An 18-year-old man has been charged with preparing terrorist acts as part of an ongoing investigation by counter terrorism police. Muhammad Billal, was arrested in Nelson, Lancashire, on Tuesday, Greater Manchester Police said. He was charged with two counts of preparation to commit terrorist acts and four counts...
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A Swedish woman has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for committing genocide and war crimes against the Yazidi people after she joined jihadist group Islamic State (IS) in Syria. Lina Ishaq, 52, was found guilty of holding three Yazidi women and six Yazidi children as slaves in...
An American Airlines flight was delayed by more than four hours when a passenger arrived at Austin Airport with their Wi-Fi hotspot saved as ‘I have a bomb’. Police boarded flight 2863, bound for Charlotte, on Friday afternoon and asked the passenger to identify themselves, assessing it could be a ‘prank’....
Minh Quang Pham, also known as “Amim”, 41, was sentenced today to 44 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release for attempted suicide bombing in alliance with al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), a designated foreign terrorist organization. “The defendant was sentenced for an attempt to commit...
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