A day of mourning is being observed in Ukraine after one of the worst waves of Russian missile strikes in months, with at least 41 people killed and 166 injured. The main children’s hospital in the capital Kyiv was among buildings hit in cities across the country on Monday. Two...

Violent clashes erupted on the streets of France as a left-wing coalition won the most seats in the parliamentary elections, beating Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally which came third. The results dashed Ms Le Pen’s hopes of forming the country’s first hard-right government since the war as footage showed masked protesters on the...

Detectives from the Police Service’s Terrorism Investigation Unit have made two arrests and carried out searches in the Enniskillen area earlier today, Wednesday 3rd July. The proactive operation was in relation to the discovery of an improvised explosive device in Co Louth on 9th June. Detective Chief Inspector Hamlin said:...

A trainee nurse has been found guilty of attempting to launch an ISIS-inspired suicide attack using a homemade bomb on the hospital where he worked. Mohammad Sohail Farooq, 28, was arrested outside St James’s Hospital in Leeds with a viable bomb, manufactured from a pressure cooker containing 9.9kg of low explosive, in...

Ten suspected ISIS militants were sentenced to life imprisonment on Monday for a second time in a retrial over their role in twin bombings that killed 101 people in Turkey’s capital in 2015. The 10 Turkish men were originally jailed for life in 2018 for planning the suicide bombings and for murder. Each...

Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary said the “Kevin Keegan effect” meant people still viewed him as a member of a group banned under UK terror laws, a court has heard. Mr Choudary, 57, faces charges including that he “directed” the group Al Muhajiroun (ALM) – which he told the court was...

Justice minister Helen McEntee has welcomed the vote by the Oireachtas to renew legislative provisions designed to combat terrorism and serious organised crime for another year. The Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 made amendments to the Offences against the State Acts 1939-1985, the State’s main counter-terrorist legislation, as...

A man who was found guilty of wearing a headband in support of Hamas at a pro-Palestine rally in central London has been given a conditional discharge. Khaled Hajsaad, 24, wore the green headband which had the basic statement of the Islamic faith “Shahada” written on it in Trafalgar Square...

The US State Department on Wednesday said that no country should face the kind of terrorist attacks Pakistani people have suffered from, adding that Washington has a shared interest with Islamabad in combating threats to regional security. On Saturday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif-led federal government approved a reinvigorated and re-energised national counter-terrorism campaign —...

A man has been jailed for breaching the terms of his Terrorism Notification Order following an investigation by the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command. Muhammad Abid, 33 (16.08.90) of Newham, was sentenced on Wednesday, 26 June at the Old Bailey, for two breaches of a Part 4 Notification Order under the...