Archive for October 2023

Violence escalated on the Lebanese-Israeli border on Tuesday with five fighters from Lebanon’s heavily armed Hezbollah group killed during operations against Israel, security sources in Lebanon said. In the most serious flare-up at the frontier in 17 years, Iran-backed Hezbollah and Israeli forces have traded fire almost daily since Palestinian Islamist group Hamas attacked Israel…

Italian authorities carried out a counter-terrorism operation early on Tuesday that led to the arrest of an Egyptian citizen and an Italian citizen of Egyptian origin, police said in a statement. The operation was coordinated by the Milan Prosecutor’s Office and the two suspects have been accused of inciting terror offences and being members of…

A man who was once linked to an Islamic State cell nicknamed the Beatles has pleaded guilty to charges of possessing a firearm for terrorist purposes and funding terrorism. Aine Davis, 39, appeared at the Old Bailey via video link from Belmarsh Prison on Monday. He has already served a prison sentence in Turkey for…

The short video clip shows Mia Schem lying on a bed, her right arm being bandaged by someone out of the frame. A long, fresh scar is clearly visible. Schem, a 21-year-old French-Israeli woman, is being held hostage by the militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The video released by Hamas on Monday is…

Two Swedish nationals have been shot dead in Brussels as a football match between Belgium and Sweden was due to take place on Monday evening, police said, and Belgium raised its terror alert to the highest level. A man in a video on social media claimed that he was the assailant and that he was…

A teacher was killed and three people wounded in a stabbing at a French high school Friday morning — an incident that is being investigated as a potential terrorist attack and that prompted France to raise its security alert to the highest level. The stabbing took place in Arras, a city in northern France about…

Thousands of illegal immigrants from the Middle East and Central Asia have been apprehended attempting to cross the U.S. southern border. A “special interest country” is subject to travel warnings by the U.S. State Department due to terrorism. More than 2.8 million migrants have had encounters with authorities so far in 2023. This is already…

Top U.S. officials warned on Sunday that the war between Israel and the militant group Hamas could escalate into a bigger conflict across the Middle East, saying they were worried the Lebanese group Hezbollah could attack Israel’s north or that Iran might get involved. Another set of U.S. warships was headed to the region in…