Archive for August 2023
Far-right satanist on terrorist watch jailed for making child abuse image
A convicted satanist and far-right extremist who was given a suspended sentence as a teenager has now been imprisoned after admitting further crimes including making an indecent photograph of a child. Harry Vaughan, from Twickenham, south-west London, was 18 when he admitted 14 terror offences and two of possessing indecent images of children during his…
Read MoreIslamic State group says its leader was killed by al-Qaida-linked militants in Syria
The Islamic State group announced Thursday the death of its little-known leader, Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurayshi, who had been heading the extremist organization since November. It did not say when he was killed. Al-Qurayshi is the fourth IS leader to be killed since the group was founded by Iraqi militant Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and declared…
Read More2 US Navy sailors arrested on charges tied to national security and China
Two U.S. Navy sailors have been arrested on charges related to national security and tied to China, U.S. officials said Thursday. A 22-year-old sailor assigned to a ship in San Diego was arrested Wednesday on a charge related to espionage involving conspiracy to send national defense information to Chinese officials, according to the U.S. officials,…
Read MoreMan rams car onto sidewalk in South Korea and stabs people; at least 14 hurt
A man rammed a car onto a sidewalk Thursday in South Korea, then stepped out of the vehicle and began stabbing people at a shopping mall. Authorities said at least 14 people were wounded in the country’s second mass stabbing in a month. At least five people were hurt by the car, and nine others…
Read MoreSecurity preparations underway at DC courthouse
Former President Donald Trump has been charged in connection with his alleged attempts to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election. A 45-page federal indictment, unsealed Tuesday, accuses Trump of four felony counts: conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding,…
Read MoreDeadly stabbing of gay man at NYC gas station investigated as potential hate crime
The deadly stabbing of a 28-year-old professional dancer at a Brooklyn, New York, gas station is being investigated by the NYPD as a hate crime, officials told ABC News. According to officials, O’Shae Sibley was stabbed in his torso on Saturday, July 29, 2023, a little after 11 p.m. In a video posted to Facebook,…
Read MoreSenate buildings cleared after apparent ‘bogus’ active shooter report
Police searched Senate office buildings after a 911 call reported an active shooter at one of them Wednesday, but officers found no evidence that a shooting occurred, authorities said. The U.S. Capitol Police posted about the incident shortly before 3 p.m., saying officers were “searching in and around the Senate Office Buildings in response to…
Read More18-year-old jailed for terrorism offences after he was found with bomb making instructions
An 18-year-old has been jailed after he was found in posession of viable bomb making instructions. Mohammed Afzal, of Preston, posted extremist material that was deemed to ‘encourage terrorism’ on a number of social media accounts. He also collected terrorist information, including directions on how ro make a bomb. He was arrested on suspicion of…
Read MorePittsburgh jury condemns Tree of Life synagogue killer to death
A federal jury on Wednesday voted to sentence Robert Bowers to death for killing 11 worshippers at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue in 2018, the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. In June, the jury found Bowers, 50, guilty of dozens of federal hate crimes in a trial held at the U.S. District Court in…
Read MoreISIS claims Pakistan suicide bombing, underlining twin security threats
When a suicide bombing rocked a political gathering in northwest Pakistan over the weekend, suspicion immediately fell upon the Pakistani Taliban group, whose growing footprint and mounting attacks have alarmed security officials in the country. But on Monday, the smaller Islamic State group known as the Islamic State in Khorasan Province, or ISKP, claimed responsibility…
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