New head of Homeland Security took up the role at the beginning of April. Chloe Squires has been appointed as the new Director General for Homeland Security at the Home Office and Senior Responsible Officer for Counter Terrorism, replacing Tom Hurd who stepped down last month. Chloe Squires, who took up the role on 1 April, has been with the Home Office since 2019 and has spent over a decade working across the national security…

Manchester Arena and Parsons Green bombers refuse to attend court The Manchester Arena bomber Hashem Abedi and the Parsons Green bomber Ahmed Hassan have both refused to attend court after being charged with attacking a prison officer. They are accused of assaulting Paul Edwards on 11 May at Belmarsh Prison. He suffered a cut to the head, bruising and hearing problems, Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard. Abedi and Ahmed, who are both being held at Frankland…

Two men on the FBI terror watch list have been arrested after trying to enter the US from Mexico amid the surge in migrants crossing the border. The men, both believed to be Yemenis, were arrested in separate incidents in January and last month, the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency said yesterday. A group Republican politicians who recently visited the border in El Paso, Texas, said at the time that agency officials had reported…

A new report says jihadist groups are behind the exploitation of elephants, rhinos and pangolins Islamic State is using ivory smuggling and illegal trade in wildlife, sugar and diamonds to finance its expansion in Africa, according to a new report. Last week Islamist fighters killed scores of people and displaced hundreds more as they stormed the town of Palma in Mozambique, raising fears that the region will be unable to contain the rapidly expanding insurgency….

James Bradley, a/k/a Abdullah, and His Wife, Arwa Muthana, Were Arrested at a Seaport in New Jersey While Allegedly Attempting to Travel Overseas to Join and Fight for ISIS Audrey Strauss, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John C. Demers, the Assistant Attorney General for National Security, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Dermot Shea, Commissioner of the…

Police say the man was gunned down after he jumped out of his vehicle and lunged at two officers with a knife. A suspect has been shot dead and a police officer has been killed after a car rammed into a barricade near the US Capitol in Washington DC, prompting a lockdown at the complex on high alert since January’s deadly riots. Four senior law enforcement officials have told NBC News the suspect was 25-year-old…

Sohaib Embarek threw his phone out of the window when armed police raided his flat A man described as immature but no fool has been jailed after police found terrorist material in his home. Sohaib Embarek was arrested at his flat in Bristol after an operation involving Avon and Somerset Police and counter-terrorism officers. In January this year he admitted five charges of possessing terrorism material. The judge told Embarek he had spent his time…

No churchgoers were killed, but at least 19 people were injured, the police said. President Joko Widodo called it an act of terrorism. An explosion shook a Roman Catholic cathedral compound in the eastern Indonesian city of Makassar on Sunday morning, shattering the calm of Palm Sunday, a holy day for Christians. No churchgoers were killed, but at least 19 people were being treated for injuries at Makassar hospitals, a regional police spokesman said. The…

According to Toronto Sun news, a woman has died and multiple people were taken to hospital after a mass stabbing took place in the Lynn valley Library in North Vancouver. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said multiple victims were stabbed both inside and outside the North Vancouver Library and a suspect is in custody and RCMP said there is no ongoing threat to the public, reported the Toronto Sun news. Sergent Frank Jang of…

A deradicalisation programme for prisoners and convicted terrorists is riven with disruptive behaviour or deliberate disengagement by those attending, the terror watchdog has warned. Jonathan Hall, QC, said there was no evidence that the desistance and disengagement programme, which was attended by Usman Khan, 28, who carried out an attack at London Bridge after release from prison, was working. Hall, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, said in his annual report: Disruptive behaviour or deliberate…