Unbiased headline news – Hezbollah announced on Tuesday that Nasim Qassem, currently its deputy secretary general, will assume the role of its new leader.
Qassem was elected to succeed longtime Hezbollah leader Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, concluding an extended succession crisis within the Iran-backed organization. Nasrallah was reportedly killed in Beirut last month in airstrikes that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu referred to as “necessary.”
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Iran has carried out the execution of German-Iranian detainee Jamshid Sharmahd, who was accused of heading a U.S.-based terror group and convicted on disputed terror charges.
“This is the fulfillment of a divine promise regarding those who support terrorism,” Iran’s judiciary declared as it announced the execution. Sharmahd, 69, resided in Los Angeles and had been sentenced to death in Iran last year, though he and his family consistently denied the allegations.
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Steve Bannon, a former adviser to Donald Trump, was released from prison early Tuesday morning, a source familiar with the matter reported.
Bannon was freed from federal custody shortly after 3 a.m., the source said, noting he intends to host his podcast in the morning, followed by a New York City press conference in the afternoon. His return to the public eye comes exactly one week before Election Day.
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David DePape was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without parole in his state trial for the hammer assault on Paul Pelosi.
A jury had found DePape guilty in June of charges including false imprisonment of an elder by violence or threat, residential burglary, threatening a family member of a public official, witness intimidation by force, and aggravated kidnapping. Before sentencing, DePape’s attorneys requested a new trial, but the motion was denied.
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Authorities are investigating the murder of a 33-year-old woman at a luxury resort in the Hamptons.
Staff at the Shou Sugi Ban House discovered Sabina Rosas from Brooklyn, New York, deceased in a guest room on Monday afternoon, Suffolk County police confirmed. The resort is located in Water Mill, positioned between Southampton and Bridgehampton.
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Evacuation orders for over 700 homes were in effect near the town of Divide, Colorado, as a wildfire continued to spread out of control on Tuesday, Colorado fire officials reported.
The Highland Lake Fire, which ignited around 4 p.m. Monday, has grown to 166 acres and is still uncontained, according to Teller County Sheriff Jason Mikesell. Mikesell attributed the fire’s expansion largely to intentional backfires set by firefighters to keep the flames from reaching homes and roadways.
