Homeland Security News
Bangladesh prime minister resigns, flees country amid deadly protests
Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country on Monday, as anti-government protesters marched on the capital to demand she step down after a weekend of violence that left dozens of people dead. The Bangladeshi military facilitated Hasina’s “safe passage” out of the country and the army chief is expected to make a…
Read MoreHezbollah resumes steady rocket, artillery fire against Israel
Hezbollah forces on Friday resumed rocket and artillery attacks against Israel, ending the lull along the border following Israel’s killing of the Lebanese group’s military commander in Beirut. The Israeli military said in a statement it had successfully intercepted an aerial target coming from Lebanon into the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Hezbollah and the Israeli military…
Read MoreBombing in Nigeria’s Borno state kills more than 15 people, say police
A bomb exploded in a roadside market in Nigeria’s Borno state killing at least 16 people and wounding dozens of others, police said. The government imposed a 24-hour curfew after the bombing attack, the second in recent weeks. The attack happened at about 8 p.m. local time Wednesday at a teashop that hosts mostly locals…
Read MoreBomb Smuggled Into Tehran Guesthouse Months Ago Killed Hamas Leader
Ismail Haniyeh, a top leader of Hamas, was assassinated on Wednesday by an explosive device covertly smuggled into the Tehran guesthouse where he was staying, according to seven Middle Eastern officials, including two Iranians, and an American official. The bomb had been hidden approximately two months ago in the guesthouse, according to five of the…
Read MoreMan held and van seized after series of overnight ramming incidents at Government Buildings, Áras and Custom House
Entrances to Government Buildings and Leinster House in central Dublin have been sealed off on Friday morning as gardaí deal with a suspected attack on three sets of gates on the Merrion Street side of the complex. The three gates – at the entrance to the Department of the Taoiseach on Merrion Street; an entrance…
Read More3 Newly Freed Americans Are Back On Us Soil After A Landmark Prisoner Exchange With Russia
The United States and Russia completed their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history on Thursday, with Moscow releasing journalist Evan Gershkovich and fellow American Paul Whelan, along with dissidents including Vladimir Kara-Murza, in a multinational deal that set two dozen people free. Gershkovich, Whelan and Alsu Kurmasheva, a journalist with dual U.S.-Russia citizenship, arrived on…
Read MoreHezbollah Leader Says War With Israel Has Entered ‘New Phase’ After Killings Of Top Militant Figures
Hezbollah’s leader warned Thursday that the conflict with Israel has entered a “new phase,” as he addressed mourners at the funeral of a commander from the group who was killed by an Israeli airstrike this week in Beirut. Meanwhile in Tehran, Iran’s supreme leader prayed over the body of Hamas’ political leader, who was killed…
Read MoreNo ‘Tangible’ Terror Threat Detected Since The Start Of The Paris Olympics, Interior Minister Says
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Friday that authorities have not detected any “tangible” terror threats during the first week of the Olympic Games, during which about 200 people have been arrested by security forces for various crimes. Darmanin released the first official statistics regarding the Paris Olympics’ security during a visit to a…
Read MoreFather and son facing terror charges were planning ‘serious violent attack in Toronto’: RCMP
RCMP say a father and son who were arrested in Richmond Hill on terrorism charges last week were “in the advanced stages of planning a serious violent attack in Toronto.” At a news conference Wednesday morning, RCMP officials said an Integrated National Security Enforcement Team (INSET) became aware of the threat in early July. “On…
Read MoreKhalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused as the main plotter of 9/11 attacks, agrees to plead guilty
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused as the mastermind of al-Qaida’s Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, has agreed to plead guilty, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The development points to a long-delayed resolution in an attack that killed thousands and altered the course of the United States and much of the Middle East. Mohammed…
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