Police have closed a London park after an Islamist ‘terror cell’ claimed drones carrying ‘radioactive and cancer-causing materials’ had been launched towards the Israeli embassy. The Met Police confirmed there is an ‘increased police presence’ at Kensington Gardens as officers assess ‘a number of discarded items’. Officers wearing protective suits...
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France is preparing for a terror strike targeting London. French diplomats in the capital have carried out a “crisis management” exercise on responding to a major incident in the city. They have sought to strengthen their emergency response plans as tensions run high over Donald Trump’s Iran war....
Four men suspected of carrying out surveillance on the Jewish community have been arrested on suspicion of spying for Iran, the Metropolitan Police has said. The investigation relates to the surveillance of locations and individuals in the London area. Officers arrested one Iranian and three dual British/Iranian nationals,...
A bomb squad was called to a hotel after items were hurled into the building. ACT Policing raced to the Hyatt Hotel Canberra on Commonwealth Avenue at about 9am on Wednesday after reports of a disturbance. Officers believe two people threw rocks and a suspicious item at the building, causing...
Neo-Nazi Jacob Hersant has been sentence to one month behind bars for performing a Nazi salute, making him the first Australian to be jailed for the offence. Hersant fronted County Court on Wednesday afternoon for sentencing following a failed bid to appeal that jail sentence, originally handed down by the Magistrates’ Court...
A man has been charged after he allegedly performed a Nazi salute in front of Jewish schoolchildren at an Australian airport. The 23-year-old is alleged to have directed the offensive gesture towards a group in a terminal at Melbourne Airport on Monday, February 2. Australian Federal Police (AFP) allege the...
Iranian authorities have intensified their crackdown on nationwide unrest, blaming alleged “terrorists” and releasing graphic descriptions of violence to justify severe legal measures against those they label as “rioters” and “insurgents”. Iran’s chief coroner has laid the blame for the deaths of demonstrators in Iran on what he said were...
The alleged gunmen behind the Bondi beach attack are a father-son duo suspected of using legally obtained firearms to commit the massacre, according to police. Naveed Akram, 24, was arrested at the scene and taken to a Sydney hospital with critical injuries. His 50-year-old father, who the Sydney Morning...
Students and teachers have been kidnapped from a Nigerian Catholic school in a terrifying raid amid spiraling attacks on Christians. Armed gangsters stole the children from St. Mary’s School in Agwara, in central Nigeria, officials said Friday – the second kidnapping incident in less than a week. Local residents fear...
Three men have been sentenced for planning a terrorist attack in West Yorkshire. In May, Brogan Stewart, 25, of Tingley, Marco Pitzettu, 26, of Derby, and Christopher Ringrose, 35, from Cannock were found guilty of planning an act of terrorism, along with multiple terrorism and firearms offences. The trio, who...
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