(BBC) A PhD student was designing and building a drone capable of delivering a bomb for terror group Islamic State (IS), a court has heard. Mohamad Al-Bared was a supporter of the group and the device was found in a bedroom at […]
(Hill) Vivek Ramaswamy is seeking to clean up comments he made that appeared to cast doubt about the origins of the 9/11 attacks as part of an interview released just before the first GOP presidential debate. Ramaswamy, the 38-year-old upstart GOP presidential candidate […]
(NY Post) More than 2,000 family members of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks urged President Biden Monday to oppose any plea agreement with five alleged Al Qaeda bigs behind the atrocity, including purported mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM). Last […]
(NZ Herald) A man who sent several gruesome videos allegedly made by Isis which depicted murders, beheadings and people being mutilated to his friends has failed in his bid to have them made legal. The man, whose name is suppressed, sent the […]
(CBC) Lawyers for the families of four Canadian men detained in northeastern Syria are asking the Supreme Court of Canada to rule on whether the federal government has to repatriate them. The men are among many foreign nationals in Syrian detention camps […]
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(AP) A Maryland man charged in 2019 with planning an Islamic State-inspired attack at a Washington, D.C., area shopping and entertainment complex pleaded guilty on Monday to engaging in a separate plot to drive a stolen van into a crowd of people […]
(Stuff) Seven survivors of the 2021 LynnMall terror attack have shared their stories, and explained how they feel unsupported by the government. Ahamed Aathill Mohamed Samsudeen seriously injured four women and a man on September 3, 2021, while being tailed by members […]
(WLS) A convicted terrorist from Chicago has won a temporary court fight. A judge ruled Tahawwur Rana may stay in the U.S. during appeal of his extradition to India where he would face certain conviction and the death penalty for his role […]
(CTV) Kimberly Polman and her family left the Chilliwack, B.C., courtroom Friday eager to turn the page on a dark chapter. In a statement, the family told CTV News Polman “has survived through physical and mental trauma over years of war and […]
(Reuters) Britain on Friday asked its citizens to be vigilant when travelling to Denmark due to possible attacks, following Koran burnings by anti-Islam activists in Denmark and Sweden that have outraged Muslims. Britain and the U.S. government have previously warned of possible […]
(CTV) Kimberly Polman is the focus of a peace bond hearing applied under a rarely used section of the criminal code involving measures to prevent possible terrorist activity. In 2015, Polman claims she was lured to Syria by her husband, an ISIS […]
(Reuters) Sweden raised its terrorist alert to the second highest level on Thursday, saying it had thwarted attacks after Koran burnings and other acts against Islam’s holiest text outraged Muslims and triggered threats from jihadists. Anti-Islam activists have damaged several copies of […]
(AFP) Psychiatric experts in Norway are at odds over the mental health, and associated legal responsibility, of a shooter who killed two people on the sidelines of Oslo’s 2022 Pride festival, police said Thursday. On the night of June 25, 2022, a […]
(AP) The suspected architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and his fellow defendants may never face the death penalty under plea agreements now under consideration to bring an end to their more than decadelong prosecution, the Pentagon and FBI have advised […]
(Times of Malta) Seven Syrian men, in preventive custody since their arraignment in May over suspicious jihadist activity on social media, are claiming a breach of their right to a fair hearing since their continued arrest was not reviewed fortnightly in terms […]
(Daily Beast) A prominent Philadelphia criminal defense attorney has confirmed that the terror suspect arrested by the FBI in an armed raid on his suburban home [Friday] is his 17-year-old son. Qawi Abdul-Rahman, 50, told the Daily Beast that he was “shocked […]
(Western Journal) Two years after President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan humiliated his country on the world stage, the episode isn’t looking any better. The terrorist Taliban Islamist cult remains in control in Kabul. The American families who lost loved ones in […]
(Philadelphia Magazine) On Monday, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and the FBI announced that police arrested a 17-year-old from West Philadelphia on Friday, charging him with crimes stemming from a terrorism investigation. I had been aware of the arrest since right after […]
(AP) A senior Swedish official said Monday Swedes abroad and businesses linked to Sweden “should observe increased vigilance and caution,” following recent Quran burnings in the country and protests in the Muslim world. Henrik Landerholm, Sweden’s national security adviser, said there are […]
(Fox) Heavily armed law enforcement officers swarmed the Philadelphia home of a teenager who was plotting to launch a national terrorist attack, authorities said. The suspect, an unnamed 17-year-old, was in contact with a global terrorist group affiliated with al Qaeda and […]
(Seattle Times) Seattle Muslim leader Farid Sulayman said it was the usual drill for him last month when he flew to California to chaperone a youth basketball tournament. Checking in online proved impossible. At the ticket counter, he got a boarding pass […]
(Reuters) Britain on Sunday warned citizens going to Sweden of possible terrorist attacks following Koran burnings by anti-Islam activists that have outraged Muslims. In updated travel advice, Britain’s foreign ministry said Swedish authorities had successfully disrupted some planned attacks and made arrests. […]
(Canadian Press) The lawyer for a 20-year-old Calgary man facing four terrorism-related charges says he’s awaiting more evidence in the case against his client. Zakarya Rida Hussein was charged in June with two counts of facilitating terrorist activity and two counts of […]
(National Post) Zakaria Amara, once the firebrand leader of an al-Qaida-inspired terrorist group planning mass casualty attacks in Ontario, has been working at a watch shop and engaging in de-radicalization therapy while on day parole. No longer deemed a danger by the […]
(Swiss Info) Authorities in cantons Vaud and Neuchâtel have arrested four individuals suspected of carrying out various support activities for a terrorist group. Four Syrian nationals were arrested on Thursday on suspicion of supporting the Al-Nusra Front terrorism group. Two of the […]
(BBC) An asylum seeker who murdered a man in a row over an e-scooter was flagged as a potential terrorist a year earlier, an inquest has heard. Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai, from Afghanistan, stabbed 21-year-old Tom Roberts in Bournemouth in March 2022. Dorset Coroner’s […]
(Hill) Republican presidential candidates Mike Pence and Vivek Ramaswamy exchanged barbs after the former vice president said he was “deeply offended” by Ramaswamy’s comments that he does not believe the 9/11 Commission. Pence, in an interview with the Union Leader in New […]
(AP) In a scathing ruling last month, a judge said the FBI had used a ”villain” of an informant to manipulate a group of Muslim men into going along with a fictitious plot to destroy military planes and synagogues in New York […]
(Reuters) A 43-year-old man has been arrested in Bosnia on suspicion of having links with Islamic State militants and of planning to attack Muslims from other traditions and one of their mosques, prosecutors said on Monday. The man from the central town […]
(Australian) Australia’s first jihadi bride, Zehra Duman, has had her Australian citizenship formally restored by the High Court — and the taxpayer ordered to pay her legal fees. The former Melbourne schoolgirl became a high-profile online cheerleader for ISIS after moving to […]
(National-UAE) British authorities consider Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to be the greatest threat to national security amid reports the group is increasing activities in the country. Home Secretary Suella Braverman is said to be concerned over reports that the group […]
(CBC) The UN special rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights says Canada is putting the lives of its citizens at risk by not helping to return them from prisons in Syria. “It is inconceivable for any country, including Canada, to leave its vulnerable […]
(Yle) The Finnish Foreign Ministry says it has no plans to try to repatriate the remaining Finnish children from the al-Hol refugee camp in northern Syria. A senior ministry official told Yle on Saturday that the primary reason is that the children’s […]
(BBC) A teenager has been charged with seven terrorism offences. Amir El-Harith,18, from Smethwick, West Midlands, was arrested on Wednesday and charged the next day. Among the accusations are sharing terrorist publications, encouraging terrorism, and having information likely to be useful for […]
(AP) The trial of radical British preacher Anjem Choudary on a charge of leading a terrorist organization will start in May of next year, a judge said Friday. Choudary, 56, is also charged with two other counts under the Terrorism Act: membership […]
(NCA NewsWire) A twice-convicted terrorist, who once plotted a Christmas Day attack in Melbourne’s CBD, has had his bid to walk free from prison early rejected. Ahmed Mohamed, 30, faced the Victorian Court of Appeal on Thursday where a panel of three […]
(GB News) More and more youngsters are being radicalised online, with the head of UK Counter Terrorism Policing warning that their extremism is turning into “real threats of violence on our streets.” Radicalised teenagers have increased five-fold in the past four years, […]
(ITV) A teenager found with “viable bomb-making instructions” has been jailed for nearly four years. Mohammed Afzal, 18, posted extremist material that was deemed to “encourage terrorism,” Liverpool Crown Court heard. He also collected terrorist information, including directions on how to make […]
(Dutch News) An unknown number of Dutch nationals may have ended up on a US list of terrorism suspects even though they are not under suspicion of extremism in the Netherlands, according to research by investigative website Follow the Money. The problem […]
(Politico) Vivek Ramaswamy cast doubt on the veracity of the government’s explanation of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, saying he didn’t believe the findings of the 9/11 Commission. In an interview Tuesday night on the conservative Blaze TV, host Alex Stein […]
(Sydney Morning Herald) Muslim groups, religious leaders and experts have voiced alarm at the federal government’s push to ban a flag associated with Islamic State, saying it risks criminalising legitimate displays of Islamic imagery and infringing Muslims’ right to practise their religion. […]
(Courthouse News) A Colorado man pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges that he had planned to join the Islamic State group. Authorities arrested Davin Daniel Meyer on July 14 at Denver International Airport where he was booked on a plane traveling […]
(Brussels Times) The greatest threat of terrorism continues to come from individuals inspired by Islamist extremism, often referred to as jihadism ideology. However, violence from right-wing extremists can also not be ruled out. Last year, there were 215 threat reports related to […]
(Global News) A Toronto man has been arrested and charged with terrorism offences for allegedly helping to recruit and fundraise for the Islamic State, the RCMP said Friday. The charges against Khalilullah Yousuf come months after he was charged with similar offences […]
(Canadian Press) A 20-year-old Calgary man has been denied bail on four terrorism-related charges that allegedly stemmed from a TikTok video. Zakarya Rida Hussein was charged in June with two counts of facilitating terrorist activity and two counts of participating in or […]
(BBC) A woman has pleaded guilty to disseminating terrorist materials relating to conflict with the United States and the 9/11 attacks. Roma Iqbal, 23, admitted distributing two publications on 10 December 2021. Prosecutors accepted her plea of not guilty to providing terrorist […]
(NY Post) Congress is poised to pass a new law aimed at making it easier for families of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to extract financial damages from countries accused of sponsoring terrorism — including Saudi Arabia. The bi-partisan legislation […]
(Times Union) A federal judge has ordered the “compassionate release” from federal prison of three people whom she described as “hapless” and “easily manipulated” petty criminals who were convicted 14 years ago in a controversial terrorist plot in which the FBI relied […]
(BBC) A draft law drawn up after campaigning by the mother of a Manchester Arena bombing victim would be ineffective, a report has said. Known as Martyn’s Law, the legislation would mean UK venues and local authorities must draw up preventative plans […]
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