Barclays Center and the NYPD ramped up their security measures for an exhibition game between the Israeli national basketball team, Maccabi Ra’anana, and the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday night less than one week after Hamas launched a massive attack on Israel. The NYPD Counter-Terrorism unit was present for the game...
Monthly Archives: October 2023
Israel has ordered the evacuation of 1.1m people from northern Gaza in just 24 hours as Rishi Sunak urges PM Benjamin Netanyahu to protect civilians. The order, which was delivered to the UN, comes as Israel presses an offensive against Hamas. UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric called the order “impossible” without...
A man who was encouraged by an artificial intelligence chatbot “girlfriend” in his plan to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II has been sentenced to nine years in custody, but will remain in hospital until he is deemed fit enough to go to prison. Jaswant Singh Chail, 21, scaled the perimeter of...
A 19-year-old man has appeared in court charged with terrorism and firearm offences. Alfie Douglas Coleman, of Great Notley, Essex, was charged on Wednesday as part of an investigation relating to “extreme right-wing terrorism”, Scotland Yard said. He is charged with single counts of preparation of terrorism, possession of a...
Two brothers accused of lighting summer bushfires north of Melbourne were allegedly motivated by terrorist ideology, with one filming himself pledging allegiance to Islamic State and vowing to burn Australian families alive. Epping brothers Ari Sherani, 22, and Aran Sherani, 21, are facing trial in the Supreme Court of Victoria...
The bodies of around 1,500 Hamas terrorists have been found in Israel, according to Israeli officials. No Hamas fighters have crossed into Israel since Monday night, although infiltrations could still be possible, spokesperson Richard Hecht added. He said that Israeli security forces had “more or less restored control over the...
At least 70 people have been killed in Israel after Palestinian militant group Hamas launched its biggest attack in years. Militants crossed into Israel from Gaza under the cover of heavy rocket fire – and have since taken dozens of Israelis captive. Some hostages – both soldiers and civilians –...
An eco-terrorist who was radicalised on online forums and then planted a potentially explosive device in one of Edinburgh’s tourist hotspots has been jailed for more than eight years. Nikolaos Karvounakis was handed an eight-year and four-month prison term at the High Court in Edinburgh on Wednesday after planting the...
People from every family in Ukraine’s north-eastern village of Hroza have been affected by a missile attack that killed 51 people on Thursday, Ukraine’s interior minister has said. An eight-year-old boy was among the victims when a cafe was hit during a wake in the Kharkiv region. “From every household...
In the wake of recent terror attacks, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Israel’s top military brass to discuss strengthening security, the Prime Minister’s Office announced on Thursday evening. The meeting came after a series of violent incidents in the West Bank. Netanyahu’s discussion included the IDF Chief of Staff, the head of...
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