An inmate who escaped from an Idaho hospital with an accomplice who opened fire on the correction officers transporting him in a “brazen” attack have been captured, Boise police said. The Idaho Department of Correction inmate, Skylar Meade, and shooting suspect Nicholas Umphenour were located in the Twin Falls area around 2 p.m. MT Thursday, … Read more
QUITO, Ecuador — A prosecutor investigating a dramatic attack on the set of a public television channel last week was shot to death Wednesday in Guayaquil, the most dangerous city in Ecuador. Prosecutor César Suárez, who had carried out other high-profile investigations in the past, was shot while driving a vehicle, Attorney General Diana Salazar … Read more
NEW DELHI — Four Indian soldiers were killed and three others were wounded in an ambush by militants fighting against New Delhi’s rule in disputed Kashmir, officials said on Thursday. The Indian military said militants fired at two army vehicles in southern Poonch district late afternoon on Thursday. The area is close to the highly … Read more
Syrian pro-government media and an opposition war monitor say the Islamic State group ambushed pro-government militiamen in an overnight attack in the country’s east, killing at least 21 fighters ByKAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press November 8, 2023, 6:55 AM This is a locator map for Syria with its capital, Damascus. (AP Photo) The Associated Press BEIRUT … Read more
Rebels in Indonesia’s restive Papua province have killed a construction worker and seriously injured three others in an attack at a construction site ByALFIAN KARTONO Associated Press October 20, 2023, 5:49 AM JAYAPURA, Indonesia — Rebels in Indonesia’s restive Papua province killed a construction worker and seriously injured three others in an attack at a … Read more
A 79-year-old South Carolina man is set to be sentenced Thursday for killing two police officers and wounding five more in an October 2018 ambush he set up after detectives told him they were coming to serve a search warrant on his son. When the three Florence County Sheriff’s deputies arrived, Frederick Hopkins was waiting … Read more