Strait of Hormuz in Crisis Amid Closure, US Blockade

 

Iran declared the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a passage supplying the world with more than one-fifth of energy supply in oil trade, with gunboats firing on vessels attempting to pass, as the United States continues to enforce a blockade on Iranian ports until an agreement is reached between the two countries, following attacks on its regime by the US and Israel, and further threats to bomb the country's infrastructure. See Full Story>

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's Home Firebombed With Molotov Cocktails in San Francisco

 

Authorities in San Francisco, California arrested 20-year-old Daniel Moreno-Gama, charging him with two counts of attempted murder, after he traveled from Texas to the home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, and firebombed his residence with Molotov cocktails, then later threatened to burn down his company and kill those inside, calling it a planned, targeted attack. See Full Story>

Two School Mass Shootings in Turkey Leave 10 Dead, Dozens Injured

 

Ten people died and more than two dozen suffered injuries in separate school shootings in Turkey's southern province of Kahramanmaras, where a 14-year-old student opened fire at the Ayser Calik school, killing 10 people and wounding 13 others, and a second attack at a high school in Sanliurfa province in the southeast, carried out by a former student. See Full Story>

Israel's "Operation Eternal Darkness" Strikes Targets in Beirut, More Than 300 Dead

 

Israel airstrikes hit more than 100  Hezbollah "command and control center" targets in and around the capital city of Beirut in Lebanon, with some death toll estimates surpassing 300, in what it called "Operation Eternal Darkness," one of the deadliest attacks since the country's civil war in 1990, as tensions between the US and Iran continue to escalate, bringing further instability to the region. See Full Story>

Arsonist Causes $500 Million in Damages to California Kimberly-Clark Toilet Paper Warehouse

 

Federal authorities arrested 29-year-old Chamel Abdulkarim, a man who expressed anti-capitalistic sentiments and compared himself to Luigi Mangione, with multiple charges, including arson, for intentionally starting fires at a Kimberly-Clark toilet paper warehouse in Ontario, California, a city approximately 40 miles east of Los Angeles, sparking a massive blaze to the facility which caused more than $500 million in damages. See Full Story>