(Cyprus Mail) Six Syrians suspected of financing terrorism have allegedly orchestrated the transfer of hundreds of thousands of euros, it emerged on Friday. Investigation into the matter by the republic’s authorities is ongoing, following the release and re-detention of a number of […]
(AP) A Kenyan man was convicted Monday of plotting a 9/11-style attack on a U.S. building on behalf of the terrorist organization al-Shabab. A federal jury in Manhattan found Cholo Abdi Abdullah guilty on all six counts he faced for conspiring to […]
(Swiss Info) A Kurdish supporter of the Islamist terrorist network al-Qaeda can stay in Switzerland, the Federal Administrative Court has ruled. It has withdrawn the annulment of the man’s provisional admission. The man, who is originally from Iraq, came to Switzerland in […]
(Patch) Several New Jersey residents have been linked to a “persistent terror threat” to America from foreign jihadist networks and home-grown violent extremists, according to a new U.S. House report. The House Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence released a “Terror […]
(NBC) The Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan has ramped up its recruitment efforts in the past year, American officials and analysts say, rolling out a sophisticated propaganda campaign designed to persuade disaffected Muslims to carry out terrorist plots in the U.S. and […]
(Jerusalem Post) A conference funded by Al Jazeera and led by Hamas officials in Europe was canceled by its Brussels host venue’s website following a recent US Treasury designation. The European Palestinian Council for Political Relations (EUPAC), a Belgium-registered lobbying organization, organized […]
(CNN) ISIS and al Qaeda present a “resurgent” threat to the United Kingdom, the head of the country’s domestic security service warned in a rare public intervention on Tuesday, as he outlined a changing landscape of terrorism that is increasingly relying on […]
(Euronews) France’s interior minister announced Omar bin Laden had been deported from a Normandy village he was living in after he was accused of glorifying terrorism on social media. In a post shared on X early Tuesday morning, French Interior Minister Bruno […]
(Global News) An extremist attack targeting Canada’s Jewish community is a “realistic possibility,” according to intelligence documents obtained by Global News that warn of “escalating antisemitic activity.” Released almost a year after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack that triggered an Israeli military […]
(AFP) A French jihadist close to the brothers behind the 2015 massacre at satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo was on Thursday sentenced to life imprisonment. Peter Cherif, 42, had been on trial in Paris since mid-September for “belonging to a criminal terrorist association” […]
(Breitbart) A memorial service for Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Michigan featured praise for prominent terror figures as well as denunciations of the United States’ “terrorism.” On Saturday, a memorial service for slain Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah took place at the Hadi […]
(AFP) A French jihadist linked to the perpetrators of the 2015 massacre at satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo made a surprise admission Tuesday that he was involved in the 2011 kidnapping of three French aid workers in Yemen. Peter Cherif, 42, also known […]
(LBC) Terror suspects “waltz in on small boats,” Tory leadership candidate Robert Jenrick has claimed. Dozens of terror suspects have crossed the Channel in small boats, according to the former immigration minister Robert Jenrick. The Tory leadership candidate said individuals associated with […]
(Washington Examiner) President Joe Biden’s White House National Security Council recently hosted the leader of a group with a track record of collaborating in Gaza with Hamas officials, the Washington Examiner confirmed. The NSC held a meeting in Washington, D.C., on Sept. […]
(Algemeiner) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has submitted a complaint against the Los Angeles City Council over a proposal to ban anti-Israel protesters from demonstrating in front of synagogues. CAIR, which has been dogged for years by allegations of association with […]
(AFP) A French jihadist, who was close to the brothers behind the 2015 massacre at the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, went on trial in Paris on Monday. Peter Cherif, also known as Abou Hamza, was arrested in Djibouti in 2018 after years […]
(AP) Austrian security forces carried out raids against 72 alleged Islamic extremists this week ahead of the [23rd] anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in the United States, citing the potential for copycat violence on the date of the plane hijackings that killed […]
(NY Post) The son of a 9/11 victim claimed he’s been “banned” from reading the names of the fallen at the annual Ground Zero memorial service — ever since publicly blasting Rep. Ilhan Omar in 2019 over her thoughtless “some people did […]
(Deutsche Welle) The Austrian teenager who was shot dead last week after firing a vintage rifle at German police in Munich is thought to have been influenced by Islamist extremism. But 18-year-old Emrah I., from a small town in the Salzburg region, hardly attended […]
(VOA) Leading terror groups like al-Qaida and Islamic State, once pushed to the brink after years of military pressure from the United States and its allies, have found ways to recover and once again represent a serious and lethal threat, according to […]
(National Post) In encrypted messages, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan warned his co-conspirators “to keep no beard and take the appearance of the kuffar” (unbelievers), lest they attract the attention of the authorities in the lead-up to an alleged plot to cross from Canada […]
(DPA) The 18-year-old Austrian gunman accused of attempting a terrorist attack on the Israeli consulate in Munich is believed to have had links to an Islamist group active in Syria, sources told dpa on Friday, as further details of the deadly incident […]
(Fox) The deputy director of the CIA confirmed that the intended terrorist plot at Taylor Swift’s shows in Vienna earlier this month intended on killing “a huge number” of people — including Americans. David S. Cohen revealed at the Intelligence and National […]
(KLAS) Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill intervened in the possible release of a teenager suspected of plotting a terror attack following a judge’s ruling, the 8 News Now Investigators have learned. Joshua Robles was 16 when Las Vegas Metro police arrested him […]
(KLAS) A teenager accused of planning a terror attack in Las Vegas was allegedly building bombs in his room and may have been preparing to target a school, according to documents the 8 News Now Investigators obtained. Joshua Robles was 16 when […]
(Washington Examiner) Under Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), the state of Minnesota awarded over $2 million to an Islamic group that fundraises for a charity linked to an al Qaeda affiliate, according to funding records reviewed by the Washington Examiner. The Islamic Association […]
(BBC) A man has been found guilty of sharing videos glorifying terrorism on an encrypted chat group. Faseh Sajid, of Green Croft, Bristol, was 18 when he began posting videos on Telegram featuring armed executions and Islamic State fighters. Now aged 21, […]
(AP) They are Nabil, Amine, François and more. But they will not be seen around the Paris Olympics, because France’s government barred them from getting anywhere close. French authorities are making unprecedentedly broad use of discretionary powers under an anti-terror law to […]
(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 […]
(ABC) Three of the five 9/11 defendants at Guantanamo Bay — including alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed — have reached a plea agreement with prosecutors, the Department of Defense announced Wednesday. Gary B. Sowards, the lead attorney [for] Mohammed, confirmed to ABC […]
(GB News) A convicted terrorist has been jailed for 10 years after sharing Isis propaganda on his Instagram story. Shafi Saleem, 35, has previous terror convictions and was arrested in February 2023 at Heathrow Airport returning from Pakistan. Saleem, from east London, […]
(NY Post) A Muslim family came under fire this week for brazenly hoisting a Taliban flag outside their Brooklyn home — only to remove the terror symbol after being called out by a local pol and grilled about it by the Post. […]
(Sky News) Anjem Choudary, the notorious Islamist preacher, is facing life in jail after he was found guilty of directing a terrorist organisation following an unprecedented joint investigation by MI5, Scotland Yard, the New York Police Department, and Canadian police. Choudary, 57, […]
(GB News) A suspected Isis terror plot at the Euro 2024 final was scuppered thanks to a series of police raids in Germany mere hours before kick-off, it has emerged. Authorities descended on a set of addresses just outside Berlin after fears […]
(AP) A judge has overturned a conviction carrying a life sentence for an Islamic scholar from Virginia who was found guilty of soliciting treason after the Sept. 11 attacks for encouraging followers to fight against the U.S. in Afghanistan. The ruling issued […]
(Louisville Courier Journal) Two former Western Kentucky University students became ISIS terrorist recruits and trained in Syria while attending the Bowling Green school, according to court records. One of the then-students issued a warning in an email to WKU in June 2015 […]
(Algemeiner) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has called on US Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines to “clarify” her warning from earlier this week that “actors tied to Iran’s government” have encouraged and provided financial support to anti-Israel protests that have […]
(BBC) A man accused of trying to detonate a pressure-cooker bomb outside a hospital did so because he was angry at colleagues rather than because of Islamist ideology, jurors have been told. [Mohammad] Farooq, 28, is accused of targeting St James’s Hospital […]
(Fox) A New Jersey school district apologized for offending a Muslim activist group this week after a middle school teacher featured a class quiz question naming the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, as a terror group. The Wayne Township […]
(Free Beacon) The Washington Post is in turmoil — old editor out, new editor in, and a new publisher under siege from a hostile and beleaguered staff. One of the criticisms the paper has weathered as it has bled money and subscribers […]
(BBC) A man who was stopped by a member of the public from detonating a bomb outside a hospital has been described in court as a “self-radicalised lone wolf terrorist.” Mohammad Farooq, 28, planned to “kill as many nurses as possible” at […]
(CNN) The recent arrest of eight Tajik nationals believed to have connections to ISIS has heightened concerns among national security officials that a dangerous affiliate of the now-splintered terror group could potentially carry out an attack on US soil, according to multiple US officials […]
(NL Times) Two major international operations to break up the propaganda and communications channels of terrorist organizations were carried out this week, leading authorities in 13 countries to take action against servers, web hosting services and websites, Europol announced on Friday. The […]
(Bowling Green Daily News) A Bowling Green man on trial for crimes related to his participation in the terror group ISIS was found guilty Tuesday of multiple criminal counts. A jury convicted Mirsad Ramic, 34, of providing material support and resources to […]
(National-UAE) ISIS extremists have published “detailed” manuals for adapting drones to attack the Paris Olympics, a counter-terrorism expert has told the National. Matt Mooney believes there is a “moderately high” probability that there will be a drone attack using a home-made bomb […]
(Fox) FBI Director Christopher Wray told a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Tuesday that there is an increasing concern of a potential coordinated attack in the U.S., similar to the Islamic State in Khorasan Province (ISIS-K) attack in March at a concert hall in […]
(VOA) There are new warnings about potential attacks aimed at disrupting the upcoming Summer Olympic Games in Paris, including the potential for more terror plots like the one disrupted last week by French officials. A report released Tuesday by the cybersecurity firm […]
(Swiss Info) The Swiss Federal Criminal Court today sentenced two sisters living in the canton of Vaud to suspended prison terms for having travelled, along with a minor son belonging to one of them, to Syria in 2015 to join the Islamic […]
(Press Release) A man who sent money to his nephew in Syria knowing it was to fund his terrorist activity has been convicted of terrorism offences, following an investigation by specialist officers from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command. Through their investigation, detectives […]
(ABC) Foreign terrorist organizations may seek to exploit “LGBTQIA+-related events and venues,” including events during 2024 Pride month — celebrated in June, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security warned in a recent public service announcement. “Organizations like ISIS may seek to […]
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