A radical faction known as the New IRA, reportedly associated with Iran and Hezbollah, has taken responsibility for a car bombing incident near a Belfast police station. This announcement, made on Tuesday, included a chilling warning of more attacks to come, as per various reports.

The explosion occurred outside a Police Service of Northern Ireland facility in Dunmurry. In response, law enforcement has heightened patrols, especially following threats that officers might be targeted at their residences.

Following the incident, authorities detained a 66-year-old man under terrorism-related charges, according to Reuters.

In a proclamation attributed to the “leadership of the IRA,” the group declared that their intention with the bomb was to take the lives of officers exiting the station. They issued a stark warning that those cooperating with the police would face severe consequences.

Forensic experts are currently examining the scene of the car bomb detonation outside the Dunmurry police station in South Belfast, Northern Ireland. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

A 2020 report by The Times, citing information from an MI5 informant, alleged connections among the New IRA, Lebanon-based Hezbollah and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

The report said individuals linked to the group signed a book of condolences after the 2020 killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani in a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad, raising concerns about possible external support, including weapons and funding.

“The New IRA–Hezbollah link is a useful data point in a much larger pattern: the operationalization of the so-called axis of resistance,” former Defense Department intelligence officer Andrew Badger told Fox News Digital.

The European Union designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization, and Ursula von der Leyen pledged rapid implementation after a violent crackdown. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto)

“This joins Russia, Iran, China, North Korea and an expanding bench of aligned non-state actors into a working logistical and tradecraft network across the globe,” Badger said.

“What we are watching is the maturing of a hybrid warfare model, pioneered and led by Russia and Iran, in which adversaries of the Western-led order increasingly share tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) across geographies and ideologies,” said Badger, the co-author of “The Great Heist.“

The New IRA’s latest bombing also follows a similar attempted car bomb attack on another police station outside Belfast just weeks ago. It is one of several militant groups that oppose the 1998 Good Friday Agreement and want to end British rule in Northern Ireland and establish a united Ireland.

The New IRA, linked to Iran and Hezbollah, claimed responsibility Tuesday for a car bomb outside a Belfast police station. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

It has carried out a series of attacks in recent years targeting police and security forces.

“The real challenge for local Irish police and security services is that these groups now compound each other’s learning,” Badger added.

“A tactic battle-tested in one theater can be in the hands of a dissident cell in another within months, and Western counter-terror structures simply aren’t wired to track that kind of cross-pollination,” he said.

“A Lebanese Shia militia training a hard-left Irish republican faction would have looked exotic 10 years ago.

“Today, it is consistent with a wider pipeline including Russian sabotage cells using local criminal proxies in Europe and Iranian-directed assassination plots on U.K. and U.S. soil.

“The playbook of these actors — proxies, dual-use logistics, weapons-and-finance pipelines, exploitation of grievance movements in the target country — appear to be converging,” Badger added.

Jose Alvarado has emerged as the unexpected standout in this first-round series.

Initially, it seemed he wasn’t part of coach Mike Brown’s playoff plans.

He was absent from the action in Game 1.

However, he has since carved out a significant role for himself.

In the Knicks’ dominant 126-97 victory over the Hawks in Game 5 at the Garden, he contributed 12 points in just 12 minutes of play.

Seven of those points came during a key six-minute stretch to start the second quarter, when the Knicks padded their lead and pulled away.

“It’s just part of the business: stay ready,” Alvarado said. “Whatever the team needs. We’re a really good team. They communicated with how it was gonna go. Just stay ready, that’s what I did mentally.”

Brown previously explained that, because Landry Shamet and Miles McBride struggled as backup point guards earlier in the series, he gave Alvarado a shot to have a more natural point guard on the floor. He has rewarded Brown for that decision.

Alvarado’s spotty 3-point shooting had become a weakness and was the primary reason he was not in the rotation at the end of the regular season. But he went 2-for-3 from deep Tuesday.

“My teammates found me,” Alvarado said. “I was open and then I made the shots today.”

Josh Hart subbed out with 6:27 left in the fourth quarter, went to the locker room and did not return.

Earlier in the game, he had been holding his back in a bit of pain after a hard fall.

The Knicks did not have an update postgame.

Mikal Bridges remained in the starting lineup as expected, but he was the first Knicks starter to get subbed out, with Miles McBride replacing him with 5:49 left in the first quarter.

The Knicks led by one at the time. But by the end of the quarter, they led by 13.

Bridges finished plus-11. McBride was plus-19.

CJ McCollum, during the fourth quarter, again kicked Jalen Brunson in the midsection while taking a jump shot.

Brunson grabbed at the area briefly but did not go down to the ground in pain like he did in Game 1.

Afterward, Brunson said, “I don’t make anything of it.”

In an elegant gesture during a lavish state dinner, King Charles III gifted U.S. President Donald Trump with a present that carried both historical significance and a touch of humor. The event was a grand affair, attended by a glittering array of star athletes, business leaders, and media figures, all gathered to celebrate the United States’ approaching 250th anniversary.

The dinner, held on a festive Tuesday evening, featured exquisite gowns, a four-course feast, and the clinking of champagne glasses, as King Charles joined President Trump in marking this milestone occasion. The royal gift—a large golden bell—was a standout piece, originating from the Conning Tower of a World War II Royal Navy submarine. This particular submarine bore a special connection to the evening’s honoree, being named the HMS Trump.

“May it stand as a testament to our nations’ shared history and shining future,” King Charles declared, highlighting the engraved year 1944 on the bell. His words resonated with the spirit of unity and friendship that defines the U.S.-UK relationship.

Adding a dash of humor to the solemnity, the King playfully remarked, “And should you ever need to get hold of us, well, just give us a ring,” a comment that sparked cheerful laughter throughout the room.

‘And should you ever need to get hold of us, well, just give us a ring,’ the monarch quipped, sending the room into joyous laughter.

But that wasn’t the King’s only joke of the evening, as he spoke out about the shared history between the transatlantic nations.

He called the extravagant dinner a ‘very considerable improvement on the Boston Tea Party.’ He also called attention to the President’s ‘readjustments’ to the East Wing, which is no longer standing. 

‘I’m sorry to say that we British, of course, made our own small attempt at real estate redevelopment of the White House in 1814,’ the King joked of the historic burning of Washington. 

King Charles presented US President Donald Trump with a large gold bell that hung from the Conning Tower of HMS Trump – a Royal Navy submarine that fought in the Battle of the Pacific in World War II

A view of the bell from the HMS Trump, that was gifted Tuesday night to President Donald Trump from King Charles during the monarch’s toast

The King further noted that the President recently said, ‘that if it were not for the United States, European countries would be speaking German.’ 

‘Dare I say it, if it wasn’t for us, you’d be speaking French,’ King Charles responded, cracking up the President and his guests. 

Meanwhile, Trump used his remarks to heap praise on the British monarch for his speech to members of Congress earlier in the day. During the address, Charles III celebrated ‘one of the most consequential alliances in human history.’

‘I want to congratulate Charles on having made a fantastic speech today at Congress,’ Trump said at the dinner. ‘He got the Democrats to stand. I’ve never been able to do that.’ 

‘I can’t believe it! They liked him more than they’ve ever liked any Republican… or Democrat, actually!’

But the mostly complimentary remarks waded into politics at one point, when the president brought up the war in Iran.

‘We’re doing a little work in the Middle East right now,’ said in one contentious moment. ‘And we’re doing very well.

‘We will never let that opponent ever… Charles agrees with me, even more than I do… we will never let that opponent have a nuclear weapon,’ Trump then asserted.

The remark, which appeared to suggest the King privately shared Trump’s hardline stance on Iran, was met with cheers in the room. There was no immediate reaction from Buckingham Palace.

US President Donald Trump and Britain’s King Charles III raised a toast during a State Dinner in the East Room of the White House

King Charles (left) and President Donald Trump (right) shared a laugh at Tuesday night’s White House state dinner, where the monarch filled his speech with jokes – including about the Boston Tea Party and the British burning down the White House 

Tuesday night’s dinner was meant to resemble an English garden, with both First Lady Melania Trump and Queen Camilla sporting spring colors. 

The First Lady chose to wear a pale delphinium pink silk strapless gown by Christian Dior Haute Couture, with off-white Dior suede gloves and matching Dior pale delphinium silk pumps.

Queen Camilla wore a deep pink gown by Fiona Clare with a historic necklace made from amethysts and diamonds, which was gifted by a former Duchess of Kent to Queen Victoria and then passed to Queen Mary.

Guests at the dinner included New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and departing Apple CEO Tim Cook, who were spotted by the Daily Mail arriving at the White House complex.

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez were also captured walking in – with Sanchez wearing a plunging black ballgown. 

Sam Altman, who is currently in a court battle with former Department of Government Efficiency leader Elon Musk, was also photographed walking through White House security. 

Golfing great Rory McIlroy was invited, as well as conservative media personalities: Ainsley Earhardt, Laura Ingraham, Chris Ruddy, Jesse Watters and Greg Gutfeld. 

CEO of Paramount Skydance, David Ellison, was also invited.  

At one point in his speech, President Trump claimed King Charles agreed with his assertion that Iran can not have nuclear weapons

President Donald Trump is pictured giving a toast in the East Room during Tuesday night’s state dinner with King Charles and Queen Camilla 

All three of Trump’s Supreme Court appointees made the guest list – Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh – along with fellow conservative Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas. 

The President had previously complained that some of his Supreme Court appointees haven’t been sufficiently loyal when they knocked down his tariffs in a decision in February. 

Trump family members included Eric Trump and wife Lara, Ivanka Trump and husband Jared Kushner, and Tiffany Trump with her husband Michael Boulos. 

Ivanka Trump, who worked for her father during his first administration but has mainly stayed away from Washington this time around, wore a flowing baby blue Reem Acra gown.  

Melania’s father, Viktor Knavs, was also invited. 

First Lady Melania Trump is pictured raising her glass during her husband’s toast 

Ivanka Trump listened as Britain’s King Charles III speaks during a State Dinner with President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and Queen Camilla in the East Room of the White House State Dinner Tuesday

Guests attend an official state dinner hosted by the President and First Lady at The White House on day two of the State Visit of King Charles III and Queen Camilla to the US

Attendees were treated to a four-course meal starting with hearts of palm salad, served with a garden herb velouté, crisp toasted shallots and a ‘whisper’ of micro mint, the White House said. 

After that, spring herb ravioli, featuring herbs from the White House Kitchen Garden – planted by First Lady Michelle Obama – was served, filled with creamy ricotta, earthy morels and dressed with a light parmesan emulsion. 

The main course was fish – Dover sole meunière, prepared in nutty brown butter and served with spring ramps, sweet snow peas over potatoes pavé and finished with parsley oil.

For dessert, the White House chose to showcase the on-campus beehive that the King and Queen visited on Monday, serving guests a beehive-shaped chocolate gâteau with vanilla bean crémeux custard, set inside an almond joconde.

The cake was to be served with crème fraîche ice cream and the White House’s honey. 

Queen Camilla, King Charles III, U.S. President Donald Trump, and First Lady Melania Trump posed as they entered the East Room on Tuesday night

Trump only held two state dinners during his first term, with a third state dinner announced and then cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Since at least 2010, he’s pitched the idea of building a White House ballroom, criticizing the tents Michelle Obama used to host her state dinners when she wanted to invite more guests than the East Room could hold. 

Trump refused to use a tent during his first term, instead opting to hold his state dinners in the State Dining Room and then outdoors in the Rose Garden. 

Tuesday night’s dinner was in the East Room, the decor for which was ‘inspired by the beauty of English gardens,’ according to the First Lady’s Office.

Melania had the East Room decorated with trees and blossoming garden boxes filled with lilac. 

Tables were dressed with green pleated linens and decorated with lilac, butterfly ranunculus, phlox and lily of the valley. 

Both the Clinton and Bush china were used in the table settings.

A tragic incident unfolded when a German visitor lost his life after a venomous cobra, part of a snake exhibition, reportedly made its way into his pants and bit his leg, as reported by local authorities.

This unfortunate event transpired in early April at a high-end resort in Egypt, as disclosed by the Bavarian State Police in Germany, who shared the information on Monday.

Authorities stated, “During the snake charmer’s act, a snake entered the trousers of a 57-year-old man, leading to a bite on the German tourist’s leg.”

The police revealed that the victim, whose identity remains undisclosed, was vacationing with two relatives from the Unterallgäu region of Germany.

In April 2010, a King Cobra can be seen standing upright inside a building. (Photo by Patrick Aventurier)

Authorities said the snake charmer event was part of a hotel entertainment program in the resort city of Hurghada, a popular Red Sea destination known for its upscale all-inclusive packages, as well as nearby desert and water excursions.

Two snakes, believed to be cobras, were used in the show, officials said. 

Investigators indicated that it is not uncommon for performers to allow snakes to interact closely with audience members, as some of the snakes were reportedly placed around guests’ necks during the act.

However, during one segment of the performance, a snake reportedly bit the German tourist after crawling into his clothing.

“He subsequently exhibited clear symptoms of poisoning and required resuscitation,” officials said. 

He reportedly died shortly after arriving at a local hospital.

Tourists swim in the Sunny Days Elpalacio beach in the Egyptian Red Sea resort city of Hurghada. (MOHAMED EL-SHAHED / AFP)

The results of a toxicological examination are still pending, Bavarian police said.

The investigation is being handled by Germany’s Memmingen Criminal Police Inspectorate under the direction of the Memmingen Public Prosecutor’s Office (MPPO).

Tourists swimming at the Red Sea Egyptian resort of Hurghada on June 18, 2020 (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP)

Cobras are known for being highly venomous snakes. Their bite can lead to rapid respiratory failure and paralysis without prompt medical treatment.

Fox News Digital has reached out to MPPO for more information.