Archive for July 2025
Ex-pilot called himself messiah on climate-change mission, day before alleged hijack
The day before the suspected hijacking of a light aircraft triggered a security scare at Vancouver’s airport this week, former commercial pilot Shaheer Cassim posted on social media that he was a “messenger of Allah” sent to save humanity from climate change. A 39-year-old man with the same name has now been charged with hijacking,…
Read MoreTokyo police arrest man for attempted arson at tourist go-kart company
Tokyo police arrested a 28-year-old man Wednesday on suspicion of attempted arson after he allegedly tried to set fire to a tourist go-kart company’s property in the capital’s Koto Ward. The suspect, Yuga Matsuoka, an employee at a leasing company and a resident of Nerima Ward, has confessed to the crime, telling police that the…
Read MoreFormer Voice of America Employee Indicted for Threatening Representative
An indictment unsealed today in the District of Columbia charges a Maryland resident with influencing a federal official by threatening a family member, influencing a federal official by threat, interstate communications with a threat to kidnap or injure, and anonymous telecommunications harassment. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro and Chief Michael…
Read MoreBelgium monitoring two members of satanic neo-Nazi terror network
Two individuals linked to the international terrorist network ‘764’ are being monitored by Belgium’s Coordination Unit for Threat Analysis (OCAM), as reported by De Morgen on Wednesday. The report was based on a response from Interior Minister Bernard Quintin to a parliamentary question. American and European intelligence services are warning against “nihilistic violent extremism,” a…
Read MoreUK Prevent scheme needs to ‘rapidly’ adapt to online world, review finds after failures in Southport case
The Prevent scheme needs to “rapidly” adapt to the online world “where so much radicalisation takes place”, an independent review has found. The anti-extremism programme has been under increased scrutiny after two recent terror incidents involving Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana and Sir David Amess’s killer Ali Harbi Ali damaged its reputation. Lord Anderson KC was…
Read MoreGerman prosecutors investigate additional victims in Hamburg child suicide network case
Hamburg prosecutors are investigating a 20-year-old man accused of driving children to suicide through an online network. He faces 123 charges, including murder and rape. Hamburg prosecutors have received additional reports from concerned parents following the arrest of a 20-year-old German-Iranian man accused of driving children to suicide through an international online network, officials confirmed.…
Read MoreUK man sentenced for sharing ISIS propaganda and encouraging terrorism
A 26 year old man from Humberside has today (July 16) been given a 15 year extended sentence for encouraging terrorism and sharing terrorist material. Mohammed Mahfuz Ahmed (02/03/1999), of Crowhill Avenue in Cleethorpes, was found guilty at Sheffield Crown Court in February of one offence of Encouraging Terrorism, contrary to Section 1 of the…
Read More15-year-old arrested in connection with suspected explosives found in Sahuarita
A 15-year-old male has been arrested in connection with the suspected explosives found in Sahuarita in June. Officers located multiple devices that appeared to be explosive on June 13 and June 20, according to a news release from Sahuarita Police Department. The Pima Regional Bomb Squad responded to each incident, rendering each device safe. On…
Read MoreLebanon bans dealing with Hezbollah financial entity
Lebanon’s central bank has banned banks and brokerages from dealing with a Hezbollah-affiliated financial institution, according to a circular, a sign of the group’s diminished sway over state affairs since its devastating war with Israel. Keeping up military pressure on the Iran-backed group, Israel on Tuesday launched some of its heaviest airstrikes since a ceasefire…
Read More‘Breakthrough’ hailed in Melbourne synagogue arson investigation as man charged over ‘crime car’
The investigation into an arson attack on the Adass Israel synagogue has reached a “critical point”, Victoria’s acting premier says, after a man was charged with stealing “a communal crime car” used in the attack and blocking police from accessing apps on his phone. The attack on the ultra-Orthodox Adass Israel synagogue in December is…
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