Several Ukrainian men have been arrested in Germany and Switzerland after investigators uncovered a plot to launch attacks in Europe. Authorities believe the men were acting on behalf of Russia. Two were arrested over the weekend, while a third was taken into custody on Tuesday, according to German authorities. Germany’s Federal Prosecutor’s...
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Operations at Belgium’s second largest airport have been suspended due to a bomb alert on a Ryanair plane today. Shortly before 11am local time (9am GMT) ‘a bomb threat was triggered’ on board an aircraft that landed at Charleroi Airport, said a spokeswoman for its operator. ‘A security perimeter...
Police have arrested a man over suspected arson attacks on two properties linked to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. The 21-year-old was arrested in the early hours of Tuesday on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life, Metropolitan Police said. He remains in custody. The arrest follows...
Oghenochuko ‘Ochuko’ Ojiri, 53, of west London, pleaded guilty to eight counts of “failing to make a disclosure during the course of business within the regulated sector”, following a police probe into “terrorist financing”. Mr Ojiri faced the first charge of its kind under section 21A of the Terrorism Act of...
The Israeli embassy in London was the alleged target of five Iranian men arrested on suspicion of preparing an act of terrorism, the BBC understands. Police have not yet confirmed that the embassy in Kensington was the suspected target, as first reported by the Times, external, citing operational reasons. But the...
Police in helmets streamed into Columbia University on Wednesday night to remove a group of mask-clad protesters who staged a pro-Palestine demonstration and injured security officers inside the school’s main library. Videos shared on social media showed the long line of NYPD officers entering the library hours after dozens of protesters pushed...
CAIRO (Reuters) -Iran’s foreign ministry rejected accusations brought by Britain following the weekend arrest of seven Iranians in two separate counter-terrorism operations, state media reported on Wednesday. Four of the detained Iranians were suspected of plotting to target specific premises, while the three others were suspected of involvement in foreign...
LONDON — British police said Thursday that counterterrorism detectives will investigate comments by Irish hip-hop group Kneecap, which has been criticized by U.K. politicians over statements about the Middle East and British politics. The Irish-language rappers from Northern Ireland were reported to police over footage from a 2024 concert in...
A rap group handed public funding by the government has been referred to counter-terrorism police over pro-Hamas chants. Videos of controversial Irish Republican rappers Kneecap have been referred to a counter-terror unit to assess whether they break UK terrorism laws. It comes after the group used an Easter...
Abdullah Haji Zada, 18, a native and citizen of Afghanistan and U.S. lawful permanent resident, pleaded guilty today to a criminal information charging him with knowingly receiving, attempting to receive, and conspiring to receive a firearm and ammunition to be used to commit a federal crime of terrorism. According...
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