Counterterrorism and counter-extremism efforts, both offline and online, must evolve to stay ahead of threats in the age of artificial intelligence (AI). However, as we advance tools and approaches, it is important to maintain and strengthen tried and tested frameworks and partnerships. The threat landscape online The Global Internet Forum to...
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The origin of an email falsely claiming there was a bomb at a Gold Coast school is now subject to a counter-terrorism investigation. Pacific Pines State High School administrators received the email at 6.30am on Tuesday. “It was very non-specific, other than to say there was a bomb within the school,” District...
An unemployed man is facing the prospect of life in prison after pleading guilty to a conspiracy charge under an anti-terrorist law for planning to bomb and kill Hong Kong police officers at the height of the 2019 anti-government protests. Eddie Pang Kwan-ho on Monday admitted in the High Court...
The Islamic State (ISIS) extremist group poses a rising threat amid political instability in West Africa and the Sahel and remains intent on carrying out attacks abroad, said the UN counter-terrorism chief. Vladimir Voronkov reiterated UN findings that ISIS continues to pose a significant threat to international peace and security, especially in...
Russian pilot Maxim Kuzminov, who hijacked a Mi-8 helicopter and fled to Ukraine in the summer of 2023, was indeed killed. His body was found in Spain, according to the representative of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine, Andrii Yusov, in a comment to RBC-Ukraine. “We can confirm the fact of...
Police have arrested 10 people at a pro-Palestine march in central London. Officers have made nine further arrests during an incident at Hyde Park Corner, including a man who was seen in the crowd with an antisemitic placard. The Met Police said he had been arrested for inciting racial hatred. When officers went in to arrest...
A suspected Islamic State member working at a nuclear power plant in Turkey has been arrested, reports say. Counter-terrorism police detained the Russian national who was employed at the under-construction Akkuyu facility using false identity papers, according to the Ihlas news agency and other outlets. The suspect has appeared in...
Three pro-Palestine protesters were today found guilty of a terror offence after displaying images of Hamas paragliders at a pro-Palestine march a week after terrorists slaughtered 1,200 people in Israel. Heba Alhayek, 29, and Pauline Ankunda, 26, attached images of paragliders to their backs with tape, while Noimutu Olayinka Taiwo, 27, stuck one...
Two explosions have hit the centre of the Ugandan capital Kampala. One blast took place near parliament, with the other going off close to the city’s police headquarters. There are fears people may have been killed or injured in the explosions. A reporter for NTV Uganda said he saw pieces...
A decade ago, the Islamic State was growing in power across Iraq and Syria as it repeatedly defeated both countries’ armies to claim more and more territory. Citizens under the terror group’s control were subjected to torture, death and brutal repression through its radical brand of Islam. And simultaneously, followers of the organisation also...
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