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Law Enforcement
Times Square machete attack suspect indicted on terrorism charges
(CNN) Trevor Bickford, the 19-year-old accused of attacking New York Police Department officers with a machete on New Year’s Eve, was indicted Friday on more than a dozen charges, including several terrorism charges, prosecutors announced. Bickford now faces three counts of attempted […]
Academics & Education
UK revokes visa of law student who addressed pro-Palestine protest Dana Abuqamar says her comments at a rally last year which raised suspicion were mischaracterised.
(Al-Jazeera) The United Kingdom has revoked the visa of a Palestinian student after she participated in a pro-Palestine demonstration at her university. Dana Abuqamar told Al Jazeera that the Home Office withdrew her visa casting her as a “national security” threat, following […]
Immigration
Channel migrant crossings to UK more than triple in 2021
(AFP) Arash took his first steps on English soil on a cloudy, drizzly day in May, after attempting a perilous crossing of the Channel from northern France. UK border police intercepted the inflatable dinghy on which he and others spent five hours […]