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Migrant sought in American mom’s killing was denied asylum but remained in Ireland

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A migrant wanted in connection with the brutal murder of an American mother in Ireland was in the country despite having his asylum application rejected, according to Irish media.

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The man, described by Irish police as a «person of interest,» was in the process of appealing the asylum decision and was allowed to remain in the country when Jamey Carney, 43, was beaten and suffocated in her home in Killarney, County Kerry, the Irish Mirror reported.

Despite his status, the outlet said he was still in the possession of his passport and left Ireland on a flight to Istanbul, Turkey, before Carney’s body was discovered Tuesday, triggering an international manhunt and a murder investigation.

It is unclear when his asylum application was refused or why it was denied. Irish police have refused to name the man.

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AMERICAN MOTHER MURDERED IN IRISH TOURIST TOWN AS INTERNATIONAL MANHUNT TARGETS ALLEGED ASYLUM SEEKER

American citizen Jamey Carney, left, and Inch Beach in County Kerry, Ireland, a popular tourist destination on the country’s scenic southwest coast near Killarney. (Jamey Carney/Facebook; Athanasios Gioumpasis/Getty Images)

The reports are likely to intensify scrutiny of Ireland’s asylum system and why the man remained in the country after reportedly being denied asylum.

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The Irish Mirror reported the Jordanian national had arrived in Ireland in 2024 and been living in a state-run migrant shelter in the idyllic town before spending increasing amounts of time at Carney’s home after they became romantically involved.

He first arrived in the United Kingdom before traveling through Northern Ireland and eventually settling in County Kerry, according to the Irish Mirror.

His social media accounts contain posts from the United Kingdom and Turkey in recent years.

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Carney’s social media profiles described her as a «New Yorker in Ireland» and showed her with a man she identified as her partner and writing that they were a «mixed couple.» Multiple Irish media outlets have identified the man as the person police are seeking, though Irish police have not publicly confirmed his identity or reported immigration status.

Fox News Digital asked Irish police and the Department of Justice to confirm reports that he had been refused asylum and was appealing that decision. Neither agency confirmed the reports.

HERE’S WHY IRELAND IS AT BOILING POINT OVER MASS IMMIGRATION

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American citizen Jamey Carney, left, and members of Ireland’s national police force, An Garda Síochána, patrol Grafton Street in Dublin in a file photo. Irish police have faced criticism for not publicly identifying the person of interest in Carney’s murder. (Jamey Carney/Facebook; Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Detectives believe Carney died around 11 p.m. Monday, roughly 14 hours before her body was discovered, according to The Irish Independent.

Her body was found on Tuesday at around 1:30 p.m. local time by her 13-year-old daughter.

By that time, the man had boarded a flight to Istanbul having traveled 200 miles by bus to Dublin Airport.

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Despite the manhunt entering its sixth day, police have yet to name or provide any details about the person on the run, drawing criticism on both sides of the Atlantic. Irish police said that investigators are working with international law enforcement partners as the murder investigation continues.

Detectives issued alerts to airports, ports, train stations and bus stations within just over an hour of Carney’s body being discovered, The Irish Independent reported. However, by then, the man had already left Ireland.

According to the Irish Mirror, investigators now fear he may already have traveled onward to his home country of Jordan, which does not have an extradition treaty with Ireland.

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A law enforcement source told Fox News Digital the search is expected to be difficult because the man had a significant head start before investigators were alerted to Carney’s death.

Entrance to the Homeland housing estate on Muckross Road in Killarney, Ireland, where Jamey Carney lived.

The entrance to the Homeland housing estate off Muckross Road in Killarney, County Kerry, where American citizen Jamey Carney was found dead at her home. Irish police have launched a murder investigation. (Google Maps)

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Carney, a New York native, moved to Ireland in 2021 and has family living in the Killarney area.

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The State Department told Fox News Digital it was providing consular assistance to the victim’s family.



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Democrat politicos rerun underhanded leftist playbook in effort to torpedo Trump’s AG nominee

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Washington D.C.’s entrenched politicos sprang into action this week before key confirmation hearings in the U.S. Senate to try and sink President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general.

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Roughly 1,200 Department of Justice (DOJ) alumni signed off on a letter on Tuesday sent to high-ranking Senate Judiciary Committee leaders demanding they reject elevating Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche as he prepares for confirmation hearings next week on July 15 and 16.

Blanche, who previously served as former AG Pam Bondi’s No. 2, has been tapped by the 47th president to do the job permanently, sending the former bureaucrats into a frenzy.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks as FBI director Kash Patel listens during a news conference at the Department of Justice, July 1, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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The signatories of the letter trying to stop the process bill themselves as former DOJ employees from Republican and Democratic administrations, which is true. But even a cursory look at some of the names reveals the letter’s true hyperpartisan nature.

Here are a few:

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  • Lori Lightfoot, the former mayor of Chicago and a far-left Democrat with a long history of anti-Trump rhetoric.
  • JP Cooney, an ex-prosecutor and Democratic congressional candidate who served as Jack Smith’s top deputy during Smith’s special counsel investigation into President Trump over later-dismissed criminal charges. He’s running his campaign on the grounds that he «spent [his] career standing up to powerful people and holding them accountable, including Donald Trump.»
  • Aaron Zelinsky, who served as assistant special counsel to former FBI director Robert Mueller during Russiagate, which evidence now suggests was a «manufactured» Obama-era intelligence fabrication to smear Trump.
  • Robert Turkavage, who ran for Congress as a Democrat in New Jersey.
  • Sara Zdeb, who worked as chief oversight counsel for Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill. Durbin is currently the Senate Judiciary Committee’s ranking member.
  • Candice Cook, the former DOJ chief diversity and inclusion officer.
  • Sam Bagenstos, a political appointee in both the Biden and Obama administrations with a history of bashing Trump and who also brags about his progressive bona fides on his University of Michigan Law biography page.
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot joined «CNN This Morning» on Monday to discuss her fight against teachers unions during the pandemic. (Screenshot/CNN/CNNThisMorning)

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«This list is a who’s who of partisan activists, including liberal politicians such as former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who saw crime drastically rise under her tenure, Trump impeachment witness Pamela Karlan, and multiple former disgruntled Biden administration officials, some of whom were directly involved in the weaponization of the Department,» a DOJ spokesperson told Fox News Digital of the letter.

A former White House official quipped that, «It looks like they passed a petition around the MS NOW green room.»

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Former special counsel Jack Smith testifies before the House Judiciary Committee about his investigations into President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 22, 2026. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

The Trump DOJ says Blanche has the support of law enforcement.

«Law enforcement throughout the nation supports the nomination of Acting Attorney General Blanche, including the Major Cities Chiefs Association, representing police leadership in dozens of major U.S. cities; the International Association of Chiefs of Police, representing tens of thousands of law enforcement leaders worldwide; and the Major County Sheriffs of America, representing hundreds of the nation’s largest sheriffs’ offices,» the spokesperson said.

The letter itself states that as former DOJ employees, the signatories take seriously their «oath to support and defend the Constitution, not the occupant of the White House.»

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It complains that Blanche has fired hundreds of DOJ employees, some of whom, they say, were fired for «having worked on cases the President didn’t like.»

«The consequences of Blanche’s attacks on DOJ’s apolitical workforce radiate beyond the halls of Main Justice, affecting the entire country,» the letter says. «They’ve meant that much of the department’s vital work isn’t being done, or isn’t being done as well – leaving communities less safe, Americans’ rights less protected, and our national security more vulnerable.»

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A U.S. Justice Department logo in the department’s headquarters briefing room before a news conference in Washington, Jan. 24, 2023. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo)

But the note is eerily reminiscent of another widely-covered stunt that turned out to be a political operation to protect then-presidential candidate Joe Biden during his 2020 election bid.

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In that instance, 51 former intelligence officials, including known Trump adversaries former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and former CIA Director John Brennan, penned a letter to the public claiming that the Hunter Biden laptop scandal appeared to be a foreign intelligence operation.

The contents of Hunter Biden’s personal computer, published in October 2020 by the New York Post, contained shocking videos and photos of drug use, lewd sex acts, and sensitive business communications. It eventually was dubbed the «laptop from hell» due to the public relations nightmare it caused for the Biden campaign.

The former intelligence officials immediately jumped to Biden’s defense, claiming the letter had «all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.»

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Hunter Biden arrives at the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building on June 6, 2024, in Wilmington, Delaware, for his trial on felony gun charges. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

«Such an operation would be consistent with some of the key methods Russia has used in its now multi-year operation to interfere in our democracy — the hacking (via cyber-operations) and the dumping of accurate information or the distribution of inaccurate or misinformation,» the letter said.

Mainstream news outlets ran with the letter, downplaying the scandal.

By early 2022, many of those same news outlets were forced to report that the emails and files from the laptop were, in fact, authentic after federal investigators looked into the matter.

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James Clapper, former director of national intelligence, center, at the White House on Sept. 7, 2022. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Clapper was one of the few signatories who answered for the bogus Russian intelligence claim, but he stood by the letter, claiming the ex-intel crowd never said for sure that the laptop was a Russian operation.

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«Yes, I stand by the statement made AT THE TIME, and would call attention to its 5th paragraph,» he told The New York Post. «I think sounding such a cautionary note AT THE TIME was appropriate.»

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So it appears the latest actions are just a repeat of the same playbook Democrats have been using to push their agenda against Trump.

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Desde un edificio de Tokyo, Rusia convirtió a Japón en una guarida de espías contra Ucrania

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Poco después de que Rusia invadiera Ucrania en febrero de 2022, los líderes occidentales expulsaron a cientos de espías rusos de sus capitales e incluyeron en listas negras a empresas vinculadas al Kremlin. El objetivo de este esfuerzo coordinado era dificultar que Moscú recopilara información de inteligencia y adquiriera equipos como microchips, transmisores y la maquinaria utilizada para fabricar armas. Desde entonces, decenas de esos espías desterrados han aparecido en un lugar inesperado: Japón.

Las débiles leyes de espionaje del país y su floreciente industria de alta tecnología lo han convertido en una pieza clave del esfuerzo bélico ruso. Según estimaciones del gobierno ucraniano, el 90% de los misiles y drones rusos contienen componentes japoneses.

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En el centro de la operación en Tokio se encuentra una unidad secreta de inteligencia militar rusa conocida como la 20° Dirección, cuyo papel nunca se ha revelado públicamente. Según funcionarios actuales y antiguos de cinco agencias de inteligencia occidentales, sus oficiales, haciéndose pasar por diplomáticos o empresarios, se dedican a comprar o robar tecnología militar y a introducirla de contrabando en Rusia. Según esas fuentes, el hombre que supervisa las operaciones de la 20° Dirección en Tokio mantiene una identidad falsa como empleado de la aerolínea estatal rusa Aeroflot. Desempeña un papel crucial en el suministro de la maquinaria bélica rusa.

El precio de este esfuerzo es evidente en los ataques nocturnos contra ciudades ucranianas y en la dureza del campo de batalla. Tras cuatro años de guerra, Rusia persiste, en parte, gracias a su acceso continuo a tecnologías como las que adquiere de Japón. Tras el ataque de un misil de crucero ruso Kh-101 que destruyó un edificio residencial en Kiev y mató a 24 personas en mayo, los investigadores examinaron los restos. Según Kiev, descubrieron que el misil había sido guiado por componentes japoneses cuya exportación a Rusia está prohibida en muchos lugares.

Usando documentos confidenciales, registros corporativos y entrevistas con decenas de funcionarios en tres continentes, The New York Times comenzó a reconstruir cómo opera la 20° Dirección. La mayoría de los funcionarios hablaron bajo condición de anonimato porque no estaban autorizados a divulgar información públicamente.

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Ucrania ha presentado a Japón pruebas de que su tecnología se usa en ataques rusos. Sin embargo, el gobierno japonés, a pesar de su firme apoyo a Ucrania, ha tardado en actuar. Japón ha sido conocido como un paraíso para el espionaje, en parte debido a las restricciones impuestas tras la Segunda Guerra Mundial por los vencedores, que mantienen débiles a sus servicios de inteligencia. Japón ni siquiera cuenta con una agencia de inteligencia exterior. “Tenemos una sensación de crisis ante esta situación”, dijo Akihisa Shiozaki, legislador del gobernante Partido Liberal Democrático y ex abogado que procesó casos de espionaje industrial.

La cancillería japonesa no respondió a preguntas detalladas sobre espionaje, pero afirmó que el gobierno había trabajado con Occidente para prohibir la exportación de artículos militares a Rusia. “La agresión de Rusia contra Ucrania es un acto indignante que sacude los cimientos mismos del orden internacional”, declaró el ministerio en una nota. Sin embargo, parece que los espías rusos operan justo delante de las narices de las autoridades japonesas.

La oficina de Aeroflot en Tokio está a diez minutos a pie de la sede de la Agencia Nacional de Policía, que investiga el espionaje. Espías occidentales afirman que es allí, en la aerolínea, en el piso 22, donde el hombre de la Dirección 20 en Tokio dirige su letal operación. Su nombre es Maksim Filchenkov.

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Rusia necesitaba urgentemente componentes de alta tecnología cuando Filchenkov, de 49 años, asumió su cargo en Tokio en febrero de 2024. La guerra en Ucrania estaba pasando de las batallas de artillería al estilo de la Primera Guerra Mundial a la guerra con drones y los ucranianos tenían ventaja tecnológica. Para mantenerse, Rusia necesitaba nueva tecnología. China podía ayudar, pero para el armamento más avanzado del ejército no había sustituto para los equipos de alta tecnología, las máquinas herramienta y otros componentes que muchas empresas tenían prohibido vender a Rusia.

Es ahí cuando entra en escena Filchenkov, un oficial veterano del espionaje militar ruso, el GRU. Con una misión en Japón a sus espaldas, tenía la experiencia necesaria para encontrar el equipo necesario y trasladarlo a Rusia.

Según consta en registros comerciales y entrevistas, Filchenkov comenzó a establecer relaciones con empresas que transportan mercancías de Japón a Rusia. Funcionarios occidentales han advertido a Japón que este tipo de relaciones ayudan al GRU a comprar tecnología sensible bajo falsas pretensiones y enviarla a Rusia, a veces utilizando registros de envío fraudulentos. Es en este aspecto donde la 20° Dirección destaca. Si bien la historia de la unidad no está clara, los funcionarios indicaron que existía antes de la guerra en Ucrania. Desde que comenzó ese conflicto, añadieron las fuentes, ha sido fundamental para los esfuerzos del Kremlin por obtener tecnología militar.

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Los espías del GRU han utilizado los puestos de trabajo en Aeroflot como tapadera desde la era soviética mientras buscaban tecnología occidental. La entrada a la oficina de Aeroflot en Tokio parece la puerta de una prisión, con una estrecha rendija de ventana y un timbre. A inicios de 2026, una mujer de mediana edad, con el pelo rubio y una cruz ortodoxa rusa al cuello, abrió la puerta. Parecía sorprendida de tener visitas.La mujer dijo que Filchenkov no estaba y que no sabía cuándo regresaría. Aeroflot no está específicamente en la lista negra de Japón. Sin embargo, los socios oficiales de Aeroflot siguen activos.

Una de ellas, Proco Air, se anuncia como un “puente entre Japón y Rusia”. Proco alquila espacio de carga en aerolíneas que vuelan a países donde opera Aeroflot, como Sri Lanka o Uzbekistán. Aeroflot recoge la carga allí y la transporta a Rusia. No hay nada ilegal ni inusual en esto. Según los registros de envíos, Japón es el mayor exportador mundial de la tecnología sensible de doble uso que busca el Kremlin. Los contrabandistas no necesitan llevar ese equipo directamente a Rusia; solo necesitan enviarlo a algún lugar dispuesto a vendérselo. Por ejemplo, el principal destino de la tecnología sensible japonesa es Vietnam, que a su vez es el mayor exportador de tecnología sensible a Rusia.

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Massive fire rips through pub, killing at least 27 as patrons flee smoke-filled venue

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A massive fire ripped through a Bangkok pub early Monday, killing at least 27 people and injuring several others as patrons tried to flee the smoke-filled venue, officials said.

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The blaze was reported around midnight at the Na Ladprao pub in the northern part of Thailand’s capital, The Associated Press reported, citing rescuers.

Video shared by first responders showed flames pouring from the front of the building and thick black smoke billowing into the sky as people scrambled to escape. 

NEARLY 100 MONKEYS ESCAPE ENCLOSURE, INVADE NEIGHBORHOODS AS OFFICIALS SCRAMBLE TO RECAPTURE THEM

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An ambulance is parked outside a bar after a massive fire broke out in Bangkok, early on July 13, 2026.  (Chanakarn Laosarakham/AFP via Getty Images)

Firefighters brought the fire under control in about 30 minutes, according to The Associated Press.

Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said at the scene that 27 people were killed and that several injured victims were taken to a hospital.

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The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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Mobile phones of victims of a fire are recovered in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, July 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

A musician performing at the pub told Anutin he saw smoke coming from a circuit breaker near the stage shortly before the power went out, the prime minister said. 

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Moments later, an explosion was heard, and thick smoke spread through the venue, The Associated Press reported.

Many of the victims were located in restrooms at the back of the pub, Anutin said.

PILOT DEAD, 13 INJURED AFTER SMALL PLANE CRASHES INTO TOWERING SKYSCRAPER

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Rescuers work at the site of a fire in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, July 13, 2026.  (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Photos from the aftermath showed heavy damage inside the building.

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Deadly nightlife fires have struck Thailand in the past. In 2022, a fire at a music pub in eastern Thailand killed 14 people.

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.



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