Five teenagers were charged with terrorism offences amid an ongoing investigation into the stabbing of two people at a Sydney church earlier in April, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) said on Thursday. “Five juveniles have been charged as the Joint Counter Terrorism Team (JCTT) Sydney continues to investigate the associates of the alleged offender who […]
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s State Attorney on Sunday indicted the sister of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on charges of incitement and showing solidarity with a terror group, after she allegedly praised Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack that sparked the six-month old war in Gaza. Sabah al-Salem Haniyeh, 57, lives in the southern Israeli town of Tel […]
French President Emmanuel Macron has said authorities will have an alternative plan in case of a terrorism threat at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony. “If we think there are security risks, we’ll have plan B, and even plan C,” Macron said in an interview with CNN affiliate BFMTV from The Grand Palais in […]
Australian police say a knife attack in Sydney that wounded a bishop and a priest during a church service as horrified worshippers watched online and in person was an act of terrorism. Police arrested a 16-year-old boy on Tuesday after the stabbing at Christ the Good Shepherd Church that injured bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel and […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on Western countries to do better in implementing sanctions to prevent Russian “terrorism” in Ukraine. Every missile that hits Ukraine contained components that were sourced from companies in other countries and imported via the territory of Russia’s neighbours, Zelensky said in his evening video address on Sunday. “All of […]
BOISE, Idaho — A teenager planned to attack churches in a northern Idaho city using a metal pipe, butane fuel, a machete and, if he could get them, his father’s guns, according to federal prosecutors who charged him with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State group. Authorities said Alexander Scott Mercurio, 18, […]
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Supreme Court on Monday called on fugitive former Catalonia President and separatist chief Carles Puigdemont to testify as a defendant in a terrorism investigation over protests linked to the region’s failed 2017 independence referendum. A court statement said Puigdemont, a European Parliament lawmaker, and Catalan regional lawmaker Rubén Wagensberg have been […]
Eight Muslim worshippers were arrested in Jerusalem on Friday after morning prayers at the Noble Sanctuary, also known as the Temple Mount, Israeli police said. The Israeli citizens are suspected of expressing support for terrorism and terrorist organizations. The suspects are four residents from the Arab-dominated eastern part of Jerusalem and four people from the […]
HILLSDALE — Authorities arrested an unidentified 15-year-old student of Hillsdale High School Wednesday, April 3, for a threat to the school discovered on Snapchat. The Michigan State Police Operations Center in Lansing received credible information from the Federal Bureau of Investigations Wednesday regarding a tip they had received about the Snapchat post. The information was […]
A Venezuelan YouTuber who uploads travel videos has been released after being held for 32 hours following his arrest at Caracas airport on Sunday. Venezuela’s Attorney-General Tarek Saab said US-based YouTuber Oscar Alejandro Pérez had been arrested over a video he uploaded last year. Mr Saab alleges that in the video, the influencer urges blowing […]
Canada will restore funding to the United Nations relief agency for Palestinians, weeks after the agency, known as UNRWA, lost hundreds of millions of dollars in support following Israeli allegations against some of its staffers in Gaza. Canada was one of 16 countries that temporarily halted future payments. “Canada is resuming its funding to UNRWA […]
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s top prosecutor has taken over the investigation into an alleged arson attack on the power supply of the electric car company Tesla near Berlin. A spokeswoman said there is an initial suspicion that a terrorist organization may have been involved in the attack. In such cases, the federal prosecutor’s office, the […]