Law enforcement

Federal immigration authorities have taken the family of 45-year-old Egyptian national Mohamed Sabry Soliman into custody with plans to deport them as soon as possible. The decision follows Soliman’s arrest on Sunday after he allegedly hurled Molotov cocktails at a pro-Israel rally on Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall. In the wake of this violent attack, Homeland Security officials indicated that Soliman’s wife and five children—two teenagers and three younger children—are subject to “expedited removal,” meaning deportation could occur within 48 hours unless they successfully make a legal claim to remain in the United States.

On Sunday afternoon, a man armed with a makeshift flamethrower and Molotov cocktails opened fire on a group of peaceful protesters at the Pearl Street pedestrian mall in Boulder, Colorado. Eight people—ranging in age from their early fifties to late eighties—sustained burn injuries. The FBI has labelled the attack a “terror attack,” though local authorities are investigating motive and caution against premature conclusions.

A group of elderly men nicknamed the “grandpa robbers” will go on trial in Paris next week, charged with carrying out a dramatic 2016 armed robbery of US reality TV star Kim Kardashian. The theft, involving jewellery worth up to €10 million, remains the largest robbery of an individual in France in two decades.

An armed militant group has taken train passengers hostage and wounded the train driver in an attack in Pakistan's volatile south-western Balochistan province. The attack, carried out by the separatist militant group Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), involved bombing railway tracks and taking control of the train in remote Sibi district.

Victoria Police have launched an investigation into an incident at Avalon Airport, Melbourne, after a 17-year-old allegedly boarded a Jetstar flight carrying a shotgun and ammunition.

Serbia's political tensions erupted into chaos inside parliament on Tuesday as opposition MPs set off smoke bombs and tear gas in protest against the government. The dramatic scenes, broadcast live on national television, unfolded amid four months of student-led demonstrations, which have drawn support from teachers, farmers, and other citizens frustrated with corruption and government failures.

Gene Hackman, the renowned Oscar-winning actor famous for his roles in films like The French Connection and The Conversation, and his wife, classical pianist Betsy Arakawa, were discovered dead in their home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Wednesday, after a maintenance worker called emergency services. According to the sheriff’s office, the couple and one of their dogs had likely been dead for approximately 10 days before their bodies were found. Authorities have not yet established a definitive cause of death, but the circumstances surrounding the deaths are considered suspicious enough to require further investigation.

A 40-year-old driver rammed his car into a pedestrian area in Mannheim, southwestern Germany, killing one person and injuring several others, authorities confirmed on Monday. The suspect, a German citizen from the nearby state of Rhineland-Palatinate, was arrested at the scene.