(Swiss Info) The terrorist threat in Switzerland has increased since the beginning of the year, warned Christian Dussey, director of the Swiss Federal Intelligence Service (FIS). He points to a campaign launched by the Islamic State calling for attacks in Europe. The […]
(NL Times) Two 21-year-old men from Utrecht and Vleuten were arrested in May of this year on suspicion of joining a terrorist organization, the Public Prosecution Service (OM) reported. They attempted to travel to ISIS-controlled areas. The man from Vleuten is also […]
(AP) Two men accused of planning an attack in Sweden for an affiliate of the Islamic State group in response to the burning of copies of the Quran have been charged in Germany, where they were arrested earlier this year, prosecutors said […]
(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 […]
(KVVU) A teen is accused of attempting to run a “lone wolf” ISIS terror operation in Las Vegas, including trying to make explosive devices and possibly targeting a high school, according to court documents. A grand jury indicted Joshua Robles on eight […]
(Swiss Info) The trial of two parents accused of financially supporting their son who left Switzerland to fight for Islamic State (IS) in Syria in 2015 opened at the Federal Criminal Court on Monday. The court has decided to move forward with […]
(Ynet) Serbian police shot and killed Sanad Ramović, a key figure connected to a crossbow attack outside the Israeli Embassy in Belgrade, during an operation on Saturday night. Ramović, who was associated with the June 29 attack, was located in a village […]
(AFP) A teenager appeared in court on Saturday for allegedly stabbing an army chaplain outside a barracks in western Ireland in an attack that police believe was inspired by a “radical Islamist mindset.” Police told the court that devices belonging to the […]
(CBC) A 26-year-old Toronto man accused of plotting a deadly ISIS-inspired rampage previously lived in Egypt and once studied at a U.S. university, CBC News has learned. Mostafa Eldidi and his father, Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi, were arrested last month and charged […]
(CNN) “Is Botox a sin?” A bearded man wearing a traditional white Muslim cap reads the question from a sheet of paper, then looks up to address his TikTok audience. “Yes, it is a sin,” he smirks. “You must accept that you […]
(NL Times) A Dutch woman suspected of traveling to Syria to join a terrorist organization is “deeply affected” by the “bitter” accusation that she deployed her underage son in the ISIS armed struggle. Ayada K. said this on Thursday during the first […]
(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, […]
(CBC) The federal government is looking into whether the citizenship of a man accused of planning a terror attack in Toronto should be revoked, Immigration Minister Marc Miller said Wednesday. “I’m as disgusted as any Canadian. But I have a responsibility to get to the […]
(Global News) The investigation that resulted in the arrests of two Toronto men accused of plotting an attack for ISIS began with a tip from France, sources have told Global News. French authorities allegedly became aware of at least one of the […]
(CBC) MPs of all stripes have agreed to investigate how a father and son accused of planning a terror attack in Toronto were allowed into Canada despite claims that the father had taken part in a violent terrorist assault overseas. The House of […]
(Reuters) Chancellor Karl Nehammer said on Tuesday he would introduce steps to bolster Austria’s counter-terrorism capacity after authorities last week foiled a suspected ISIS-inspired plot against a concert due to be held by Taylor Swift in Vienna. In a post on X, […]
(AP) A lawyer for the main suspect in an alleged plot to attack now-canceled Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna said Tuesday that authorities’ presentation of the case is exaggerated, and his client wouldn’t have been able to carry out plans that the […]
(Deutsche Welle) German security officials on Monday said the threat of Islamist terrorism in the country remains high, with several groups seeking to radicalize recruits amid turmoil in the Middle East. Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said German intelligence services were in “very […]
(Reuters) Austria’s chancellor said on Sunday his country’s intelligence agencies should have greater power to monitor communications on messaging apps to stop extremists after a planned suicide attack at a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna was thwarted this week. Swift’s three planned […]
(DPA) The main suspect in the planned attacks on Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna is denying involvement in the plot, the Austrian news agency APA reported on Sunday. The 19-year-old suspect said through his lawyer that he is not a supporter of […]
(NL Times) A female outbound traveler who was brought back from Syria with the help of the United States last May will appear in court for the first time on Thursday. The Public Prosecution Service is prosecuting 47-year-old Ayada K. for a […]
(DPA) Germany remains a major target for various terrorist organizations, the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) said. Sven Kurenbach, the head of BKA’s department focused on Islamist-motivated terrorism and extremism, told the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung that extremist organization Islamic State has […]
(Reuters) The teenager who Austrian authorities say planned to unleash a “bloodbath” at a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna this week only recently showed hints of being radicalized on the internet into committing acts of violence, according to people who knew him. […]
(Brussels Times) One of the three Chechen suspects detained in late July as part of an investigation into terror has been conditionally released on Friday, confirmed his lawyer Boris Reynaerts. On 25 July, 14 searches were carried out by the Antwerp Federal […]
(DPA) The Austrian authorities have detained a third person, an 18-year-old man from Iraq, Interior Minister Gerhard Karner said on Friday following the cancellation of Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna due to a terrorist plot. The suspect had sworn allegiance to the […]
(Global News) An Edmonton gas station employee convicted in the U.K. of a terrorism offence came to the attention of the RCMP after returning to Canada from Lebanon in 2017, records obtained by Global News reveal. The unsealed court documents show that […]
(DPA) A 19-year-old man who had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State militant group has confessed to plotting an attack on the Vienna leg of Taylor Swift’s Eras tour, Austrian security authorities said on Thursday. He had wanted to use home-made bombs […]
(CBC) The federal government says it’s reviewing its security screening process as questions multiply about how a father and son accused of planning an attack in Toronto were allowed to immigrate to Canada. Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi, 62, and his son Mostafa […]
(DPA) Taylor Swift’s three performances in Vienna have been cancelled, organizers said late on Wednesday, after two suspects were arrested for allegedly plotting terrorist attacks. The decision to scrap the US pop icon’s shows this coming Thursday, Friday and Saturday was announced […]
(BBC) Shamima Begum will not be allowed to challenge the removal of her British citizenship at the Supreme Court, judges have ruled. The 24-year-old hoped to overturn the government’s decision to revoke her citizenship on national security grounds after she travelled to […]
(CBC) Conservative MPs are calling on the House public safety committee to investigate the case of a father and son in Toronto charged with multiple terrorism-related offences. Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi, 62, and his son Mostafa Eldidi, 26, were arrested last month […]
(ABC-Australia) Australia’s official terror alert level has been raised to “probable” amid heightened community tensions over the war in Gaza. Security authorities believe the chances of a violent extremist act are now more likely than when authorities lowered the alert level to […]
(Daily Caller) At least 99 individuals on the U.S. terrorist watchlist were released into the country during the Biden-Harris administration after they crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, according to a new congressional report. Border Patrol agents encountered more than 250 illegal migrants […]
(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 […]
(BBC) A teenager shared terrorist videos featuring armed fighters and executions on an encrypted chat group, a court has heard. Faseh Sajid, now 21, was 18 when he began sharing videos glorifying the so-called Islamic State (IS) terrorist group on Telegram, the […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(CBC) A Toronto father and son — who were charged this week with multiple terrorism-related offences — denied in court Thursday the son’s involvement in an alleged plot to carry out what the RCMP has called a violent attack against the city. Ahmed Fouad Mostafa […]
(Global News) The arrest of a father and son accused of planning a mass casualty attack in Toronto on behalf of ISIS suggests the enduring appeal of the terrorist group. Five years after it was defeated in Syria, where it committed scores […]
(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, […]
(CBC) A Toronto father and son arrested while allegedly in the “advanced stages” of planning a violent attack have been charged with multiple terrorism-related offences, the RCMP say. Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi, 62, and Mostafa Eldidi, 26, face a total of nine charges. […]
(BBC) The threat from international and domestic terror presents a “breadth of challenge greater than it has ever been,” according to senior US and UK police officers who oversaw the successful prosecution of Anjem Choudary. The Islamist preacher from east London is […]
(Global News) A Canadian national was sentenced to five years in prison by a British court on Tuesday for participating in a terrorist organization that has been linked to deadly attacks in the U.K. Khaled Hussein, a Canadian citizen and resident of […]
(Sky News) Anjem Choudary has been jailed for life with a minimum of 28 years for directing a terrorist propaganda operation aimed at encouraging attacks and spreading messages of “hate and division.” Choudary, 57, from Ilford, East London, helped found al-Muhajiroun (ALM) […]
(DPA) The trial of seven suspected members of the Islamic State terrorist group started in Germany on Tuesday. German prosecutors accuse the men, who are between the ages of 21 and 47, of establishing a terror cell in the country. “They were […]
(NY Post) Border agents detained three Palestinian migrants who illegally crossed the southern border after they were found to have possible ties to terrorist organizations earlier this month, according to sources. One of the migrants had “salacious photos” on their phone — […]
(Xinhua) Austrian authorities have dismantled a terrorist network involved in raising funds for the Islamic State (IS) organization and arrested nine suspects, the country’s interior ministry said on Saturday. Austrian security forces conducted house searches in five federal states on Thursday, seizing […]
(Free Beacon) Vice President Kamala Harris said the public should no longer use the terms “radical Islamic terrorism” and “illegal alien” during a speech she gave at a Los Angeles mosque in July 2016. “We must have the courage to object when […]
(Reuters) Three suspected members of Islamic State’s Afghan branch ISIS-Khorasan detained in raids in Belgium were charged on Friday with planning a terrorist attack, the state prosecutor’s office said. Four other people detained during house searches across the country on Thursday were […]
(CNN) Nearly two-thirds of ISIS-linked arrests in Europe in the last nine months have been of teenagers, according to a landmark academic study, as concern grows among European security officials ahead of the Paris Olympics of the growing potency and reach in […]
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