21/02/24

Unemployed Hongkonger faces life in jail after pleading guilty to bomb plot to kill police officers during 2019 anti-government protests

An unemployed man is facing the prospect of life in prison after pleading guilty to a conspiracy charge under an anti-terrorist law for planning to bomb and kill Hong Kong police officers at the height of the 2019 anti-government protests. Eddie Pang Kwan-ho on Monday admitted in the High Court to a joint count of .....

20/02/24

ISIS poses rising threat in Africa beside Middle East, despite curtailed finances

The Islamic State (ISIS) extremist group poses a rising threat amid political instability in West Africa and the Sahel and remains intent on carrying out attacks abroad, said the UN counter-terrorism chief. Vladimir Voronkov reiterated UN findings that ISIS continues to pose a significant threat to international .....

20/02/24

Ukrainian intelligence confirms death of Russian pilot who hijacked Mi-8 for Ukraine

Russian pilot Maxim Kuzminov, who hijacked a Mi-8 helicopter and fled to Ukraine in the summer of 2023, was indeed killed. His body was found in Spain, according to the representative of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine, Andrii Yusov, in a comment to RBC-Ukraine. "We can confirm the fact of death," Yusov said. .....

17/02/24

Ten arrested as more than 200,000 pro-Palestine marchers walk through London to Israel embassy

Police have arrested 10 people at a pro-Palestine march in central London. Officers have made nine further arrests during an incident at Hyde Park Corner, including a man who was seen in the crowd with an antisemitic placard. The Met Police said he had been arrested for inciting racial .....

14/02/24

Turkey: Suspected Islamic State member working at nuclear power plant is arrested

A suspected Islamic State member working at a nuclear power plant in Turkey has been arrested, reports say. Counter-terrorism police detained the Russian national who was employed at the under-construction Akkuyu facility using false identity papers, according to the Ihlas news agency and other outlets. The suspect .....

13/02/24

Three women are found guilty of terror offence after displaying images of Hamas paragliders at pro Palestine march a week after October 7 attacks on Israel

Three pro-Palestine protesters were today found guilty of a terror offence after displaying images of Hamas paragliders at a pro-Palestine march a week after terrorists slaughtered 1,200 people in Israel.  Heba Alhayek, 29, and Pauline Ankunda, 26, attached images of paragliders to their backs with .....

13/02/24

Senior Hamas official nabbed in Jenin raid, says Shin Bet

A senior Hamas official was arrested during an operation in Jenin, according to a joint statement from the IDF, the Israel Police and the Shin Bet. According to the statement, IDF reservists, Border Police officers and Shin Bet officers have arrested Omar Fayed, one of the heads of Hamas’s military infrastructure, .....

13/02/24

French cop is knifed multiple times in the neck and hands inside police station before attacker is arrested

A French cop has been stabbed multiple times in the neck and hand inside a police station, local media reports. The attacker pulled out a knife and is said to have thrown himself at the officer in the hallway of La Rochelle police station. The policeman had been walking through the building's reception at around .....

13/02/24

Lab technician Charles Cannon sentenced for terrorism offences

A laboratory technician who collected documents on how to make homemade explosives and weapons has avoided a prison sentence. Charles Cannon, 22, of Aldershot, Hampshire, was convicted of seven charges of possessing terrorist information dating back six years. He was described as having a "dangerous mindset" and .....

13/02/24

Senate PASSES $95 billion Ukraine and Israel aid bill WITHOUT border provisions after all-night session: Speaker Mike Johnson warns 'insufficient' package with $14 billion for Israel may not pass the House

The Senate passed a massive foreign aid bill to Ukraine and Israel without border security measures after Republican turmoil ultimately tanked a bipartisan deal last week. The sprawling $95 billion bill captured the necessary 60 senators needed to send the legislation to the House Tuesday morning .....