The terrorism threat in the United Kingdom is at an “unprecedented” level following the start of the war between Israel and Hamas last October, a top U.K. counter-terrorism official said on Friday. Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Matt Jukes said there’s been a 25% rise in terror information coming to police in the country since the […]
Violent crime is soaring in South Africa, with audacious security van heists commonplace and the murder rate at a 20-year high. For the government – and all those who live here – this grim record is a serious problem. It is election year, the most competitive since the birth of democracy in 1994, and crime […]
Artist’s depiction of SLIM. Japan chooses to go to the Moon, and it’s doing so with a strong emphasis on accuracy. With SLIM, the nation’s space agency is aiming for an autonomous, high-precision landing within an impressive 328 feet (100 meters) of its intended target inside Shioli Crater. SLIM is expected to perform its soft […]
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. As the first US lunar lander mission in decades ends without reaching its target, a spacecraft that Japan launched is drawing closer to the moon and preparing for a historic landing attempt. The Japan Aerospace Exploration […]
It is hard to recall a time when events in the Middle East escalated as quickly as they have in the last week. And they threaten to deteriorate further still. Whilst Israel, and what’s left of humanity, are still collectively reeling from Hamas’s barbaric assault on the Israeli people, regional terror groups Hezbollah in Lebanon […]
A Kenyan cult leader is to be charged with murder and terrorism over the deaths of more than 400 people found in mass graves, prosecutors say. Paul Mackenzie was arrested in April after the discovery of hundreds of bodies, some of whom were said to have starved themselves to death. Kenyan prosecutors say that he […]
Israeli police say two assailants are in custody Monday following a “terror attack” that has left one person dead and at least 17 others injured in the city of Ra’anana, just north of Tel Aviv. The vehicle ramming and stabbing attacks – which Hamas has claimed responsibility for, according to Fox News correspondent Trey Yingst […]
One of the most controversial Islamist groups in the UK, Hizb ut-Tahrir, is to be banned as a terrorist organisation, accused of praising the Hamas attacks. Home Secretary James Cleverly said the group was “antisemitic” and “actively promotes and encourages terrorism”. The ban under UK terrorism laws comes after followers were accused of chanting “jihad” […]
The Israeli Defense Forces released a statement Saturday claiming that Hamas leaders are helping to orchestrate terror attacks worldwide as part of a larger campaign against Western powers. The IDF published the report alongside a diagram outlining Hamas commanders linked to suspected terrorist operations in the European Union. “Orders from the organization’s management, the purchase […]
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Danish appeals court on Tuesday upheld guilty verdicts for three members of an Iranian separatist group convicted of promoting terror in Iran and gathering information for an unnamed Saudi intelligence service. The three were arrested in February 2020 in the town of Ringsted, 60 kilometers (40 miles) southwest of the […]
LONDON (AP) — A neo-Nazi podcaster who called for the deaths of Prince Harry and his young son received a prison sentence Thursday along with his co-host Thursday. The sentencing judge in London called the duo “dedicated and unapologetic white supremacists” who encouraged terrorism. Christopher Gibbons and Tyrone Patten-Walsh espoused racist, antisemitic, Islamophobic, homophobic and […]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Authorities in Argentina have arrested three men, including a Syrian national, in Buenos Aires and surrounding areas on suspicion of being part of a terror cell, the government announced Wednesday. Security Minister Patricia Bullrich did not disclose the identity of the men — who were detained over the weekend — […]