(AFP) German prosecutors said Friday they had filed charges against a Syrian youth and alleged Islamic State group supporter linked to a 2024 attack plot on a Vienna concert by US pop megastar Taylor Swift. The suspect, only partially named as Mohammad A., […]
(Brussels Times) Swedish jihadist Osama Krayem has shown no empathy or remorse during his trial in Stockholm for his alleged involvement in the execution of Muath Al-Kasasbeh, a Jordanian pilot who was burned alive in a cage in Syria, the lawyer for […]
(WLBT) An Iranian man described as a suspected terrorist by federal authorities had been under scrutiny in Texas years earlier for allegedly attacking his wife, according to court records obtained exclusively by 3 On Your Side. Moreover, Yousef Mehridehno’s designation as a […]
(Houston Chronicle) It was the day of the funeral. Yasmin Al-Zibdeh was home with her two sisters and mom, waiting for a phone call from their dad to tell them to come down to the mosque. She thought members of the Islamic Society […]
(CTV) The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) confirms it is investigating how dozens of suspected Iranian officials have been allowed to enter Canada, while three individuals have been issued deportation orders and another removed from the country. Some experts, meanwhile, are warning […]
(AP) A man accused of hurling Molotov cocktails at a group of people demonstrating in Boulder, Colorado, in support of Israeli hostages has been indicted by a federal grand jury on 12 hate crime counts. Mohamed Sabry Soliman was initially charged with […]
(AFP) A Syrian migrant accused of stabbing four people outside a bar in the German city of Bielefeld was a member of the Islamic State group, prosecutors said Wednesday. The suspect, identified as Mahmoud M., 35, is accused of randomly attacking customers […]
(KERA) The U.S. Department of Justice has ended its civil rights investigation into EPIC City, a proposed Muslim housing development in North Texas accused of “religious discrimination.” Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon wrote in a letter earlier this month to Community […]
(Free Beacon) The three men charged in an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate President Donald Trump and an Iranian dissident on U.S. soil now have a trial date: March 9, 2026, federal judge Lewis J. Liman ruled from his courtroom in New York City on Tuesday. The […]
(Local) French prosecutors have charged and remanded in custody a 17-year-old Islamic State group sympathiser suspected of planning attacks on synagogues, sex shops and public gatherings, the national anti-terror office said on Sunday. “He was not yet at the stage of carrying […]
(NY Post) Anti-Israel protester Mahmoud Khalil on Sunday bashed his alma mater Columbia University over its “hypocrisy” in claiming to support international students while leaving him to rot in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center for three months until his release […]
(France 24) A French court on Saturday upheld a life sentence for a man convicted for his part in the 2016 killing of a police couple at their home in front of their young child. In 2023, Mohamed Lamine Aberouz, a Franco-Moroccan, […]
(AP) A Palestinian activist who was detained for more than three months pushed his infant son’s stroller with one hand and cheered as he was welcomed home Saturday by supporters including U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Mahmoud Khalil greeted friends and spoke briefly […]
(CNN) The Supreme Court on Friday said that the families of victims of terrorist attacks in Israel may sue the Palestinian Authority in a decision that will likely make it easier for victims of other overseas attacks with ties to Palestinian groups […]
(NY Post) Anti-Israel protester Mahmoud Khalil lamented leaving behind some “incredible men” on Friday as he left a Louisiana detention facility, which he hopes becomes a museum to what he described as “America’s racist policies.” “I leave some incredible men behind me, […]
(BBC) An imam at a mosque in Bradford has been jailed for 13 years for raping a teenage boy. Mohammed Khan, 57, used his position at Suffa Tul Islam Mosque, then on Sunbridge Road, to groom and assault the boy on five […]
(NY Post) Mahmoud Khalil is a free man Friday after a New Jersey judge ordered the Trump administration to release the anti-Israel Columbia University protester from a Louisiana immigration lock-up. “My priority now is to get to my beautiful wife and precious […]
(CBC) A father and son accused of planning an ISIS-inspired mass murder in Toronto have been ordered to stand trial next year. Lawyers for Ahmed and Mostafa Eldidi appeared in Superior Court in Newmarket, Ont., this morning. The court scheduled a six-week […]
(BBC) A man has admitted distributing terrorist materials and encouraging support for the Islamic State group. Abdullah Bellil, 29, was arrested at his home in East Street, Southampton, in December. He pleaded guilty at Kingston Crown Court to four counts of sharing […]
(BBC) A man charged with terrorism offences, a bomb hoax and arson attacks on two leisure centres is set to face trial next year. Ilyas Akhtar, 20, of Cress Road, Slough, is charged with one count of preparing terrorist acts and a […]
(AFP) A French court is set to deliver a long-awaited ruling in July on the release of pro-Palestinian Lebanese militant Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, who has been imprisoned for 40 years for the 1982 killings of two foreign diplomats. The Paris appeals court, […]
(Free Beacon) An Iranian murder-for-hire conspiracy targeting President Donald Trump has quietly wound its way through federal court, with a pre-trial discovery conference scheduled for next week. The proceedings, postponed to this point because of a lengthy discovery process, will take place […]
(Fox) Federal authorities at a preliminary hearing Wednesday afternoon testified the accused Boulder, Colorado, Molotov bomber, illegal Egyptian national Mohamed Sabry Soliman, used Israeli flags to target victims and had the Muslim liberation year “1187” written on clothing [and other] items in […]
(Fox) The wife of accused Boulder, Colorado, attacker and illegal Egyptian national Mohamed Sabry Soliman released her first public statement pleading for the American people’s help after a Texas U.S. District Court judge on Wednesday ruled the family will be allowed to […]
(Sky News) A member of Irish-language rap group Kneecap has appeared in court in London after being charged with a terror offence — as hundreds of protesters gathered in support outside. Liam O’Hanna, or Liam Og O hAnnaidh, is accused of displaying […]
(BBC) A man has appeared in court, charged with belonging to the Islamic State (IS) group. Musa Abdrabba, 23, from Worcester, is accused of being a member of the proscribed militant organisation between January 2023 and December 2024, and also professing to […]
(AFP) Nine men went on trial on Monday in France suspected of smuggling people on a small boat that capsized in the English Channel killing eight passengers in 2022. Four people died and four went missing after the boat capsized a few […]
(AFP) A German court on Monday handed a life sentence to a Syrian doctor who tortured opponents of former ruler Bashar al-Assad during the country’s brutal civil war. The higher regional court in Frankfurt found Alaa Mousa, 40, guilty of crimes against […]
(BBC) A Kent man will face trial next year having denied distributing “terrorist” videos. Mohammad Malik, 22, from Gillingham, pleaded not guilty to the charges, which allege dissemination of the publications while intending or being reckless as to their use to encourage […]
(Jerusalem Post) Two French Muslim teenagers who raped a 12-year-old Jewish girl in 2024 have been sentenced to seven years and nine years in prison, respectively. The sentence was handed down on Friday in Nanterre juvenile court, following a three-day trial. These […]
(ITV) A group of men have been convicted of “horrific” sex crimes against two teenage girls — with one even falling pregnant aged 14 — nearly a quarter of a century ago. The seven men treated the two girls, who were just […]
(NY Post) The Trump administration can continue to hold anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil at the Louisiana detention facility where he’s been locked up since March, a federal judge ruled Friday. Judge Michael Farbiarz had issued a preliminary injunction earlier this week barring […]
(RTL) Friday marked the second day of the trial against the IS fighter, who stands accused of terrorism and murder, among other charges. The Portuguese national, who lived in Luxembourg until 2014, was not present at the court in Luxembourg City — […]
(AP) An Afghan man in Oklahoma accused of planning an Election Day attack in the U.S. on behalf of the Islamic State group pleaded guilty Friday to terrorism-related charges in federal court. Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, pleaded guilty to two offenses: conspiring […]
(KFOR) A 20-year-old Blanchard man is facing up to 45 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to plotting a terrorist attack inspired by ISIS and downloading child pornography, while living a double life his family was seemingly unaware of. Federal court […]
(amNY) A Canadian resident accused of plotting a mass shooting of Jewish people in New York City in support of ISIS pleaded not guilty to two federal charges on Thursday. Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, 20, was arraigned June 12 before Judge Paul Gardephe […]
(RTL) A case against four individuals accused of participating in terrorist activity began on Thursday, although with one unusual detail — all four were absent, with three presumed dead. All four defendants are accused of having links to terrorist organisation IS, particularly […]
(amNY) A Canadian resident accused of plotting a mass shooting to “slaughter” Jewish people in New York City in support of ISIS remains in federal custody following a brief court appearance Wednesday, with his arraignment scheduled for Thursday. Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, 20, […]
(RTL) With defendants missing and evidence scattered across war zones, Luxembourg prosecutors will present their terrorism case Thursday against four presumed ISIS affiliates. The Luxembourg City Court will convene a terrorism trial on Thursday against four men accused of supporting ISIS operations […]
(NY Post) The Trump administration is barred from deporting and continuing to detain anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. New Jersey federal Judge Michael Farbiarz issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting federal officials from booting the Columbia University rabble rouser from the country, […]
(Jerusalem Post) The trial of three French Muslim teenagers charged with the antisemitic gang rape of a 12-year-old Jewish girl began in juvenile court in Nanterre. Two boys aged 13 and 14 are charged with gang rape, sexual assault, violence, extortion, death […]
(European Conservative) Another UK group is trying to get Hamas off the terror list — this time accusing the government of “discrimination.” CAGE International — which past reports describe as being run by “extremists peddling lies to British Muslims to turn them […]
(DPA) The former leader of the Islamic State terrorist group in Germany, Abu Walaa, has lost his appeal to avoid deportation. The 41-year-old Iraqi is currently serving a sentence that keep[s] him behind bars until May 2027. Following his release, he is […]
(NY Post) An ex-CIA analyst was sentenced to more than three years in prison Wednesday for leaking top secret documents about Israel’s plans to retaliate against Iran last year. Asif William Rahman, 34, had pleaded guilty in January to two counts of […]
(AFP) Osama Krayem, on trial for the murder of a Jordanian pilot burned alive in Syria by the Islamic State (IS) group, on Wednesday refused to answer questions from the prosecution. The brutal killing took place sometime in late 2014 or early […]
(NY Post) The Department of Justice on Tuesday extradited an ISIS supporter living in Canada who had been caught planning a mass shooting attack on a Jewish center in New York that would have coincided with the first anniversary of the Oct. […]
(GB News) An asylum seeker who burnt the Koran has claimed he has been forced into hiding after police warned him of a terror plot to murder him. Hamit Coskun was woken at 2am on Saturday by officers acting on behalf of […]
(LBC) Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has backed calls for bosses to be able to ban burqas in the workplace. The leader of opposition said individual organisations should be able to dictate what their employees dress in, adding the workers should not […]
(NL Times) The Dutch government has released its confidential report on the security situation in Syria following a court ruling earlier Friday, Dutch public broadcaster NOS reports. The ruling came after a Syrian asylum seeker challenged the rejection of his asylum application […]
(Morocco World News) Spanish police in the Basque Country arrested two young Sahrawis originally from the Tindouf camps on Wednesday in the Álava region. The individuals are facing charges of “collaboration with jihadist organizations” and “glorification of terrorism,” according to converging reports. […]
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