A social media user accused of inciting race hate before and after the Southport stabbings used his account to post “talk of war” and to claim the suspect arrested over the attacks had arrived in the UK on a dinghy, a court has heard. Mark Heath is accused of stirring...
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A return of Islamic extremist terror attacks on British soil could be triggered by the killings of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders, the former head of MI6 has said. Sir John Sawers said police and intelligence agencies in Britain should be “on their toes” after changes of leadership at terrorist organisations in the Middle...
After the FBI arrested an Afghan man in Oklahoma planning an election day shooting on behalf of the Islamic State, the terrorist organization re-entered what has become one of the most chaotic news cycles leading up to a November vote. Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, of Oklahoma City admitted to investigators he and a co-conspirator...
An Afghan national living in Oklahoma was charged this week with conspiring to carry out a terrorist attack on Election Day on behalf of the Islamic State terrorist group, according to court documents unsealed Tuesday. Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, was arrested Monday in connection with conspiracy and attempting to provide material support to ISIS...
The Director General of MI5, Ken McCallum has given his annual update on the current national security threats facing the UK. Delivering the speech from the Counter Terrorism Operations Centre (CTOC) in London, he pointed out that the threat terrorism, alongside ongoing efforts by autocratic states to harm the UK’s...
An American pensioner has been sentenced to nearly seven years in a Russian prison after being convicted of fighting as a mercenary for Ukraine. Stephen Hubbard, 72, was accused of signing a $ 1,000-per-month contract with a Ukrainian territorial defence unit in the city of Izyum in February 2022. He...
A 15-year-old boy is due to appear in court charged with four terrorism offences following an investigation into alleged suspicious online activity. The boy, from Wakefield, faces three charges of collecting or making a record of information likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of...
The FBI and Department of Homeland Security are concerned that “election-related grievances,” such as a belief in voter fraud, could motivate domestic extremists to engage in violence in the weeks before and after the November election, as it did during the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, according...
Israel has today struck Hezbollah’s intelligence headquarters in the heart of Beirut, as it ordered civilians in Lebanese villages north of the UN’s buffer zone to evacuate ‘immediately.’ Israeli fighter jets ‘struck targets belonging to Hezbollah’s intelligence headquarters in Beirut, including terror operatives belonging to the unit, intelligence-gathering means, command centres and additional terrorist...
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced a further £875,000 investment for grassroots community projects to tackle hate, intolerance, extremism, radicalisation and terrorism in the capital. The funding aims to empower grassroot groups across London to bring communities together and counter steep rises in antisemitic and Islamophobic hate crimes1...
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