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Day: August 2, 2024

Government & Politics

Defense secretary overrides plea agreement for accused 9/11 mastermind and two other defendants

August 2, 2024 Ellen Knickmeyer  

(AP) Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday overrode a plea agreement reached earlier this week for the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and two other defendants, reinstating them as death-penalty cases. The move comes two days after the military […]

Academics & Education

Iran masterminded anti-Israel protest in Canadian university

August 2, 2024 Negar Mojtahedi  

(Iran International) Iran was behind the anti-Israel protests on at least one Canadian university in an attempt to undermine Western support for Israel and fuel divisiveness on Canadian soil, sources combating digital disinformation told Iran International. Cyber security company XPOZ, through the […]

Government & Politics

Toronto terror arrests raise questions about security screening

August 2, 2024 Stewart Bell, Mercedes Stephenson and Catherine McDonald  

(Global News) The federal government is declining to explain how a Toronto man was able to immigrate to Canada despite allegedly having taken part in ISIS violence overseas. Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi, 62, has been charged with committing an aggravated assault for […]

Clerics & Preachers

Germany expels director of Iran’s Islamic Center in Berlin

August 2, 2024 Benjamin Weinthal and Ahmad Samadi  

(Iran International) The German government deported the Iran-linked imam of the Islamic Center in Berlin, Nasir Niknejad, in late June, according to information obtained by Iran International’s correspondent in Berlin. According to these reports, Niknejad and his wife were detained at Berlin […]

Internet

‘TikTok Jihadist’ jailed after taking ‘oath of allegiance’ to Isis and plotting to become terror sniper A judge told Kyle Marcano he was a 'fervent supporter of Islamic State and its terrorist agenda'

August 2, 2024 George Bunn  

(GB News) An extremist who gave himself the nickname of “TikTok Jihadist” has been jailed for 11 years. Kyle Marcano, 28, took an “oath of allegiance” in a plot to join the terrorist group Isis and become a sniper. Marcano was excluded […]

Clothing

Hijab compromise fails to quell France’s discrimination debate

August 2, 2024 Layli Foroudi  

(Reuters) Days before the Paris Olympics began, French sprinter Sounkamba Sylla was stuck in a row with her government over the right to wear a hijab at the opening ceremony. But after a last-gasp compromise was found — in the shape of […]

Government & Politics

No ‘tangible’ terror threat detected since the start of the Paris Olympics, interior minister says

August 2, 2024 Unlisted Author  

(AP) French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Friday that authorities have not detected any “tangible” terror threats during the first week of the Olympic Games, during which about 200 people have been arrested by security forces for various crimes. Darmanin released […]

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