CUBA’S PRESIDENT REJECTS CALLS TO STEP DOWN AMID ESCALATING TENSIONS WITH TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. (PHOTO).

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Cuba’s president rejects calls to step down amid escalating tensions with Trump administration Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said he will not step down from office, rejecting suggestions that he should resign during an interview conducted in Havana in his first appearance with a U.S. broadcast network. When asked whether he would consider leaving office to help stabilize the country, Díaz-Canel pushed back sharply, saying Cuba’s leadership is not chosen by the United States and insisting the nation operates as a sovereign state. He added that stepping down “is not part of our vocabulary,” and defended Cuba’s political system as one based on domestic elections at the local level. The exchange comes amid heightened tensions between Havana and Washington, with the Trump administration increasing pressure on Cuba and openly calling for political change on the island. U.S. officials have described Cuba as facing deep economic challenges and have argued that reforms to its leadership and...

PAKISTANI MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO PLOTTING BROOKLYN ATTACK TARGETING JEWISH CENTER FOR ISLAMIC STATE . (PHOTO).


 Pakistani man pleads guilty to plotting Brooklyn attack targeting Jewish center for Islamic State 

  

 Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, a 21-year-old Pakistani man, pleaded guilty Wednesday to a terrorism charge in Manhattan federal court, admitting that his plan to attack a Jewish center in Brooklyn in support of the Islamic State group was “morally reprehensible.” Khan said he initially intended to use automatic weapons and knives to carry out the attack in October 2024, inspired by the Islamic State’s call for Muslims to target Jewish people.

Khan, also known as Shahzeb Jadoon, had been arrested in Ormstown, Canada, near the U.S. border in September 2024 and was brought to the United States more than 18 months ago. During his plea, he told Judge Paul G. Gardephe that he had planned to cross into the U.S. in September 2024 specifically to attack Jewish individuals in Brooklyn, motivated by retaliation for Israel’s actions in Gaza. Khan expressed regret for his plan, which included renting space next to the center, and said, “I was not raised this way… what I planned to do was wrong” and called his plot a “terrible, extremely dangerous and morally reprehensible idea.” Sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 12, when he could face life in prison.

Authorities said Khan attracted attention after posting online about his support for the Islamic State in November 2023. He later communicated with two undercover law enforcement officers while planning attacks in the United States. Federal officials said Khan identified a prominent Jewish center in Brooklyn, describing it as the “ultra orthodox Hasidic Jews world headquarters,” and wrote that “New York is perfect to target Jews” due to its large Jewish population. U.S. authorities have stated that Khan had intended the attack to coincide with the anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks and had boasted it would be the largest attack on U.S. soil since Sept. 11.


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