LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell A elderly Filipino man recently engaged a radical extremist with ties to the Islamic State in hand-to-hand combat in his backyard, demonstrating rare courage. Lolo Peryong, 70, was cleaning his backyard when Abu Ubayda, a member of the Abu Sayyaf militant group, walked onto his property in Barangay…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected Boeing to conduct design and build the military’s next hypersonic spaceplane, according to an announcement Wednesday. The unmanned Experimental Spaceplane (XS-1) can lift a payload into orbit and return to Earth to land on a runway. DARPA hopes…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jack Crowe Manchester bomber Salman Abedi’s sister said his suicide attack was motivated by a desire to seek revenge for U.S. airstrikes in Syria. Abedi’s sister, Jomana Abedi, described her brother as kind and loving and said she believes he wanted to avenge perceived injustices against Muslims. “I think he…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jack Crowe A Muslim community worker, who knew the Manchester bomber Salman Abedi, said members of the public reported him to the police five years ago after the teen admitted he thought “being a suicide bomber was ok.” The unnamed worker told BBC that two people who knew Abedi during…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti U.K. authorities believe the manufacturer of the bomb Salman Abedi used to kill 22 and maim over 50 is still at large, the Manchester Evening News reports. UK police believe Abedi was merely a “mule” who ferried the bomb to the Ariana Grande concert before detonating himself and…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Russ Read The terrorist suspected of blowing himself up at Manchester Arena Monday had ties to al-Qaida and was trained abroad, according to an NBC report. Salman Abedi, a 22-year-old British citizen of Libyan descent, traveled to Libya within the last year, a U.S. intelligence official told NBC. He had…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell South Korean forces opened fire with machine guns Tuesday on what was most likely a North Korean propaganda balloon. The South Korean military fired 90 K-3 machine gun rounds at an unidentified object that crossed the demilitarized zone (DMZ) near Cheorwon County, Gangwon Province, The Korea Herald reported. The object…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) team has announced that Republican from Kentucky plans to force a vote on a $110 billion defense deal President Donald Trump signed with Saudi Arabia. According to the Hill, an aide from Paul’s office explained that the liberty Republican plans to introduce a measure to disapprove of…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Claiming to be primed for civil war, a Venezuelan general issued orders to prepare for the future use of snipers against anti-government protesters, according to a secret recording of a regional command meeting held three weeks ago at a military base in the northwestern Venezuelan city of…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell Recent media reports may have jeopardized an intelligence asset providing information essential in the fight against the Islamic State. President Donald Trump shared information provided by an ally with Russian officials about an ISIS terror plot, mentioning the town in which the plot originated, but the president…