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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...

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”....

French police have arrested Nice defender Youcef Atal as part of an investigation into ‘justification of terrorism’ after he shared an allegedly anti-Semitic post on Instagram. He was banned for seven games after sharing a video of Palestinian preacher Mahmoud al-Hasanat amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. In the...

A KELTY man has been found guilty of offences under the Terrorism Act. Colin Webster, 61, of Station Road, shared an online video supporting National Action, a banned extreme right-wing terrorist group. Police Scotland’s Counter Terrorism Unit launched an investigation that led to his conviction yesterday (Wednesday) after a trial...

Counter-terrorism police will be given the right to hold onto the biometrics of individuals regarded as a posing a potential threat, under proposed changes in data protection laws. The UK Government has announced the plan as one of a number of amendments to the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill...

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