Counter-terror police are set to collect data from food delivery services, taxis and car-sharing platforms as part of a new £900,000 programme to combat terrorism, illegal immigration and organised crime. The initiative, led by London police chiefs, aims to develop a “communication exploitation data tool” to process various types...
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A stabbing in Austria that killed a 14-year-old boy and wounded five others was an Islamist attack, Austrian officials have said. The attack took place on Saturday at Villach, a town near the border with Italy and Slovenia, and three of those who were injured remain in intensive care,...
At least 28 people have been left injured in Munich following a suspected attack which saw a man plough a Mini Cooper thorough a crowd of 1,000 strikers. The driver, a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker, according to police, is believed to have accelerated into demonstrators linked with the Verdi...
Two men will appear in court on Thursday charged with collecting information likely to be of use to terrorists. The Police Service of Northern Ireland said the men, aged 43 and 49, were charged after investigations by the Terrorism Investigation Unit into the activities of the New IRA. They...
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...
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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