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Front picture looks like a guy, side not so much. Web searching, the Police report says she looked attractive...
Alice Adeline Cooke, criminal record number 565LB, 30 December 1922. State Reformatory for Women, Long Bay, NSW.
Described by police as 'rather good looking', Alice Cooke was a habitual thief and a convicted bigamist, and by the age of 24 had amassed an impressive number of aliases and at least two husbands.
Part of an archive of forensic photography created by the NSW Police between 1912 and 1964.
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[DM] The Taliban's brutal crackdown on an anti-morality police protest has left one person dead and others wounded.
Officials opened fire on demonstrators on Tuesday, after dozens took to the streets to denounce the detention of women and girls arrested for violating the country's dress code.
Footage obtained by Amu TV showed residents running in fear down a street in the Jibrail township, northwest of Herat City, amid the sound of multiple gunshots.
Protesters can be heard screaming as others were beaten to the ground by officials wielding long sticks.
Armed men can be seen breaking up the demonstration, including fully veiled women among the protesters.
Sayed Masoud Hosseini, spokesperson for Herat police, told the state-run Bakhtar News Agency that the gathering had 'created tensions' and disturbed public order under the pretext of opposing the Islamic hijab, which he described as a religious obligation.
The demonstration followed days of growing outrage over the detention of women and girls in Herat, for allegedly failing to comply with the Taliban’s strict interpretation of Islamic dress requirements.
Dozens of women, including at least 21 whose detentions were independently confirmed, had been taken into custody by officials from the Taliban’s Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, Amu TV claimed.
Some residents said officials targeted women who were already observing the required dress code, which includes fully covering the face and body.
The United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, strongly condemned the wave of arrests, calling them 'illegal and unacceptable'.
'I am deeply alarmed that for a third consecutive day, scores of women in Herat continue to be arbitrarily arrested and detained for violating the Taliban's dress code,' he wrote on X.
'The arrests must stop, and the women must be released immediately.'
The arrests took place in several parts of Herat, including the Southern Road area, Almas Market and the Qasr locality, according to local reports.
Among those detained was allegedly a nurse employed at Herat Regional Hospital.
Flyers circulated across the area on Monday, calling on residents to gather at 8am local time Tuesday in District 13 of the Jibrail township, to demonstrate against the arrests.
Since returning to power in August 2021, the Taliban has steadily expanded restrictions on women and girls - including bans on secondary and university education, limits on employment and increasingly strict regulations governing their appearance and movement in public.
Herat, long regarded as one of Afghanistan’s most socially and culturally vibrant cities, has undergone significant changes.
Tuesday's demonstration appeared to be one of the largest public protests in recent months directly challenging the Taliban’s gender apartheid.
The human rights arm of the UN delivered a damning assessment of conditions in Afghanistan in a report released in March, warning that life for ordinary Afghans, especially women and girls, has severely worsened under the Taliban.
Presenting the report, UN Human Rights chief Volker Türk said: 'The cascade of edicts and laws announced by the authorities since coming to power in 2021 is having a crushing impact on the Afghan people, particularly women and girls.'
Women remain excluded from all education above primary school age, following a ban from higher education since December 2022.
In November 2025, medical graduation examinations were held without the participation of women for the second consecutive year, after having been banned from medical institutes since December 2024.
Women deemed not to be complying with the chador requirement - the traditional Islamic full-body cloak - have been removed from public transport and denied access to public markets and services.
Meanwhile, a new law demands that girls wait until puberty before seeking to get out of a marriage, and also requires mediation for women seeking to escape an abusive husband.
'The authorities have, in effect, criminalised the presence of women and girls in public life,' Türk said. 'Discrimination affects their healthcare, their access to civic space, and their freedom of movement and expression.'
'Afghanistan is a graveyard for human rights,' he concluded.
[DM] The group of young men from Iraqi Kurdistan were captured by a militia in Libya where they were held for ransom and subjected to abuse, according to the BBC.
Former captives revealed that the militia demanded each of their families pay £3,700 to secure their release, threatening to harvest their kidneys if the money wasn't sent promptly.
The militia was supposed to be taking the migrants to the Mediterranean coast, when a dispute over payment broke out with people smuggler Noah Aaron, who had organised the journey.
Aaron and fellow smuggler Kardo Jaf demanded thousands of dollars from the families of the migrants to arrange their transit to the UK, according to statements given by the father of a former captive.
The route would pass through Libya, where much of the country is controlled by rival militias, and smuggling networks rely on their co-operation.
Mali 🇲🇱 | Ces derniers jours, les milices Dozos de la région de Bandiagara ont déposé les armes (📸) face aux terroristes du JNIM.
Selon certaines sources, plus d’une dizaine de villages de la région seraient concernés par cette reddition. Les derniers affrontements entre les… pic.twitter.com/D78JYiUK5z
Mali 🇲🇱 | In recent days, the Dozos militias in the Bandiagara region have laid down their arms (📸) in the face of JNIM terrorists.
According to some sources, more than a dozen villages in the region would be affected by this surrender.
The latest clashes between the two belligerents are said to have caused numerous casualties among the Dozos fighters, leading them to a presumed agreement with JNIM.
🔷 For context, these militias were born out of the need for local populations to protect themselves in areas where the army is scarcely present.
🔹 However, over the years, some of these "protection groups" have been accused of abuses against civilians in central Mali (homicides, looting, village destruction, and forced displacement of populations).
🔶 Over the same period, between May 30 and June 1, Dozos from the Dan na Amassagou group are said to have assassinated two prominent figures in the Kendié commune: Mr. Habibou Yalcouyé, first deputy mayor, as well as a councilor whose name has not been disclosed.
🔸 Observers suggest a possible link between these two events, with Kendié being one of the localities affected by this disarmament.
⚠️ This pattern echoes that of the Lakurawa group in northwestern Nigeria, initially created as a protection militia along the border with Niger, which gradually became a terrorist group, now affiliated with the Islamic State.
ℹ️ If the Malian authorities have not commented on the situation, the National Human Rights Commission has expressed its outrage over the Kendié assassinations.
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[REGNUM] Recently, a group of unknown individuals calling themselves the "Bahrain Resistance" carried out a raid in the country. The attackers set fire to a police station in Manama, the kingdom's capital. Officially, the attack was timed to coincide with "another wave of repression" against Shiite clergy and activists and was presented as a response to increased government pressure on the community.
However, a number of indirect signs suggested it was more of a provocation: designed to further intimidate the ruling dynasty and force them to tighten the screws. And at the same time, to make them more willing to participate in military operations against Tehran.
UMBRELLA RESISTANCE
The Bahrain Resistance has been in existence for several years and, according to local journalists, has managed to take firm root in the kingdom's social and religious institutions. Relying on a network of influential and respected preachers, pro-Iranian forces have been able to create an umbrella structure in Bahrain that has allowed them to discreetly influence public sentiment.
However, until recently, Tehran was not inclined to use this instrument to the detriment of the region's monarchies, preferring to rely on diplomacy, including religious diplomacy.
It's also worth noting that the term "Bahraini Resistance" was coined by Western journalists and was never officially used by Iran's supporters. The Shiite underground fighters themselves preferred to use other names.
For example, at various times, the Al-Mukhtar Brigades and the Al-Ashtar Brigades, both pledging allegiance to Iran's Supreme Leader, operated in Bahrain. The groups occasionally collaborated under the auspices of the Tehran-led "Axis of Resistance," but never formed a common front.
The current protesters who attacked a police station in Manama used the Western name as a personal brand, and called the action the "first sign" of a larger campaign to restore the rights of the Shiite community. Meanwhile, official pro-Iranian groups distanced themselves from the incident and made no comment: the attackers appeared out of nowhere and vanished just as suddenly.
However, news of the emergence of a new threat was actively spread by Israeli and Western media, which presented the raid on the police station as the "starting point of terrorism" and predicted a quick civil war in Bahrain if the country did not deal with the "pro-Iranian agents."
Thus, Tehran's opponents decided to play on the growing fears of the ruling dynasty and thereby further distance Bahrain and other Arabian monarchies from Iran, making them afraid of subversive activities.
REPRESSION INTENSIFIES
However, even without the recent escalation, the situation of the Shiite community (which constitutes the majority in Bahrain), already far from ideal, is deteriorating from month to month.
With the start of the US and Israeli military operation against Iran in February 2026, the kingdom's authorities (the Sunni al-Khalifa dynasty) increased pressure on non-believers, branding them a "fifth column" and Iran's "intelligence network."
Under the guise of combating the "Iranian hybrid threat," the state has launched a campaign to purge "questionable foundations" and religious organizations created or led by Shiites. Furthermore, professional communities of theologians and interpreters of sacred texts have come under attack, including those previously considered untouchable.
The latest wave of arrests, the largest to date, occurred in early June. Bahraini security forces detained approximately 20 people on charges of subversive activities and ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Among those targeted were influential Shiite theologians and preachers Sayyid Yassin Musawi, Sheikh Ali al-Mustarish, Sheikh Ja'far Ashur, Sheikh Nazir Malik, and Sheikh Mahmoud Taheri. Unlike their predecessors, who were simply expelled from the Gulf on the "philosophers' ship" and stripped of their kingdom citizenship, all of them ended up in Bahraini special prisons.
According to investigators, this group of arrested theologians formed the core of the Iranian-created network and ensured coordination between various groups and movements within the kingdom. And possibly throughout the Arabian Peninsula, as Malik and Taheri had previously visited Saudi Arabia several times. In the fall of 2024, the kingdom's first pro-Iranian movement, the Islamic Resistance in the Land of the Two Holy Mosques, emerged, mimicking the Bahraini model in ideology and behavior.
It is also interesting that Bahraini security services are hunting from the top, detaining mainly public representatives of the Shiite community, while the search for the attackers on the Manama site, apparently, has not even begun.
VICIOUS CIRCLE
At the same time, despite the repression launched against Shiites, Bahrain still tries to distinguish between local activists and Iran, and therefore refrains as much as possible from further escalation with the Islamic Republic.
Thus, during a brief flare-up of tensions between Iran and Israel on June 7, Bahraini authorities demonstratively remained on the sidelines. The Kingdom did not place its troops on high alert, as Kuwait did, and later refused to grant Israel national airspace for a raid against Tehran.
At the same time, Bahraini elites have left room for potential friction with the Shiite community and appear to remain determined to escalate. Specifically, a royal decree issued in early June banned Bahraini Shiites from making pilgrimages to Iraq and Iran.
Officially, the ban was imposed under the pretext of concern for their safety "during a difficult period for the region." In reality, the ban was introduced to minimize potential contacts between Bahrainis and Iranian representatives in third countries. Furthermore, the authorities prohibited Bahraini Shiites from mourning the late Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, during Ashura, a significant religious day commemorating Shiite martyrs. Those who violate the ban face serious consequences, including criminal prosecution.
This significantly increases discontent in local communities, in part because it undermines the interests and worldview of a significant portion of the kingdom's residents. This, in turn, creates the conditions for new rounds of escalation and even greater pressure on Shiites from the ruling dynasty.
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He was granted asylum in 2023 according to the latest reports.
[IsraelTimes] No injuries or damage in attack by Iran-backed rebel group shortly after midnight; incident follows firing of ballistic missiles by Houthis earlier, during escalation with Iran
A drone launched at Israel by the Iran-backed Iran's Houthi sock puppets ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... s in Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... was intercepted by air defenses over the southernmost city of Eilat early Tuesday, the Israel Defense Forces said.
Sirens sounded in Eilat during the incident, which took place shortly after midnight.
There were no reports of injuries or damage.
On Monday morning, the Houthis had fired two ballistic missiles at Israel.
The IDF said one was intercepted and the second failed to reach the country.
The Iran-backed rebel group also said on Monday it would ban ships linked to Israel from the Red Sea, after fighting between Jerusalem and Tehran resumed.
The Houthis — whose slogan calls for "death to America, death to Israel," and "a curse on the Jews" — control a large swath of Yemen, but are at war with its internationally recognized government. They first began attacking Israel and maritime traffic in November 2023, a month after the October 7 Hamas ..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,... -led massacre. Amid ceasefires between Israel and Hamas — between January and March 2025, and since October 2025 — the Houthis largely held their fire.
While Hezbollah in Leb ...Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects.... and Iran-backed groups in Iraq joined the current war with Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... early, with rocket and drone fire on Israel and other targets, the Houthis were comparatively quiet until this week, firing on Israel sporadically.
Their recent attacks came after an escalation in the conflict. After a Hezbollah attack on northern Israel drew Israeli Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s in Beirut on Sunday, Iran started directly attacking Israel for the first time in two months, with salvos of ballistic missiles, drawing retaliatory Israeli airstrikes in Iran.
[IsraelTimes] The fresh round of Iranian-Israeli conflict began on Sunday night when Iran launched its first missile attacks on Israel since April 8, hours after Israel struck Hezbollah infrastructure in Beirut despite a Lebanon ceasefire deal that Trump announced last week.
Between Sunday night and Monday afternoon, Iran fired a total of 24 ballistic missiles at Israel, all of which were intercepted or hit open areas, the IDF said.
Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... ’s Iran-backed Iran's Houthi sock puppets ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... rebels also fired two ballistic missiles at Israel on Monday morning, one of which was intercepted, while the second failed to reach Israel, according to the military.
No injuries were caused in the attacks, although a missile fragment that struck the West Bank caused damage to several homes in a settlement.
Israel responded with two waves of strikes on Iran, targeting military and energy infrastructure.
Overnight, dozens of Israeli Air Force fighter jets struck nine Iranian air defense systems in western and central Iran. The IDF later published footage showing a strike on one of the systems, which the military said was armed with anti-aircraft missiles.
"The destruction of the systems further expands the Israeli Air Force’s aerial superiority in the skies over Iran, with the goal of continuing to remove threats to the citizens of the State of Israel," the military said.
On Monday morning, Israeli fighter jets also struck three factories at a petrochemical complex in southwest Iran, targeting infrastructure that Iran used to make raw materials for missiles, according to the IDF.
"The targeted infrastructure produced unique materials that serve as critical components for the development of ballistic missiles, which pose a threat to the State of Israel and its citizens," the military said. "These are critical components of the production infrastructure supporting the Iranian terror regime’s missile program."
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed it targeted a petrochemical facility in Haifa in retaliation.
"The Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, in response to the aggression of the American-Zionist enemy against a petrochemical industry facility, targeted similar industrial facilities in Haifa with missile strikes a few moments ago," the IRGC’s official media outlet Sepah News said.
Israel "has initiated a dangerous game, the scope of which will encompass all energy-related targets in the region," the IRGC said, blaming the US for any consequences for the global economy.
Separately, Iranian media reported Monday morning that a hostile drone was shot down over Tehran following explosions and air defense activity in Tehran.
Bahgaei, the Iranian foreign ministry front man, said Monday that the renewed fighting with Israel would only worsen a "chaotic diplomatic process" with the US.
"It is perfectly natural that the diplomatic process initiated to put an end to this imposed war would be affected," Baghaei told a presser in Tehran.
He added that Israel’s actions could not be separated from US policy.
"Without a doubt, as I said, the actions of the Zionist regime in the region cannot be separated from US policies," Baghaei said. "No one believes that the Zionist regime would carry out any action without prior coordination and cooperation with the United States."
[NYPost] A US Army Apache helicopter went down over the Strait of Hormuz early Tuesday — hours after President Trump raised fresh hopes of a US-Iran peace deal by claiming Washington will be able to declare “total victory” in two weeks and suggesting an agreement could be reached “in two or three days.”
Trump confirmed the crash while speaking to reporters at New York’s JFK Airport early Tuesday, saying: “The pilots are fine. Yeah. Nobody injured. We are going to issue a report tomorrow, but the pilots are fine.”
In a separate statement, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said the crash happened about 3:30 a.m. local time (7:30 p.m. Monday ET) off the coast of Oman while on a patrol. The statement added the two-person crew had been rescued within two hours and were in stable condition.
It was not immediately clear whether the Apache was shot down or experienced a mechanical issue one day after Iran and Israel traded missile attacks in the most intense fighting since a cease-fire took effect April 8. The crash was first reported by the New York Times.
AH-64 Apache helicopters have been a key asset for the American military as it enforces a blockade on Iranian crude oil shipments and tankers, seeking to pressure Tehran into reaching a deal. The helicopters have also been used by the United Arab Emirates to shoot down Iranian drones during the Iran war.
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Cool follow up - I didnt see it in the link.
In a first, a United States Navy drone found and rescued two crew from a U.S. Army Apache attack helicopter that went down in waters near Oman's coast, the U.S. military told Reuters...
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I'm reading the Apache hit a drone, or a drone hit the Apache. If true, seems like it was an accidental hit, as I dont think Iranian drones have sophisticated targeting systems to do that.
#5
I got a bit cinfused for a moment as I thought it was some sort of flying drone, perhaps a quad copter drone or something. truth be told, I had never heard of this model.
Wikipedia had nothing on this drone, nor on the manufacter
I did a search on Saronic corsair and surprise, it's a boat! (Link had more detailed information and pictures.)
The IDF released footage showing strikes on one of nine Iranian air defense systems hit by dozens of IAF fighter jets across western and central Iran. The military says destroying the systems expands Israeli aerial superiority over Iran, with the goal of continuing to remove… pic.twitter.com/8Mc9HaJeEI
The IDF released footage showing strikes on one of nine Iranian air defense systems hit by dozens of IAF fighter jets across western and central Iran.
The military says destroying the systems expands Israeli aerial superiority over Iran, with the goal of continuing to remove threats to Israeli citizens.
🚨 DISMANTLING IRAN’S AIR DEFENSES
The @IDF says it has completed a large-scale strike on strategic air defense systems belonging to the Iranian regime.
Dozens of Israeli Air Force fighter jets, directed by IDF intelligence, struck defense systems recently deployed across Iran… pic.twitter.com/6xeJ3YAWfh
The IDF says it has completed a large-scale strike on strategic air defense systems belonging to the Iranian regime.
Dozens of Israeli Air Force fighter jets, directed by IDF intelligence, struck defense systems recently deployed across Iran as Tehran tried to restore detection and interception capabilities damaged during Operation Roaring Lion.
The IDF says the strike dismantled these systems and further expanded the Israeli Air Force’s freedom of action in Iranian airspace.
Translation: Israel is not just hitting targets.
Israel is opening the skies.
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It is speculated that they were bought and imported from China during this recent "peace agreement".
🇺🇸 #US: A US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet reportedly fired what they called a "precision munition" at the Palau-flagged oil tanker M/T Marivex in the Gulf of Oman as the vessel was allegedly en route to Iran earlier today.
🇺🇸 #US: A US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet reportedly fired what they called a "precision munition" at the Palau-flagged oil tanker M/T Marivex in the Gulf of Oman as the vessel was allegedly en route to Iran earlier today.
The tanker was disabled, and all 24 Indian crew members were reportedly evacuated with assistance from Omani authorities. The footage was recorded by the crewmembers moments after the strike.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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