(BBC) A man has denied a charge of expressing support for a proscribed terror organisation. Mohammed Zahir Khan, of Alum Rock, Birmingham, entered his plea — over allegations concerning Hamas — during an appearance at the Old Bailey via video link from […]
(BBC) A Pakistan-born Chicago businessman wanted in India for his role in the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai city has been brought to the country after being extradited from the US. Tahawwur Rana, a Canadian citizen, landed in Delhi on Thursday. India’s […]
(RTÉ) Former member of the Defence Forces Lisa Smith led a “totally anonymous” life while living in Syria and there was no “smoking gun” that she did anything for the so-called Islamic State, her lawyer has told the Court of Appeal. Smith, […]
(NY Post) A billionaire Palestinian-American developer accused by Oct. 7 victims’ families of “aiding and abetting” Hamas has resigned from his position on the dean’s council at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, the Post can reveal, with the school acknowledging the civil […]
(Free Beacon) The Council on American-Islamic Relations is seeking to block Columbia University from turning over records to Congress this week related to the pro-Hamas group Students for Justice in Palestine’s activities on campus, court filings reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon […]
(LBC) A woman from Warwickshire has been sentenced to prison for life with a minimum term of 17 years for terrorism offences after planning to travel to Afghanistan to join Daesh. Farishta Jami, 36, from Stratford-upon-Avon, was sentenced to life in prison […]
(Hill) A Jewish civil rights group is asking the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) how it plans to evaluate migrants’ social media accounts after the agency said it would use antisemitic content as grounds for denying immigration benefits. The department said Wednesday it […]
(Free Beacon) Northwestern University’s Students for Justice in Palestine chapter held an anarchist training session for its members at which it cited propaganda from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terror group urging U.S. students to “build an Intifada” and […]
(Algemeiner) Pro-Hamas activists chanted antisemitic slogans, called for “jihad,” and celebrated “armed struggle” against Israel at a demonstration outside the Israeli embassy in Berlin earlier this week. The calls for violence came amid new revelations that the German capital has failed to […]
(Free Beacon) Al Jazeera has long courted controversy for platforming terrorists across the Middle East, where it is banned from operating in Israel and some Arab countries for promoting extremist ideologies. But the Qatar-funded network’s support for Hamas terrorists isn’t just confined […]
(Politico) U.S. authorities will examine the social media of foreigners seeking to enter the country as the Trump administration seeks to bar people it believes have engaged in antisemitic activity, the Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday. DHS will apply the scrutiny […]
(AFP) A Vienna court on Wednesday convicted an Austrian woman brought back from a Syrian detention camp for having been part of the Islamic State group, but ordered her jail sentence to be suspended in the first such case in the country. […]
(European Conservative) A terrorist attack was foiled earlier this week in northern France, involving a 19-year-old man who claimed to be acting on behalf of Daesh — the Islamic State. No fewer than six attacks have been foiled in recent months. For […]
(AFP) Germany said Monday it was investigating potential foreign influence in a series of recent attacks after a media report alleged that actors in Russia may have played a role in some of them. The spate of attacks blamed on asylum seekers […]
(CNN) As darkness enveloped Stockholm one evening last May, the city set into its nocturnal rhythm and its criminal underworld came alive. In a home in Västerås, a lakeside city 60 miles west of the capital, a mother completed her nighttime routine, […]
(European Conservative) A renowned French university professor finds himself caught up in turmoil for having expressed his opposition to the holding of an Islamic breaking of the fast on the premises of the Lumière University Lyon 2 (Lyon-2). Prevented from teaching and […]
(NY Post) A [Palestinian]-American developer — whose work in the Middle East was featured on “60 Minutes” and who was reportedly advising President Trump’s hostage envoy — was sued Monday by nearly 200 family members of Americans killed in Hamas’ Oct. 7, […]
(AFP) A French court on Monday jailed for life an Algerian supporter of the Islamic State jihadist group after finding him guilty of attempted murder over a bomb attack that wounded 13 people in 2019. Mohamed Medjdoub, 29, remained seated and did […]
(JNS) Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) called for a federal investigation into whether a pro-Palestinian group is supporting Jew-hatred and terror. Gottheimer, who is Jewish, asked the U.S. Department of Justice on Sunday to investigate the Palestinian American Community Center after Wisam Rafeedie, […]
(GB News) A jihadi bride who travelled to Syria to join Isis could be allowed to return to Britain. Immigration judges ruled that the Home Office should not block her from coming back because she needs medical care and has a son. […]
(BBC) An Islamic extremist who arrived in the UK seeking asylum has been jailed for supporting terror group Islamic State. Turkish national Hakan Barac, 28, of Commercial Road, Newport, posted videos on social media sites glorifying terrorists Osama bin Laden and Abu […]
(AFP) Police arrested two men in Paris on Sunday for criminal conspiracy in relation with a terrorist undertaking and possession of explosives, said France’s national anti-terrorist prosecutor’s office (PNAT). French media reported that the main suspect, a 19-year-old living in northern France, […]
(KWTV) The trial for Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi has been delayed until May 12, 2026, due to continuances requested by both parties. The court found that since it is a complex case involving a significant amount of discovery and classified information, the motions […]
(Free Beacon) Murals honoring Hamas and Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terrorists were featured Saturday at a protest that American Muslims for Palestine, a group recently accused of serving as Hamas’s “propaganda arm in New York City,” helped organize. Several […]
(Media Line) Spanish police arrested three individuals in Barcelona on April 1 for allegedly manufacturing exploding drones on behalf of Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based group designated as a terrorist organization by both the United States and the European Union. The arrests took place […]
(National Post) After Hamas invaded Israel on October 7, protests around the world celebrated the terrorist attack that killed more than 1,000 people. Witnessing a rise in hateful rhetoric sparked something in Wendy Sachs, an American documentarian and journalist. Within a few […]
(Free Beacon) A Columbia University “environmental justice” lecturer endorsed Palestinian “resistance in ALL its forms” shortly after the Oct. 7 terror attack and called for an end to Zionism, a Washington Free Beacon review of her social media posts found. She also […]
(National Post) The Liberals have revoked the candidacy of Edmonton-area candidate Rod Loyola after National Post asked about a video in which he praised the terrorist groups Hamas and Hezbollah at a 2009 anti-NATO protest. National Post had sent the video to the […]
(Toronto Sun) While anti-Israel marchers in Ottawa wearing Hamas-inspired costumes prompted concern from the city’s mayor’s office, Ottawa police maintain the activists did nothing wrong. Footage of a March 29 anti-Israel protest in downtown Ottawa depicted marchers dressed in black, wearing black […]
(GB News) A terrorist linked to the 7/7 London bombings is set to be released from detention despite being deemed a “risk to national security.” Haroon Aswat, 50, is expected to return to his family home in Yorkshire in the “relatively near […]
(Sky News) New legislation to make venues protect the public in the event of a terror attack, named in memory of a victim of the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing, has become law in the UK today. Martyn’s Law is named after Martyn […]
(Brussels Times) The court of appeal in Antwerp has postponed the judgement on a foiled assassination attempt on the then mayor of Antwerp, Bart De Wever (N-VA), until 24 April. Five members of a suspected terrorist group are on trial in the […]
(Sky News) Two men have been arrested in west London over alleged links to Hezbollah. One of the individuals, a 39-year-old man, was allegedly involved in preparations for an act of terrorism. He was arrested on 1 April and was also accused […]
(BBC) A teenager has pleaded guilty to sharing Islamic State group (IS) videos and other material online on Telegram and TikTok. Leo Walby, 19, from Swanley, Kent, admitted six charges of dissemination of a terrorist publication between 10 July and 20 August […]
(Jerusalem Post) The Spanish Civil Guard has launched an operation against suspected Hezbollah members in Spain, according to Spanish newspaper El Confidencial on Tuesday, citing sources involved with the investigation. The sources reported that some of the suspects are Lebanese citizens living […]
(VRT) Each year on the feast of Eid al-Fitr that marks the end of Ramadan, the Moroccan King Mohammed VI grants pardons to some of those being held in the country’s prisons. This year Abdelkader Belliraj, a man with dual Moroccan/Belgian nationality, […]
(Algemeiner) US Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) is set to headline a conference that is also hosting a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), an internationally designated terrorist organization, according to documents obtained by the Algemeiner. The Palestinian […]
(Deutsche Welle) The ongoing coalition negotiations between the conservatives of the Christian Democratic Union and Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) and the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) are said to have been riddled with heated arguments — sometimes to the point of doors […]
(CNN) A Cornell University student whose visa was revoked over his participation in pro-Palestinian campus demonstrations has left the United States voluntarily after a judge declined to immediately block the government from taking steps to deport him. Momodou Taal, a doctoral candidate […]
(E-Notícies) The arrest this week of a fugitive jihadist in Spain who killed three people during his disappearance has questioned the functioning of the system. Despite having been convicted twice and having spent two years in prison, Allal El Mourabit had been […]
(NY Post) A Mount Sinai doctor who allegedly denied Hamas atrocities and hailed the terror group as “noble resistance and freedom fighters” has been fired from her teaching gig there, the Post has learned. Dr. Lila Abassi, an assistant professor of medicine […]
(Olive Press) Three Moroccan men — allegedly members of a jihadist group — have been arrested by the Guardia Civil. They are accused of posing a “potential threat to national security.” Spain’s Interior Ministry on Friday reported that they had taken the […]
(BBC) A man accused of sharing a large quantity of terrorist material while allegedly preparing to travel to “carry out violent jihad” has appeared in court. Cameron Gloria De-[Almeida], 21, is charged with six counts of transmitting the contents of a terrorist […]
(Yale Daily News) Three weeks after being placed on administrative leave, Yale Law School is terminating associate research scholar Helyeh Doutaghi’s contract, citing her “refusal to cooperate.” Doutaghi was put on “immediate administrative leave” on March 4, following allegations that she is […]
(Press Release) Officers from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command have ensured that a registered terrorist offender who glorified the murder of Lee Rigby has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison after he breached his notification requirements. Royal Barnes, 34 (28.08.90), was […]
(BBC) A teenager accused of planning a gun attack has declined to attend his first appearance at the Old Bailey in London. Muhammad Billal, from Nelson in Lancashire, was arrested on 11 February and charged with two counts of the preparation of […]
(Free Beacon) Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), the pro-Hamas campus group, is sponsoring a mass protest in New York City to honor Iran’s International Quds Day — the sort of demonstration that Hamas itself encouraged its international supporters to organize in […]
(NY Post) A Senate Republican launched an investigation Thursday into American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) over its “alleged ties to Hamas” and its funding of anti-Israel protest groups on US college campuses — including at Columbia University. Senate Health, Education, Labor and […]
(Axios) The Trump administration is discussing plans to try to block certain colleges from having any foreign students if it decides too many are “pro-Hamas,” senior Justice and State Department officials tell Axios. Why it matters: The effort — which could include […]
(Yabiladi) A German court has sentenced German-Egyptian national Tariq S.S. to eight years in prison after finding him guilty of planning terrorist attacks in Germany, including a vehicle-ramming attack. His arrest on October 24, 2023, in Essen was made possible by precise […]
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