15/05/23

A teenage Islamic State convert who has admitted plotting attacks on British police and soldiers has had his sentencing delayed after reports he has threatened to behead a prison imam. The judge at the Old Bailey has adjourned the sentencing of 19-year-old Matthew King from Wickford in Essex.  He was put .....

12/05/23

A pipe bomb-type device has been made safe after being found during a security alert in north Belfast. Part of the Antrim Road was closed for several hours after a suspicious object was found near Willowbank Gardens at about 16:00 BST. Some houses were also evacuated while the object was examined. The alert .....

28/03/23

The terrorism threat level in Northern Ireland has been raised from substantial to severe, meaning an attack is highly likely. The move, based on an MI5 intelligence assessment, follows a rise in dissident republican activity, including a recent gun attack on a top police officer. It reverses a downgrade in .....

28/03/23

Two women have been stabbed to death at a Muslim religious centre in the Portuguese capital Lisbon, police say. The attack took place at the Ismaili Centre on Avenida Lusíada. The suspect, who was in possession of a large knife, was shot in the leg by police. He was then detained and has been taken to hospital. .....

22/03/23

Journalists across Ecuador have been targeted by explosive devices sent through the post. One presenter, Lenin Artieda, was injured when he opened the envelope in the middle of the newsroom. He said the explosive device looked like a USB drive. He plugged it into his computer and it detonated. The Ecuadorean .....

21/03/23

A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a man was set alight as he walked home from a mosque. It happened in Brixham Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, just after 19:00 GMT on Monday. Counter terrorism police are involved in the investigation. The victim was walking home from the mosque in .....

21/03/23

A Danish far-right politician has been barred from the UK after threatening to burn a copy of the Quran in Wakefield. Security minister Tom Tugendhat said Rasmus Paludan, founder of the anti-Islam party Stram Kurs, had been added to the UK's immigration watchlist. Mr Paludan had said he planned to burn the .....

13/03/23

A man has been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences after a woman was stabbed outside a leisure centre. The woman was attacked outside the centre in Cheltenham on Thursday night and was taken to hospital where she is now said to be in a stable condition. The 29-year-old man was originally arrested on .....

10/03/23

A number of people have been killed in a shooting at a Jehovah's Witness meeting hall in the north German city of Hamburg. Police say the gunman acted alone and is thought to be dead. It is unclear if the attacker is among the six or seven fatalities reported by German media. As yet, "there is no reliable .....

07/03/23

A dissident republican group has warned that relatives of Northern Ireland police officers are considered targets. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) informed its staff of the new threat made by Arm na Poblachta (ANP) in a statement to The Irish News. It said it was taken seriously and in an internal .....