08/06/23

At least four very young children have been stabbed in a park near Lake Annecy, in France's south-east, the interior minister says. Police overpowered and arrested the attacker, Gérald Darmanin said. Reports say the children were aged about three years old and at least two were in a critical condition. .....

02/06/23

Matthew King, 19, is being sentenced at the Old Bailey for planning terror attacks on British police and soldiers The Islamic State convert was caught carrying out reconnaissance of police stations, railway stations and an army barracks in 2021 and 2022 King, from Wickford in Essex, was put under police .....

18/05/23

A student who hatched a plot to blow up a police station as part of a "full-on war" has been found guilty of planning a terrorist attack. Luke Skelton, from Washington, was charged after planning an attack in Newcastle in November 2021. The 19-year-old held extreme right-wing beliefs, had devised recipes for .....

18/05/23

An Islamic State supporter behind the deadliest terror attack in New York since 9/11 has been told he will die in prison serving multiple life sentences. Sayfullo Saipov killed eight when he drove a truck at pedestrians and cyclists on a Manhattan street in 2017. He was given 10 life sentences - eight of which .....

15/05/23

A new report has warned risk assessment tools being used to justify extraordinary post-sentence terror detention powers require urgent, independent research and validation. The Australian Institute of Criminology on Friday released a report prepared for the department of home affairs on the use .....

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 .....