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Woman Detained after Shooting Outside CIA Headquarters

The logo of the US Central Intelligence Agency is shown in the lobby of the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia March 3, 2005. REUTERS/Jason Reed JIR/File Photo
The logo of the US Central Intelligence Agency is shown in the lobby of the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia March 3, 2005. REUTERS/Jason Reed JIR/File Photo
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Woman Detained after Shooting Outside CIA Headquarters

The logo of the US Central Intelligence Agency is shown in the lobby of the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia March 3, 2005. REUTERS/Jason Reed JIR/File Photo
The logo of the US Central Intelligence Agency is shown in the lobby of the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia March 3, 2005. REUTERS/Jason Reed JIR/File Photo

Security guards opened fire on a woman who drove toward the gates of the CIA's headquarters near Washington, D.C. on Thursday, ignoring orders to stop, and she was then taken into custody, according to a person familiar with the matter.
The source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said a check of public records showed the suspect, identified as a young US citizen, had a history of driving under the influence.
A CIA spokesperson said earlier that security staff "engaged a person" outside the main gates and then arrested the suspect.
The spokesperson declined to say whether gunfire struck the suspect.
The source familiar with the matter also did not say whether the woman was hit but that she was in stable condition after the incident, which occurred at around 4 a.m. (0800 GMT).
NBC News reported earlier that the suspect was shot, citing a person with knowledge of the matter.
The woman drove into the main entrance through the outbound lane, and when security guards tried to stop her she evaded them and continued toward the gate, drawing their fire, the source told Reuters.
The vehicle never entered the CIA compound, and no security officers were hurt, according to the source.
The FBI was investigating the incident, the source said.
The CIA closed the main gate at its Langley compound and directed employees to seek alternate routes.
The shooting incident came after two Israeli Embassy staffers were killed by a lone gunman in downtown Washington on Wednesday night.
The source said there was no sign of a connection between the two incidents.

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France Detains Captain of Suspected Russian ‘Shadow Fleet’ Tanker Seized in Mediterranean

The silhouette of a French navy boat surrounding the GRINCH oil tanker, intercepted by France in the Alboran Sea on suspicion of operating under a false flag and belonging to Russia's shadow fleet that enables Russia to export oil despite sanctions, and diverted to the port of Marseille-Fos, in the Gulf of Fos-sur-Mer, - Reuters
The silhouette of a French navy boat surrounding the GRINCH oil tanker, intercepted by France in the Alboran Sea on suspicion of operating under a false flag and belonging to Russia's shadow fleet that enables Russia to export oil despite sanctions, and diverted to the port of Marseille-Fos, in the Gulf of Fos-sur-Mer, - Reuters
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France Detains Captain of Suspected Russian ‘Shadow Fleet’ Tanker Seized in Mediterranean

The silhouette of a French navy boat surrounding the GRINCH oil tanker, intercepted by France in the Alboran Sea on suspicion of operating under a false flag and belonging to Russia's shadow fleet that enables Russia to export oil despite sanctions, and diverted to the port of Marseille-Fos, in the Gulf of Fos-sur-Mer, - Reuters
The silhouette of a French navy boat surrounding the GRINCH oil tanker, intercepted by France in the Alboran Sea on suspicion of operating under a false flag and belonging to Russia's shadow fleet that enables Russia to export oil despite sanctions, and diverted to the port of Marseille-Fos, in the Gulf of Fos-sur-Mer, - Reuters

The captain of a tanker intercepted in the Mediterranean Sea by the French navy on suspicion of shipping oil in violation of sanctions against Russia was reported Sunday as being held in custody for questioning.

The ship’s Indian captain was handed to judicial authorities following the diversion of the oil tanker, Grinch, and its arrival at anchorage in the Gulf of Fos-sur-Mer, French media reported, citing a statement by the Marseille prosecutor’s office.

The Ici Provence radio broadcaster reported that the crew, also of Indian nationality, was being kept on board. A preliminary investigation was opened on charges of failure to fly a flag, according to Reuters.

The Grinch came from Murmansk in northwestern Russia and is suspected of being part of the sanctioned Russian “shadow fleet." A video provided by the French military showed members of the navy boarding the ship from a helicopter earlier this week.

Russia is believed to be using a fleet of over 400 ships to evade sanctions over its war on Ukraine. France and other countries have vowed to crack down.

The fleet comprises aging vessels and tankers owned by nontransparent entities with addresses in non-sanctioning countries, and sailing under flags from such countries.

Last September, French naval forces boarded another oil tanker off the French Atlantic coast that President Emmanuel Macron also linked to the shadow fleet. Putin denounced that interception as an act of piracy.

That tanker’s captain will go on trial in February over the crew’s alleged refusal to cooperate, according to French judicial authorities.

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Anger as Woman's Headless Body Found in Istanbul Bin

Women's rights groups expressed outrage and called for protest marches in Istanbul and Ankara - Reuters File Photo
Women's rights groups expressed outrage and called for protest marches in Istanbul and Ankara - Reuters File Photo
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Anger as Woman's Headless Body Found in Istanbul Bin

Women's rights groups expressed outrage and called for protest marches in Istanbul and Ankara - Reuters File Photo
Women's rights groups expressed outrage and called for protest marches in Istanbul and Ankara - Reuters File Photo

The decapitated body of a woman, whose legs were also cut off, was found in a rubbish bin in Istanbul overnight, Turkish media reported Sunday, sparking fury from women's groups.

Her body was wrapped in a sheet and dumped in a rubbish container in the Sisli district where it was discovered on Saturday evening by a paper collector looking for items to recycle, the DHA news agency said.

Investigators identified the victim as a 37-year-old Uzbek national, AFP reported.

They were not immediately able to find the victim's head or her legs but while reviewing security camera footage, spotted two men dumping a suitcase at a different bin. It was not immediately clear what it contained.

Hours later, police detained two suspects, also Uzbek nationals, at Istanbul Airport as they were trying to leave the country, DHA said. They later arrested a third suspect.

Women's rights groups expressed outrage and called for protest marches in Istanbul and Ankara at 4:00 pm (1300 GMT) to demand action against femicides.

"We don't yet know the murdered woman's name, but we know this crime is the result of male violence!" Feminists Against Femicide wrote on X, pledging to "take our anger to the streets so that not one more is lost".

Sisli's jailed mayor Resul Emrah Sahan, who was arrested around the same time as Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu in a crackdown widely seen as politically motivated, said such murders were a "major social problem".

"Femicides are turning into an ever-growing massacre through impunity, negligence, and silence," he wrote on X, demanding coordinated action to tackle the issue.

Türkiye does not collate official figures on femicides, leaving the job to women's organizations which collect data on murders and other suspicious deaths from press reports.

Figures compiled by We Will Stop Femicides show that in 2025, 294 women were killed by men and 297 women were found dead under suspicious circumstances.

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US Storm Leaves 400,000 without Power, Forces Thousands of Flight Cancellations

Snow falls as a person crosses a street in downtown Washington, DC, on January 25, 2026. (AFP)
Snow falls as a person crosses a street in downtown Washington, DC, on January 25, 2026. (AFP)
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US Storm Leaves 400,000 without Power, Forces Thousands of Flight Cancellations

Snow falls as a person crosses a street in downtown Washington, DC, on January 25, 2026. (AFP)
Snow falls as a person crosses a street in downtown Washington, DC, on January 25, 2026. (AFP)

More than 400,000 customers in the US as far west as Texas were without power and more than 9,600 flights were expected to be canceled on Sunday ahead of a monster winter storm that threatened to paralyze eastern states with heavy snowfall.

Forecasters said snow, sleet, freezing rain and dangerously frigid temperatures would sweep the eastern two-thirds of the nation on Sunday and into the week.

Calling the storms "historic," President Donald Trump on Saturday approved federal emergency disaster declarations in South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, Maryland, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Indiana, and West Virginia.

"We will continue to monitor, and stay in touch with ‌all States in the ‌path of this storm. Stay Safe, and Stay Warm," Trump wrote ‌in ⁠a post on ‌Truth Social.

'CRIPPLING TO LOCALLY CATASTROPHIC IMPACTS' FORECAST

Seventeen states and the District of Columbia have declared weather emergencies, the Department of Homeland Security said.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, at a news conference on Saturday, warned Americans to take precautions.

"It’s going to be very, very cold," Noem said. "So we'd encourage everybody to stock up on fuel, stock up on food, and we will get through this together."

"We have utility crews that are working to restore that as quick as possible," Noem added.

The number of outages continued to rise. As of 6:30 a.m. EST (1130 ⁠GMT) on Sunday, more than 400,000 US customers were without electricity, according to PowerOutage.us, with 100,000 each in Mississippi and Texas. Other states ‌affected included Louisiana, Tennessee and New Mexico.

ENERGY DEPARTMENT ORDERS BACKUP RESOURCES

The ‍Department of Energy on Saturday issued an emergency order ‍authorizing the Electric Reliability Council of Texas to deploy backup generation resources at data centers and ‍other major facilities, aiming to limit blackouts in the state.

On Sunday, the DOE issued an emergency order to authorize grid operator PJM Interconnection to run "specified resources" in the mid-Atlantic region, regardless of limits due to state laws or environmental permits.

The National Weather Service warned of an unusually expansive and long-duration winter storm that would bring widespread, heavy ice accumulation in the Southeast, where "crippling to locally catastrophic impacts" can be expected.

Weather service forecasters predicted record cold temperatures and dangerously cold wind chills descending further into the Great Plains region ⁠by Monday.

More than 9,600 US flights scheduled for Sunday were canceled, according to flight tracking website FlightAware, with over 4,000 flights canceled on Saturday.

AIRLINES, GRID OPERATORS SCRAMBLE TO PREPARE

Major US airlines warned passengers to stay alert for abrupt flight changes and cancellations.

Delta Air Lines adjusted its schedule on Saturday, with additional cancellations in the morning for Atlanta and along the East Coast, including in Boston and New York City.

It would relocate experts from cold-weather hubs to support de-icing and baggage teams at several southern airports, the airline said.

JetBlue said that as of Saturday morning it had canceled about 1,000 flights through Monday.

United Airlines said it had proactively canceled some flights in places with the worst expected weather.

US electric grid operators on Saturday stepped up precautions to avoid rotating blackouts.

Dominion Energy, whose Virginia operations include the largest collection of data centers in the world, said if its ‌ice forecast held, the winter event could be among the largest to affect the company.