Homeland Security News
Misogyny to be treated as extremism by UK government
Extreme misogyny will be treated as a form of extremism under new government plans, the Home Office has said. Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, has ordered a review of the UK’s counter-extremism strategy to determine how best to tackle threats posed by harmful ideologies.The analysis will look at hatred of women as one of the…
Read MoreTreasury Adds Further Sanctions Targeting Houthi and Hizballah Trade Networks
Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned several companies, individuals, and vessels for their involvement in the shipment of Iranian commodities, including oil and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), to Yemen and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on behalf of the network of Iran-based, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF)-backed…
Read MoreSuicide bomber kills 16 soldiers in southern Yemen, official says
A suicide bomber has killed 16 Yemeni pro-government soldiers and wounded 18 others in a military post in the southern province of Abyan, local authorities have said. The attacker “drove a booby-trapped car into a site for the security forces” in the Mudiyah district on Friday, said Mohamed al-Naqib, a spokesperson for the Southern Transitional…
Read MoreIrish police investigate whether stabbing of army chaplain terror-related
Irish police suspect a possible terror motive in a stabbing attack outside an army barracks in Galway that inflicted serious injuries on a military chaplain. Police have detained a 16-year-old boy who was reportedly radicalised online and had a grievance about Irish peacekeepers in the Middle East. The attack happened at approximately 10.45pm on Thursday…
Read MoreHamas, Islamic Jihad claim responsibility for bomb blast in Tel Aviv
The armed wings of Hamas and Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility on Monday for a bomb blast near a synagogue in Tel Aviv that Israeli police and the Shin Bet intelligence agency described as a terrorist attack.A man who was carrying the bomb was killed and a passerby was injured in the incident late on Sunday,…
Read MorePolice: One person dead, seven others injured after Baltimore City mass shooting
A 36-year-old man died and seven others were injured Sunday night after a mass shooting in Baltimore City, according to police. The shooting happened just after 8 p.m. in the 1300 block of Spring Street. Officers found multiple firearms at the scene, according to Baltimore police Commissioner Richard Worley.Advertisement The victims were taken to numerous…
Read MorePolice in Argentina arrest seven members of ‘radical Islamic terrorist group’
Police in Argentina say they have arrested seven people who they believe formed part of an organisation planning terrorist attacks in the western province of Mendoza. Argentina’s Federal Police (PFA) said in a statement issued Friday night that the alleged terror group had sent “anti-Christian” and “anti-Jewish” expressions via chat messaging programmes. “Based on anti-Christian…
Read MoreHamas, Islamic Jihad claim responsibility for bomb blast in Tel Aviv
The armed wings of Hamas and Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility on Monday for a bomb blast near a synagogue in Tel Aviv that Israeli police and the Shin Bet intelligence agency described as a terrorist attack. A man who was carrying the bomb was killed and a passerby was injured in the incident late on…
Read MoreTeens face London court hearing on far-right terrorism charges; discussed plans to carry out terrorism
Two teenagers were accused in a London courtroom Friday of having an “extreme right-wing mindset” and discussing plans to carry out terrorism. Rex Clark, 18, and Sofija Vinogradova, 19, face charges of preparation of terrorist acts. Vinogradova is also charged with two counts of collecting information likely to be useful to a person committing or…
Read MoreTerror motive investigated after stabbing at Galway barracks
A terror motive is being investigated after a teenage boy was arrested following an incident at an army barracks in Galway last night, in which a man in his 50s was stabbed a number of times and seriously injured. An army chaplain was stabbed in the incident at Renmore Barracks, which occurred at around 10.45pm.…
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