Archive for April 2025
Supreme Court appears poised to revive terror victims suit against Palestinian groups
The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed likely to uphold a law allowing Americans injured by acts of terror in the Middle East to take Palestinian leadership groups to U.S. courts for damages. In 2019, Congress amended federal terrorism law to let victim lawsuits move forward against the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO),…
Read MoreTokyo police launch section for lone-offender terrorism
The Metropolitan Police Department on Tuesday set up a section specializing in investigating lone offender terrorism, which involves attacks by people who do not belong to any organizations or groups. The launch of the first such police section in Japan is designed to help prevent terrorist attacks by lone offenders on important persons and facilities.…
Read More‘Numerous’ homemade explosive devices discovered near park outside Dallas
Numerous” homemade explosive devices were discovered by a citizen who was walking near a park outside of Dallas, according to authorities. The person was in a wooded area near Wynne Park in Garland, when, around 11:30 a.m. Sunday, they saw an open suitcase and items scattered near it — including what looked like explosives, the…
Read MoreTreasury Targets Hizballah Finance Team Sanctions Evasion Network
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating five individuals and three associated companies involved in a Lebanon-based sanctions evasion network supporting the Hizballah finance team. The Hizballah finance team manages a variety of lucrative commercial projects and oil smuggling networks, often in conjunction with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary…
Read MoreDutch authorities arrest man for alleged bitcoin terrorism financing
A 32-year-old man from North Holland was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of financing terrorism through Bitcoin transactions and violating the Dutch Sanctions Act. The arrest was made and reported by the Dutch Fiscal Information and Investigation Service (FIOD). Authorities searched the suspect’s residence, seizing mobile phones and other digital storage devices as part of the…
Read MoreN.J. man lied about ISIS ties on citizenship application, feds say
A Middlesex County man was indicted Thursday on charges he lied about sending money to the Islamic State group on a naturalization application, officials with the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Gafur Abdudzhamilovich Aliev, 44, of Edison, was charged with making false statements and one count of perjury. Between 2018 and 2020, Aliev moderated or was…
Read MoreGangs attack police station, prison in central Haiti town, more than 500 inmates escape
Members of the powerful gang coalition Viv Ansanm stormed a prison in Haiti on Monday, releasing more than 500 inmates after setting fire to a police substation during a day of panic in the central region of the country that sent residents, patients and staff at one of the biggest hospitals fleeing. Haiti National Police…
Read MoreIsrael orders evacuation of southern Gaza city of Rafah
The Israeli military has issued a sweeping new evacuation order for the southern Gaza Strip – the biggest since its offensive in the Palestinian territory resumed earlier this month. The military instructed residents of the city of Rafah and parts of neighbouring Khan Younis to leave immediately for the al-Mawasi humanitarian zone, warning that its…
Read MoreNew Mexico Republican Party headquarters targeted in suspected arson attack, officials say
The New Mexico Republican Party headquarters was targeted in a suspected arson attack on Sunday, according to party officials. At approximately 5:56 a.m. on Sunday, Albuquerque Fire Rescue was dispatched to the headquarters for a reported structure fire, officials said. The flames were brought under control within five minutes of their arrival and there were…
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