[Additional reporting indicates that crash was, in fact, deliberate.] “A small, single-engine private plane has crashed into a seven-storey office building in Austin, Texas. Smoke could be seen billowing from the building, which houses offices of the federal tax agency. Most employees have been evacuated but one person is unaccounted for, a spokesman for the [...]
“India’s top domestic security official strongly condemned on Tuesday a brazen attack by Maoist rebels in which gunmen on motorcycles and pickup trucks killed 24 police officers during a daylight ambush against a paramilitary camp in the state of West Bengal. The attack occurred on Monday afternoon and represented a serious setback in India’s mounting [...]
Bomb explodes at JP Morgan branch in Athens, Greece. (Associated Press)
“Spain’s intelligence services are investigating the role of investors and media in debt market turbulence over the last few weeks, El Pais reported on Sunday. Citing unnamed sources, El Pais said the National Intelligence Centre (CNI) was looking into ‘speculative attacks’ on Spain following the Greek debt crisis. ‘The (CNI’s) Economic Intelligence division…is investigating whether [...]
“A top Somali defense official survived an attack Monday by an Islamist suicide bomber driving an explosive-laden vehicle in the capital of Mogadishu, the official said. At least one bystander was killed. The attack against State Defense Minister Yusuf Mohamed Siyad — known by his nickname Indahaadde or ‘White Eyes’ — comes as the besieged [...]