, according to Zhenping Yin at Wuhan University in China and his colleagues. For …

White House Comms Chief’s F-Bomb Attack On Former Trump Official Draws Backlash Online

White House Comms Chief’s F-Bomb Attack On Former Trump Official Draws Backlash Online

Steven Cheung, White House communications director, during an announcement in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025.  Critics blasted White House communications director Steven Cheung over his latest profane social media post targeting a former top official in Donald Trump’s administration. On Saturday, Cheung lashed out at former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo after Pompeo questioned the terms of a reportedly imminent deal with Iran on X, arguing it was “not remotely America First.” Cheung fired back: “Mike Pompeo has no idea what the fuck he’s talking about. He should shut his stupid mouth and leave the real work to the professionals. He’s not read into anything that’s happening, so how would he know.” Mike Pompeo has no idea what the fuck he’s talking about. He should shut his stupid mouth and leave the real work to the professionals. He’s not read into anything that’s happening, so how would he know. https://t.co/l9sF8vdv6i — Steven Cheung (@StevenCheung47) May 23, 2026 The outburst is the latest in a …

Russia warns foreign nationals to leave Kyiv after large attack

Russia warns foreign nationals to leave Kyiv after large attack

The Russian Foreign Ministry on Monday urged foreign nationals to leave Kyiv, after Russian forces conducted a large-scale attack on the Ukrainian capital. Russian forces are carrying out “consistent and systemic strikes at enterprises of the Ukrainian defence industry … including specific facilities for designing, manufacturing and programming drones and preparing them for operation,” the… Source link