Arsonists have carried out attacks on France’s high-speed train network causing major travel disruption ahead of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony. With the games set to get under way amid an unprecedented peacetime security operation, the state-owned railway operator SNCF said fires had been set at installations along the lines connecting the capital with...
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Abuja, Nigeria – In a significant step toward bolstering aviation security, the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) of Nigeria, in collaboration with the UK Department for Transport Aviation Security, recently convened a workshop focused on countering the threat posed by Man-Portable Air Defence Systems (MANPADS). The workshop, held in Abuja, addressed...
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators have blocked entrances to the Foreign Office in London in protest at the perceived failure of the new Labour government to do more to change UK policy towards Israel’s offensive in Gaza. As many as 300 people sealed off access to the Foreign Office on Wednesday morning with...
An Edmonton man has been convicted of multiple charges under the Terrorism Act in the United Kingdom. Khaled Hussein, a Canadian citizen, and British preacher Anjem Choudary were convicted on Tuesday. The RCMP Federal Policing Integrated National Security Enforcement Team (INSET) began an investigation in October 2019 into individuals in Alberta...
A British soldier was stabbed multiple times in broad daylight as he walked home in his uniform in a savage attack lasting 20 seconds – by a man who allegedly licked the serviceman’s blood from his knife in front of horrified witnesses. The victim, in his 40s, was attacked at...
Radical preacher Anjem Choudary has been found guilty of directing a group banned under UK terror laws and encouraging support for it online. Choudary faces life in prison after he was convicted on Tuesday of taking a “caretaker role” in Islamist group al-Muhajiroun. He was also found guilty of membership...
Armed guards have been spotted patrolling Paris streets, metal barriers now line the Seine and 45,000 cops have joined the mammoth security operation ahead of the Olympics with just days to go before it gets underway. The much-anticipated Paris Olympics 2024 is set to become the most heavily protected Games ever as...
Counter Terrorism Policing North East urge people to be aware of the dangers young people can face online after a 16 year old from Stockton-on-Tees on Tuesday, July 16th – received a three year Youth Rehabilitation Order and a three year Criminal Behaviour Order, after admitting possessing extreme right wing material...
The inclusion of both a Hillsborough Law and Martyn’s Law in the King’s Speech is a real victory for “people power”. The two laws cover very different territory. The first deals with how public officials conduct themselves at inquiries; the second covers the way public venues cater for the threat of terrorism. Both laws...
French authorities have rejected more than 3,500 applicants to work at the Olympics over terror links and security threats. Gérald Darmanin, the interior minister, announced that the government conducted hundreds of thousands of investigations to screen applicants who posed a risk to the games and to national security. He said: “770,000 administrative investigations...
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