BBC News 18 September 2026: 11:13 . Updated 1 hour ago Usman Zaid, Islamabad and André Roden-Paul At least 16 people, including five police officers, have been killed after a vehicle loaded with explosives rammed into a mosque in north-western Pakistan, according to a senior police official in Peshawar. A...
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Ukrainian Illia Bilyk, 21, pleaded guilty to carrying out a string of vandalism attacks in London. A Ukrainian man has pleaded guilty to spraying abusive graffiti on mosques in east London, in a case linked to the Russian state network behind arson attacks against the former prime minister Sir Keir...
LYON, France — A transnational border security operation coordinated by INTERPOL spanning five countries in the Middle East and North Africa has led to a total of 48 arrests, including eight involving individuals wanted internationally under INTERPOL Red Notices and one under an INTERPOL Wanted Persons Diffusion. It was the...
Thomas Webster, aged 29 from Yew Tree Close in Lapworth, featured in a BBC Wales documentary when an undercover journalist spent a year with a far-right group. The documentary, broadcast in January 2025, exposed Webster’s extreme views and filmed him talking about making video guides on how to deal...
Released to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the US, Sir Ken McCallum wrote that his officers must confront a “markedly different” threat landscape today than back in 2001. Deborah Haynes Defence and Security Editor@haynesdeborah Friday 11 September 2026 12:31, UK The head of MI5 has...
Nine people were injured when a liquid was poured on an information stand run by the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in the western German city of Bad Kreuznach, police said on Wednesday. According to the initial investigation, the liquid was poured from a nearby building towards the...
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has ordered the military and other security agencies to launch an immediate rescue operation after the mass kidnapping of worshippers during an attack on a mosque in the north-central Niger State last week. While local authorities are still verifying the number abducted, local residents say...
The United States and Pakistan have reaffirmed their commitment to stronger cooperation on counterterrorism, border security and dismantling networks that support extremist groups. The fourth round of the US-Pakistan Counterterrorism Dialogue was held in Washington on Tuesday, 4 August. According to a statement issued by the US State Department, the...
Scheme aiming to stop people turning to terrorism has 39% overall rise in referrals in year to September 2025 A record number of people have been referred to the government’s anti-terror programme in England and Wales, with a 39% rise over the last year, including a 20% rise in referrals...
A German court on Wednesday sentenced seven members and one supporter of a far-right terrorist cell to prison terms ranging from 18 months to five years, including for attacks on asylum seekers’ accommodation. The Hanseatic Higher Regional Court in Hamburg convicted the defendants, who were between 14 and 21 years...
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