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Russia arrests another suspect in the concert hall attack that killed 144 [Video]

A Moscow court has detained another suspect as an accomplice in the attack by gunmen on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed 144 people in March, the Moscow City Courts Telegram channel said Saturday.

Dzhumokhon Kurbonov, a citizen of Tajikistan, is accused of providing the attackers with means of communication and financing. The judge at Moscow’s Basmanny District Court ruled that Kurbonov would be kept in custody until May 22, pending investigation and trial.

Russian state news agency RIA Novosti said Kurbonov was reportedly detained on April 11 for 15 days on the administrative charge of petty hooliganism. Independent Russian media outlet Mediazona noted that this is a common practice used by Russian security forces to hold a person in custody while a criminal case is prepared against them.

Four gunmen allegedly carried out the attack, firing into the crowd at the Crocus City Hall concert venue, according to prior CBS News reporting. Some concertgoers were shot at point-blank …

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Israel gets a mixed message as U.S. pauses arms shipments [Video]

The U.S. has paused some arms shipments to Israel over a disagreement about military action in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. Opponents of Prime Minister Netanyahu blame him for damaging the Israel/U.S. relationship, while allies of Netanyahu go so far as to claim Biden is helping Hamas. A look at graduation ceremonies at colleges that were the scenes of violent anti-Israel protests, Ukrainians and Russians living side-by-side in a Norwegian mining village, and a look at politics in South Korea and the push there to increase the birth rate. Plus, in Pakistan, its the anniversary of supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan stormed military properties to protest his arrest.

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U.S. Soldier Detained In Russia Had Broken Army Rules, Traveled Via China [Video]

The Pentagon has said that the U.S. Army serviceman who is one of two Americans arrested by Russia in separate cases disclosed on May 7 had violated army rules by traveling to the Far Eastern Russian city of Vladivostok, and he had gone there via China.