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Commercial Ship Faces Siege At Sea After Rescuing African Migrants

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The crew of the ship Vos Thalassa has barricaded themselves on the bridge after a number of Africans rescued at sea began trying to seize control of the ship (archived). The commercial vessel rescued 60 African migrants at sea in the Libyan coast guard's area of responsibility. Being a commercial cargo vessel and not a vessel run by an organization dedicated to building a Nation of Africa in Europe, the cargo vessel issued its own distress call when the migrants took poorly to the prospect of being disembarked in Libya.

Vos Thalassa is an Italian flagged offshore supply vessel currently supporting oil and gas operations for the French firm Total (archived).

"Security" Personnel Continue Leaking Location And Activity Information Through Fitness Apps

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Fitness app Polar has been shown to leak information on the locations and habitual activities of military and "law enforcement" personnel across a number of fiat regimes vulnerable to widespread app usage (archived). Back in January substantial panic among fiatists was raised when a similar fitness app Strava was found to leak far less information. Sample public information on this app's platform includes deployed military personnel in active warzones like Afghanistan.

Johnson Resigns As UK Foreign Secretary Over Impossibility Of May's "Soft" Brexit Effort

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Boris Johnson has resigned from Teresa May's British government over the impossibility of implementing and selling May's "soft" Brexit plan (archived). Details of May's "soft" Brexit remain in a constant state of flux with the only constants being the acceptance of punitive sanctions from the European Union without actually escaping the European Union. This development does nothing to make the inevitability of Brexit less likely, but it does indicate a diminished likelyhood Teresa May will be the Prime Minister when Brexit is consumated.

Newspaper In Burkina Faso Heralds African Victory Of French National Soccer Team

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Burkina Faso's Aujourd'hui au Faso is heralding the success of the French national team in the world cup as a very African success story (archived). The article in question gives thoughtful consideration to the composition of the French national team and refers to France's defeat of Argentina in the Round of 16 as "revenge" for Argentina's elimination of Nigeria in group play.

FBI Busts Ohio Man For Doing Surveillance For FBI

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The US FBI is heralding their arrest of an Ohio man after fraudulently recruiting the man to do advanced reconnasaince that the agency promised would be useful for a later terrorist plot (archived). The FBI provided Demetrius Pitts with a bus pass, cell phone, and instructions to take photos of potential targets in Cleveland for the FBI's bombing plot before charging Pitts with a single count of providing material support to terrorists.

US Captures 35 Entrepreneurs In Coordinated Attack On Commerce

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The US Department of "Justice" has announced their capture of 35 entrepreneurs for engaging in commerce while located within the borders of the evil empire (archived). The captured entrepreneurs made the common mistake of attempting to bring commerce to the USG operated tor network. This is not the first coordinated attack on "Darkweb" entrepreneurs, but this is the first to target individual vendors instead of marketplace operators.

Popular Centerist Dutch Newspaper Attacked With Flaming Van

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The offices of De Telegraaf were attacked by a man with a van on fire (archived). Two attempts were made by the driver to achieve ingress to the office for his van. In the first "high speed" approach, the van was foiled by a glass wall. After the second attempt ended with a stalled van, the flames began as the driver fled. Despite probably failing to achieve the desired degree of penetration with the van, substantial fire damage was inflicted upon the building.

Australia Ramps Up Flight Security Theater With Powder Restrictions

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After declaring a "terrorist plot" was foiled, travelers seeking air transport to an from of Australia will be subject to "enhanced" rules restricting the amount of powdered materials allowed in carry on baggage (archived). Travelers will be restricted to transporting 350 grams of inorganic powders. The new rules specifically mention snow globes and table salt as a example items containing now restricted inorganic powders. The alleged plot cited in the creation of these restrictions involved an "improvised device" denied entry at the flight check in desk by airline employees for a trip from Sydney to Abu Dhabi.