A judge has denied bail to a 15-year-old boy accused of being part of a network planning terrorist acts and who claimed to be a friend of another teenager charged with stabbing a Sydney bishop. The attack on the bishop last month triggered an investigation that led to the arrests of six teenagers, aged 14 […]
LONDON (AP) — A British police officer is facing terror charges for showing support for Hamas on WhatsApp, a police watchdog said Wednesday. West Yorkshire constable Mohammed Adil shared images supporting Hamas, which is banned and designated a terror group in the U.K., the Independent Office for Police Conduct said. Adil faces two counts of […]
Security will be tight during next month’s Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo in southern Sweden, police said on Wednesday, citing demonstrations that could lead to unrest and a heightened threat of terrorism. “The security is going to be rigorous,” said city police chief Petra Stenkula, according to Swedish broadcaster TV4. Pro-Palestinian activists who want Israel […]
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Security will be tight during next month’s Eurovision Song Contest in the southern Sweden city of Malmo, police said Wednesday, citing demonstrations that could lead to unrests and a heightened threat of terrorism in the Scandinavian country. “The security is going to be rigorous,” Petra Stenkula, head of police area in […]
The Metropolitan Police has said it has a “robust” policing plan in place for tonight’s Champions League match in London, amid an Islamic State terror threat. Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium will host the first leg of the Gunners’ last-eight tie against Bayern Munich on Tuesday evening. It comes as a media outlet linked to the terror […]
The four men accused of a deadly terror attack on Moscow’s Crocus City concert hall last week were quickly identified by Russian authorities as being from Tajikistan, a former Soviet republic in Central Asia. In the hours after the attack, videos began surfacing on Russian social media channels of the police detaining and brutally abusing the alleged attackers, with one […]
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Tuesday appears to have blown a massive hole in Vladimir Putin’s claims that Ukraine may have been behind the horrific terror attack at a concert venue on the outskirts of Moscow last week. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the massacre Friday at the Crocus City Hall in which 139 people […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed on Monday that a terrorist attack outside Moscow that left almost 140 people dead “was committed by radical Islamists.” Putin had previously suggested that Ukraine might have some connection with the bloody terrorist attack, without providing any evidence. Ukrainian officials have vehemently denied any connection to the attack. In a […]
Russia says suspects in the Moscow terror attack came from Tajikistan, something the country denies. Tajikistan and Russia are allies, but tensions have been growing between them. Tensions have also been growing between Russia and other former Soviet republics. Russia’s response to the weekend terror attack in Moscow could drive a wedge between the country and […]
PARIS (Reuters) – The French government is raising its terror alert warning to its highest level following the shootings on Moscow, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said on Sunday after a meeting with senior security and defence officials with President Emmanuel Macron. Attal said in a post on X that the decision, which comes months before […]
Gunmen stormed a concert hall in Moscow on Friday, killing 40 people and injuring more than 100. Earlier this month, the US embassy issued a security alert warning of a potential terror attack. Just days ago, Vladimir Putin dismissed the idea as “blackmail” from the West. Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed US warnings about a potential […]
Shootings, explosions and a fire at a concert hall Friday evening in Russia are being investigated as a terrorist attack, the country’s top investigative agency said. Russia’s Federal Security Service said that at least 40 people had been killed in the attack and more than 100 others are injured in one of the deadliest attacks […]