A group of bipartisan United States lawmakers have introduced a bill to the Senate aimed at preventing terror organizations and their financial enablers from accessing financial aid in fiat and digital assets in the country. Billed to be cited as The Terrorist Financing Prevention Act of 2023, it will block all...
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A 15-year-old boy has been charged with terror offences linked to the so-called Islamic State, police have said. Counter Terrorism Policing North East (CTPNE) said the boy, from Nottingham, had been charged with six counts of dissemination of terrorist publications. He is also charged with one count of support for...
Counter terrorism police have launched an investigation after a Ulez camera was blown up by an “improvised explosive device” in Sidcup on Wednesday. Officers said that the explosion of a camera on Willersley Avenue was likely caused by a “low-sophistication” IED. Footage filmed at the scene shows a dented van...
People are urged to be vigilant this Winter, as large numbers visit city centres to celebrate the festive period. With a bustling city centre, Sheffield is one city expected to see a significant increase in visitors enjoying its shops, restaurants and Christmas market this month. Counter Terrorism Policing North East...
The war in Gaza and the polarization it is causing internationally are creating a major risk of terrorist attacks in the European Union over the December holiday season, Ylva Johansson, the bloc’s commissioner for home affairs, said on Tuesday. The warning was a reflection of how in Europe, which in recent years...
A 16-year-old in Las Vegas was arrested after allegedly threatening a lone wolf terrorist attack in support of ISIS, authorities said, adding investigators found components and instructions to build an explosive device during a search of his home. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said it started investigating last week...
The FBI has arrested a man in Arizona over a religiously-motivated terror attack on a remote Australian property last year that left six dead. The 58-year-old US citizen faces two charges, one of which relates to the incitement of violence online. He “repeatedly” sent online messages containing “Christian end of...
A German man has died and two others, including a British man, have been injured in a knife and hammer attack on a street in central Paris. The attack occurred near the Eiffel Tower shortly before 21:00 local time (20:00 GMT) on Saturday. A 26-year-old French man was later arrested,...
All front-line police officers should be trained to enter a scene with an active armed offender, an American expert in counter-terrorism has told the mosque attack inquest. Dr Frank Straub began his law enforcement career in the 1980s and was involved in rescue operations in the 9/11 twin towers terrorist...
Four people have been killed in an explosion at a Catholic Mass in the southern Philippines on Sunday morning. The incident occurred at the gymnasium of Mindanao State University in Marawi, the country’s largest Muslim city. Forty-two others suffered mostly minor wounds, authorities said, adding the situation was “under control”....
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