Just as crowds had gathered to mourn some of those killed in Tuesday’s wave of pager-bomb attacks, an explosion sparked chaos in Dahiyeh, Hezbollah’s stronghold in southern Beirut. A video captured the blast, showing a man lying on the ground and panicked people, some screaming, running away. All this, moments before...

A man who used a fake name to send “vile” racist messages on a messaging app with thousands of members to provoke violence has been jailed for two years and four months. The court heard Ehsan Hussain, himself Pakistani, used the name Chris Nolan on a Telegram chat with nearly...

Walkie talkies used by Hezbollah fighters have detonated across Lebanon, wounding dozens of people including mourners at a funeral, witnesses and security sources have reported. It comes a day after thousands of exploding pagers used by the group left almost 3,000 people injured and a dozen dead, including civilians and...

The FBI and the US Postal Department are investigating suspicious packages received by election officials in 17 states. Federal investigators said they were collecting the packages and that some contained “an unknown substance”, though there were no reports of injuries. They were sent to secretaries of state and state election...

Police remain at the scene of a security alert at Henry Jones playing fields in east Belfast after a suspicious object was found. The site is used by the East Belfast Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club as well as other sports. There have been several security alerts at the Belfast City...

It is hard to think of an attack more calculated to sow fear and confusion. Hezbollah relies heavily on pagers for the group’s communications. Mobile phones have long since been abandoned as simply too vulnerable – as Israel’s assassination of a Hamas bombmaker demonstrated as long ago as 1996. But...

Authorities in Florida say they have arrested a man after an apparent assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump. The Republican candidate had been playing a round of golf at Trump International Golf Course at West Palm Beach on Sunday when gunshots were heard. The suspect, later identified as Ryan Wesley Routh, was...

Pakistan and Indonesia have successfully concluded their joint counter-terrorism exercise, “Elang Strike 2”, held at the National Counter Terrorism Centre in Pabi. The one-week exercise, which began on 8 September 2024, focused on the exchange of experiences and training methodologies between the two countries. This marks the second counter-terrorism drill...

An investigation by counter-terrorism officers has led to the conviction of a man who was encouraging others to carry out violent attacks in response to the government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. Patrick Ruane, 55, of west London, was found guilty at the Old Bailey on Friday of two counts...

A neo-Nazi who amassed a huge weapons stash at his home in Falkirk has been found guilty of a number of crimes, including planning to commit an act of terrorism. Alan Edward, 54, was arrested in September 22 when police surrounded his house and broke down his front door. Officers...