Crime
Repeat Sex Offender Gets 27 Years for Exploiting Children Online in Washington
Corbett Lloyd Craig, 42, of Goldendale, Wash., sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for enticing two girls online and possessing child sex abuse material.
Immigration
Immigration
Border Patrol Agents Catch Illegal Immigrant With Fake Documents at Laredo Checkpoint
U.S. Border Patrol agents intercepted an illegal immigrant using fraudulent identification documents at a Laredo, Texas, checkpoint on Interstate 35.
Immigration
ICE Arrests Cuban Felon Who Defied Removal Order for 26 Years in Miami
ICE arrested Elias Cardoza-Torres, 58, a Cuban illegal immigrant with seven convictions who ignored a removal order issued more than 26 years ago.
Immigration
ICE Detains 3 Cuban Illegal Immigrants in Tennessee Human Trafficking Probe
Five men arrested and nine potential trafficking victims identified in Sumner County, Tennessee, with three Cuban illegal immigrants flagged by ICE.
Immigration
Two Guatemalans Plead Guilty in 2021 Smuggling Crash That Killed Over 50
Two Guatemalan nationals admitted roles in a tractor-trailer crash that killed more than 50 illegal aliens packed among 160 in Chiapas, Mexico.
Crime
Crime
Repeat Sex Offender Gets 27 Years for Exploiting Children Online in Washington
Corbett Lloyd Craig, 42, of Goldendale, Wash., sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for enticing two girls online and possessing child sex abuse material.
Crime
San Antonio Extremist Gets 40 Years for Coercing Children Into Self-Harm
Alexis Chavez, 19, an online leader of a nihilistic violent extremist network tied to 764, sentenced to 40 years for child exploitation.
World
World
Israel-Lebanon Framework Ties IDF Withdrawal to Hezbollah Disarmament
The trilateral U.S.-Israel-Lebanon framework signed June 26 conditions Israeli withdrawal on verified Hezbollah disarmament, but the group rejects the deal outright.
World
Saudi Arabia Strikes Sanaa Airport to Block Houthi Flight to Khamenei Funeral
Saudi-led coalition struck Sanaa International Airport to prevent a Houthi delegation from flying to slain Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei's funeral, triggering retaliatory missile fire.
World
Syria Seats 210-Member Parliament as Israeli Clashes Flare Near Border
Syria's new 210-member People's Assembly includes 70 presidential appointees as IDF operations near the Golan ceasefire line continue.
World
Ukraine Offers $6,700 Monthly Pay in Sweeping Military Contract Reforms
Ukraine announced fixed-term military contracts with assault infantry earning 300,000 hryvnias monthly to address chronic manpower shortages.
Faith
Faith
Maharashtra Orders Statewide Audit of Christian Properties After $31M Fraud Claim
India's Maharashtra state ordered a three-month audit of all church and Christian organization land holdings, alarming Christian communities facing rising pressure.
Faith
Iran Orders 20 Christian Families Evicted to Seize Historic Tehran Church
Iranian authorities are confiscating St. Peter's Evangelical Church in Tehran, evicting 20 Armenian and Assyrian families from the 10-acre compound.
Faith
Lahore Court Acquits Blind Christian Jailed 10 Months on False Blasphemy Charge
Nadeem Masih, a visually impaired Christian, was acquitted in Lahore after 10 months in prison on a blasphemy accusation fabricated by park workers.
Faith
Cardinal McElroy Says Exorcist Removal Was About Privacy, Not UFOs
Cardinal Robert McElroy told CNS his removal of Msgr. Stephen Rossetti as Washington exorcist targeted the public nature of the ministry, not UFO beliefs.
Security
Security
Maryland Man Gets 15 Years for Plot to Join ISIS, Target Jews
Michael Sam Teekaye Jr., 22, sentenced to 15 years for attempting to join ISIS and planning attacks against Jewish targets in Maryland.
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World
Syria Seats 210-Member Parliament as Israeli Clashes Flare Near Border
Syria's new 210-member People's Assembly includes 70 presidential appointees as IDF operations near the Golan ceasefire line continue.
Faith
Ethiopian Teen Faces Death Threats From Family After Converting to Christianity
Indii Mikaa'el, 15, has been forced from school and threatened with death in Ethiopia after leaving Islam to follow Jesus.
World
Ukraine Offers $6,700 Monthly Pay in Sweeping Military Contract Reforms
Ukraine announced fixed-term military contracts with assault infantry earning 300,000 hryvnias monthly to address chronic manpower shortages.
Immigration
CBP Seizes Over 8,000 Pounds of Meth Worth $72.3M at Laredo Ports
CBP officers at two Laredo Field Office ports of entry seized more than 8,000 pounds of methamphetamine valued at over $72.3 million in a single day.
Crime
Dominican National Charged With Stealing $800,000 in Federal Benefits Over Two Decades
Veronica Yaraset Molina allegedly assumed a U.S. citizen's identity to fraudulently collect $800,000 in Social Security, SNAP, and Medicare benefits.
World
EU Hosts Taliban Officials in Brussels to Discuss Afghan Deportations
European Commission and 15 member states met Taliban representatives in Brussels to discuss deporting Afghan nationals with criminal records.
Security
U.S. Airstrike Kills Senior Islamic State Leader in Syria as Damascus Rejects Lebanon Push
CENTCOM confirms airstrike killed senior Islamic State leader Ali Husayn al-Ulaywi in Syria as Damascus rebuffs Trump's suggestion to intervene in Lebanon.
Crime
Memphis Gang Member Gets 87 Months in RICO Case Tied to Armed Robbery
Larry Wilson, 36, sentenced to 87 months for RICO conspiracy involving armed robbery and methamphetamine distribution as part of Memphis-based Young Mob gang.
Crime
San Diego Man Pleads Guilty in Smuggling Scheme That Held Migrants for Ransom
Isaac Jimenez admitted to collecting tens of thousands in ransom payments from families of migrants held captive in Tijuana as part of a smuggling conspiracy.
Crime
Previously Deported Dominican National Gets Two Years for Identity Theft in Boston
Mariano Andujar Perez, 43, sentenced to two years and one day for stealing a U.S. citizen's identity to obtain a Real ID and apply for a passport.
Faith
Yemeni Christian Convert Living Under Fatwa Warns of Arrests Back Home
John Ghanim, a Yemeni ex-Muslim evangelist in the U.K., describes growing persecution of Christians in Yemen and a fatwa issued against him.
Crime
Mexican National Extradited From Austria to Texas for Child Exploitation Charges
Abelardo Sanchez, 39, a Mexican national who fled from Ireland to Austria, was extradited to McAllen, Texas, to face federal child sexual abuse material charges.