Archive for April 2026
UK pledges wider legislation to tackle state-sponsored threats after London stabbings
Britain on Thursday said it would introduce new legislation to tackle state-sponsored threats, after two Jewish men were stabbed in the latest apparent antisemitic attack amid warnings that states like Iran were using criminal proxies. Ministers said the government would fast-track legislation allowing the prosecution of people acting as proxies of a state-sponsored group, so…
Read MoreMen Accused in Fires Targeting Starmer Received Orders in Russian, Prosecutors Say
A man accused of carrying out arson attacks on properties linked to Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain was “recruited, instructed and promised payment” by an account on the Telegram messaging app that communicated in Russian, prosecutors said on Wednesday. Prosecutors made that allegation for the first time as the man, Roman Lavrynovych, a 22-year-old…
Read MoreTerrorism charge added for woman accused of setting fire to GOP’s office
A New Braunfels woman now faces a terrorism charge after officials say she broke into the Comal County Republican Party’s headquarters in January and started a fire. A Comal County grand jury on April 15 indicted Grace Carol Brown, 22, on a charge of terrorism, according to court documents. The charge, a first-degree felony, is…
Read MoreMohammad Sharifullah convicted of aiding IS group, but jury deadlocks on alleged role in deadly Kabul airport bombing
An alleged Islamic State group militant from Afghanistan was convicted on Wednesday of aiding the terror organization that took credit for a deadly suicide bombing at a Kabul airport, but a jury couldn’t agree on whether he bears some responsibility for that attack during the U.S. military’s chaotic withdrawal from the country in 2021. Mohammad…
Read MoreRomanian man sentenced to prison for swatting spree targeting dozens of US officials
A Romanian man was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison for organizing a wave of swatting calls and bomb threats against dozens of U.S. government targets, including members of Congress, cabinet-level officials, federal judges and the heads of federal law-enforcement agencies, according to prosecutors. Thomasz Szabo, 27, was a prolific participant in a dangerous…
Read MoreBrown University Gunman Planned Attack for Years, F.B.I. Says
The man who killed two Brown University students and an M.I.T. professor last December plotted the crimes over the course of three years, federal law enforcement officials said Wednesday. The shooter, Claudio Neves Valente, 48, had been socially isolated, making it hard to track his intentions, investigators said in a report released on Wednesday that…
Read MoreU.S. soldier threatened to ‘walk into a synagogue with my AK’ and ‘kill every single Jew,’ DOJ says
A soldier stationed at Fort Polk Army base in Louisiana was arrested after he threatened to walk into a synagogue and “kill every single Jew,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Louisiana announced Monday. Jakob Marcoulier, 22, was arrested last week and charged with transmitting a threat in interstate commerce after he…
Read MoreMan arrested after Dunmurry car bomb attack and New IRA issues threat to witnesses
A man has been arrested following a car bomb attack outside Dunmurry police station on Saturday. Police said the arrest by the Terrorism Investigation Unit followed searches this morning. The 66-year-old man was arrested in the Dunmurry area. Police have said a number of searches are ongoing in both east Belfast and west Belfast. A…
Read MoreSD Supreme Court affirms terrorism threat conviction
The South Dakota Supreme Court has affirmed the conviction and sentence of a Rapid City man who threatened President Donald Trump. Lucian Celestine was convicted in Pennington County after threatening to climb Mount Rushmore to shoot President Trump back in 2020. Celestine entered a guilty plea in November 2024 for Attempted Threat of Felony Terrorism.…
Read MoreMali military leader Goita emerges as Russia declares it halted coup
Mali’s military leader Assimi Goita has met the Russian ambassador to the East African country, according to his office. Goita’s office published photos of the meeting on Tuesday in what was his first public appearance since rebel attacks over the weekend that killed one of his ministers. The news release came after Russia said earlier…
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