Posts Tagged ‘worldwide terrorism threats & trends’
French minister thanks Belgium for detaining 7 terror suspects on eve of Olympics opening ceremony
On the eve of the Olympics opening ceremony in Paris, France’s interior minister thanked Belgium Thursday for a string of raids that led to the detention of seven people for questioning over suspected terrorist activities. The Belgian Federal prosecutor’s office said that the people detained during 14 raids in towns and cities across the country…
Read MoreMan Who Attacked Author Salman Rushdie Charged With Supporting Terrorist Group
A man who severely injured author Salman Rushdie in a frenzied knife attack in western New York faces a new charge that he supported a terrorist group. An indictment unsealed in U.S. District Court in Buffalo on Wednesday charges Hadi Matar with providing material support to Hezbollah, a militant group based in Lebanon and backed…
Read MoreTurkey Detains Russian Man Suspected Of Car Bombing In Moscow
Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on July 24 that Turkish police have detained a Russian man suspected in a car bombing in Moscow earlier in the day that wounded two people, one of whom is reported to be a senior military intelligence officer. The man, identified by Yerlikaya as Yevgeny Serebryakov, a Russian citizen,…
Read MoreGermany Carries Out Raids And Bans A Group Accused Of Links To Iran And Support For Hezbollah
The German government on Wednesday banned an organization accused of being an “outpost” of Iran’s theocracy, promoting the ideology of its leadership and supporting Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group. Police raided 53 properties around the country, including a prominent mosque in Hamburg. The ban on the Islamic Center Hamburg, or IZH, and five suborganizations around Germany…
Read MoreFrance probed migrant communities to fight ISIS-K threat to Olympics
French security services have been probing migrant communities from former Soviet republics in an effort to safeguard the Olympics from the ISIS-K militant group, the interior minister said, confirming a Reuters report published last week. Gérald Darmanin, interviewed in a Le Parisien article published on Tuesday, said ISIS-K was “undoubtedly the most dangerous movement”, though…
Read MoreRadical UK Islamist preacher Choudary convicted of terrorism offences
British radical Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary, whose followers have been linked to numerous plots around the world, has been convicted of terrorism offences after a trial in London, the capital’s Metropolitan Police said on Tuesday. Prosecutors said the 57-year-old Choudary directed al-Muhajiroun, which was banned as a terrorist organisation more than a decade ago, and…
Read MoreRed Sea tensions reach new high as US weighs terrorist designation for Houthis
Israel and Houthis in Yemen have traded fire for the first time, escalating tensions nine months after commercial ships in the Red Sea started to come under threat from the rebel group — in a waterway the U.S. Navy has been patrolling since the war in Gaza began. Israel’s strike on Yemen’s port of Hodeidah…
Read MoreUN envoy warns that threat of terrorism is `resurging’ with attacks by Islamic State extremists
The top U.N. envoy for Syria told the Security Council on Monday that the threat of terrorism is “resurging” with attacks by Islamic State extremists set to double this year, endangering civilians already facing a “protracted state of displacement and dire humanitarian conditions.” U.N. Special Envoy Geir Pedersen said Syria is “riddled with armed actors,…
Read MoreDrone Strike By Yemen’s Houthi Rebels Kills 1 Person And Wounds At Least 10 In Tel Aviv
An Iranian-made drone sent by Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck Israel on Friday, leaving one person dead and at least 10 wounded in a neighborhood near the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv. The aerial strike rumbled through the center of the city, causing shrapnel to rain down and spreading shards of glass over a large radius.…
Read MoreFrench police arrest knife-wielding assailant on terrorism charges
French police arrested on Friday a man on terrorism charges accused of trying to murder a taxi driver with a knife while expressing support for Palestinian militant group Hamas, a source at the terrorism prosecutor’s office said. France is on its highest state of security as it gears up to host millions of visitors, athletes…
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