Archive for June 2026
Multiple attackers kill 12 in late-night mass shooting in South Africa
Multiple attackers killed 12 people and wounded at least nine in a late-night mass shooting in Johannesburg, police said Wednesday, the latest in such attacks that have shaken the South African city. Police said they believe more than 10 suspects were driven in a minibus to an informal settlement in the Cleveland suburb of Johannesburg…
Read MoreAlleged Bondi Beach gunman charged with another 19 offences
The man accused of killing fifteen people in an attack on a Jewish festival at Sydney’s Bondi Beach in December has been charged with 19 additional offences. Naveed Akram was already facing 59 charges after the shooting including 15 counts of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder, and one count of committing a terrorist act.…
Read MoreTehran fires missiles at Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain after renewed US strikes on Iran
Iran launched a missile attack on Jordan, Bahrain and Kuwait on Wednesday morning in the latest salvo in tit-for-tat strikes with the United States after the downing of a US helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz. The IRGC said in a statement that Iranian forces fired “long-range missiles,” claiming they “targeted and destroyed four major…
Read MoreHomes and vehicles set alight as anti-immigration violence flares over Northern Ireland knife attack
Anti-immigrant protesters in the UK took to the streets on Tuesday after a 30-year-old man from Sudan was charged with attempted murder following a knife attack in Northern Ireland that Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned as “horrific.” Masked crowds gathered in various parts of Belfast on Tuesday evening, setting houses, a bus, cars and barricades…
Read MoreTaliban Leader Who Took U.S. Journalist Hostage Sentenced to 42 Years
The Taliban commander who abducted an American journalist was sentenced to 42 years in prison on Tuesday after pleading guilty to hostage taking and providing material support for terrorism. The commander, Haji Najibullah, said in his guilty plea last year that he had supported Taliban members who intended to kill U.S. troops and in 2008…
Read MoreMichigan appeals court vacates terrorism conviction in Whitmer kidnapping case, citing flaw in state law
A state appeals court Tuesday vacated the terrorism-related convictions of a Wolverine Watchmen member tied to the 2020 plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, ruling that kidnapping does not qualify as a “violent felony” under Michigan’s anti-terrorism law and ordering a new trial. The Michigan Court of Appeals threw out all three of Joseph Matthew…
Read MoreNorth Belfast ‘attempted beheading’: Police ‘absolutely not’ advising businesses to close over protest
A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a serious incident in north Belfast on Monday night. The PSNI said this afternoon that the suspect’s nationality is Sudanese and “not Somalian as initially believed”. Video posted to social media appears to show a man stabbing another man several times in the head…
Read MoreMoscow car bomb kills 1 person, investigators say, with victim yet to be identified
One person was killed by a car bomb in Moscow’s eastern suburbs early on Tuesday, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation announced in a statement, with an investigation now underway to ascertain the details of the incident. The incident occurred at around 5:30 a.m. local time in the city of Balashikha to the east…
Read MoreMan convicted of terrorism offences over PSNI data breach
A man has been convicted of four terrorist offences linked to the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) data breach in 2023. Christopher Paul O’Kane, 53, from Iniscarn Road in Londonderry, had denied the preparation of terrorist acts and having articles in the use of terrorism, including mobile phones and a laptop. He further denied…
Read MoreOregon man charged with domestic terrorism after series of fires in Wheeler County
A man was taken into custody after setting a series of fires at power poles and other properties near Fossil, Oregon, according to the Wheeler County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said the fires were set last week in the hills north of Fossil. A joint operation involving several local law enforcement agencies, Oregon State Police and…
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