The Trump administration designated the Barrio 18 gang as a foreign terrorist organization on Tuesday, joining other Latin American criminal groups receiving the designation in recent months. Barrio 18, largely based in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, originated in the United States as a street gang in Los Angeles created by...
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The EU’s cyber security agency says criminals are using ransomware to cause chaos in airports around the world. Several of Europe’s busiest airports have spent the past few days trying to restore normal operations, after a cyber-attack on Friday disrupted their automatic check-in and boarding software. The European...
A 35-year-old man has been jailed for breaching conditions of his release from prison after serving a sentence for terrorism offences. Ismael Watson was arrested in London in September 2024 after failing to comply with his notification requirements which were in place when he was released after serving...
There are at least three Caribbean islands American tourists are being steered away from due to crime and terrorism spiraling out of control. Most recently, Royal Caribbean announced on Wednesday that its ships would no longer visit its private beach in Haiti until at least April 2026. Previously,...
A 27-year-old man from Derbyshire has been charged with two offences following searches by counter-terrorism police. Mark Broadhurst, of Scott Close, Grassmoor, Chesterfield, has been charged with making or possessing an explosive substance under suspicious circumstances and one offence of possession of a firearm without a certificate. The...
A man shot one person to death and wounded two others at a New Hampshire country club as a wedding took place there on Saturday, according to authorities. A witness to the attack – named as Tom Bartelson of Pepperell, Massachusetts – said his nephew was getting married at the time...
A bomb squad has been called in to Turning Point USA’s headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona, after a “suspicious bag” was left outside ahead of organization founder Charlie Kirk’s funeral. The large suitcase was found outside the HQ of the non-profit organization Wednesday morning, according to reports, and the street was cordoned off. A...
Fifteen people have been charged with terrorism offences in Lithuania over the alleged Russian-backed detonation of parcels in Germany, Poland and the UK, prosecutors say. The suspects are accused of using delivery companies DHL and DPD to send four packages of explosives hidden in cosmetics containers from the Lithuanian capital...
Three police officers have died, while two have been left in a critical condition after a shooting in southern Pennsylvania. The suspected gunman is said to have been shot dead by law enforcement after officers came under fire while serving an arrest warrant in York County,. A number...
German police searched properties in several states Tuesday as part of a probe into a suspected right-wing extremist group allegedly in possession of automatic firearms. Eight suspects were targeted in the raids, which involved police special forces, in Lower Saxony, Baden-Wuerttemberg and North Rhine-Westphalia, according to prosecutors and police. The...
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