06/09/24

Las Vegas judge keeps bail at $1M for teenager accused of supporting ISIS

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A judge declined to reset bail Wednesday for the teenager accused of plotting an ISIS-inspired terror attack, keeping the amount at $1 million. Joshua Robles was 16 when Las Vegas Metro police arrested him in late November. Because of his age at the time, the courts and police kept Robles’ .....

05/09/24

Man who spread racial hatred online spared jail

A man who spread racial hatred online has been handed a suspended jail sentence. Nathan Thompson, 25, from Newcastle, had previously admitted nine counts of inciting racial hatred and two malicious communications offences between April and July last year. Using two accounts on Twitter, now known as X, he shared and .....

05/09/24

Boy, 14, charged with killing two students and two teachers in US school shooting

A 14-year-old boy has been charged with killing two students and two teachers in a school shooting in Georgia, United States on Wednesday morning. Two 14-year-old students, Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, along with maths teachers Richard Aspinwall and Christina Irimie, were killed at Apalachee High School .....

05/09/24

Arrest made after racist graffiti appears at Dulwich Hamlet ground

Police are investigating racist graffiti that was written on a sign at Dulwich Hamlet FC’s ground have made an arrest. Between Sunday, July 21, and Friday, August 9, a man repeatedly wrote grossly offensive racist remarks on an entrance sign at the Champion Hill stadium. On Thursday of last week, officers .....

05/09/24

Northern Ireland Police issue update following racially motivated attacks

Following the recent disorder in Belfast in August, assistant chief constable for local policing Bobby Singleton provided an update on the investigation. Singleton said: “Our investigation team continue to rigorously pursue those involved in the recent disorder and violence and we will be relentless in our pursuit .....

04/09/24

UK police charge co-founder of Palestine Action under Terrorism Act

The co-founder of Palestine Action has been charged with violating the Terrorism Act after a series of speeches in Manchester and Bradford.  Richard Barnard stands accused of "expressing an opinion that is supportive of a proscribed organisation contrary to section 12 of the Terrorism Act .....

04/09/24

Terrorism threats on the rise 3 years after Afghanistan exit

Threats from terrorist groups such as ISIS are again surging across the globe three years after the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan, an exit that marked a new phase in the war on terrorism. ISIS has claimed responsibility for several deadly attacks this year across the world, from Turkey to Iran and Russia. .....

03/09/24

US troops capture ISIS leader in Syria linked to prison break

American forces in Syria have captured an ISIS leader who U.S. Central Command said facilitated a recent prison break by detained foreign fighters. Khaled Ahmed al-Dandal was captured in a joint U.S.-Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) operation in the early hours of Sunday, CENTCOM said in a statement. .....

30/08/24

CIA says Swift concert plotters planned to kill 'a huge number'

The CIA says the suspects in the foiled plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna wanted to kill "a huge number" of people at the event. The intelligence provided by the agency to Austrian authorities allowed them to disrupt the plot and save "hundreds of lives" , CIA's deputy director David Cohen said on .....

29/08/24

Man in court accused of planning terrorist acts

An Afghan man has appeared in a Belfast court accused of gathering information for planned acts of terrorism. Habib Shamel, 27, also allegedly had files stored on a USB stick which could have been used in any suspected plots. Mr Shamel, who is currently being held in custody at HMP Maghaberry on unconnected, .....