Posts Tagged ‘worldwide terrorism threats & trends’
A roadside bombing in the commercial center of Pakistan’s Peshawar city wounds at least 3 people
A roadside bomb went off near a school in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, wounding at least three passersby and damaging windows of a nearby bank and several shops, authorities said. The bombing happened in the commercial center of Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, Bilal Ahmed Faizi, a spokesman for the state-run…
Read MoreISIS claims deadly blast at Catholic mass in southern Philippines
ISIS has claimed responsibility for a deadly explosion that ripped through a Catholic mass service at a university gym in the southern Philippines on Sunday. At least four people were killed and dozens of others were injured in the blast at the Mindanao State University in Marawi City, according to authorities. In a communique, ISIS…
Read MoreKnifeman kills German tourist, wounds others near France’s Eiffel Tower
A man armed with a knife and a hammer killed a German tourist and left two people, including a British man, wounded near the Eiffel Tower in Paris late on Saturday in what President Emmanuel Macron called “a terrorist attack”. A 26-year-old suspect, a French national arrested after the attack, had pledged allegiance to Islamic…
Read MoreU.S. presses sceptical Turkey to curb Hamas fundraising
The U.S. Treasury’s top terrorism financing official said on Thursday he had discussed with Turkish government officials his deep concerns about Palestinian militant group Hamas raising funds in Turkey and potentially breaking local laws. Turkey is “prominent” in Hamas fundraising schemes and the group is likely to take advantage of that as it seeks more…
Read MoreUS authorities charge a man from India with a plot to kill a Sikh separatist leader in New York City
U.S. authorities announced murder-for-hire charges Wednesday against a man from India who they say plotted to pay an assassin $100,000 to kill a prominent Sikh separatist leader living in New York City after the man advocated for the establishment of a sovereign state for Sikhs. U.S. Attorney Damian Williams announced the charges against Nikhil Gupta,…
Read MoreTurkey freezes assets of 82 organisations, people for alleged PKK ties
Turkey froze the local assets of 20 organisations and 62 people based in Australia, Japan and various European countries, citing alleged ties with Kurdish militant group PKK, a decision published in the Official Gazette showed on Wednesday. Turkey’s Ministry of Treasury and Finance said the decision was “based on the existence of reasonable grounds” that…
Read MoreMali opens terror probe into jihadists, ethnic separatists amid deteriorating security
Those being investigated include Iyag Ag Ghaly, a Tuareg militant and leader of Al-Qaeda-linked coalition Support Group for Islam and Muslims (GSIM), and radical Fulani preacher Amadou Koufa, who belongs to the same group, according to instructions issued by the Bamako Court of Appeal’s public prosecutor on Tuesday and shared with AFP. Also on the…
Read MoreEx-Marine Corps Reservist from Irvine sentenced for lying to FBI during terrorism investigation
A former U.S. Marine Corps reservist from Irvine was sentenced on Monday, Mov. 27, to three years and 10 months in prison for lying to the FBI about communicating with someone who had expressed interest in joining a foreign terrorist organization in an online chat group. Jason Fong, now 27, was initially accused of trying…
Read More6 teenagers go on trial for their alleged role in 2020 beheading of a French teacher
Six teenagers go on trial Monday in Paris for their alleged roles in the beheading of a teacher who showed caricatures of the prophet of Islam to his class, a killing that led authorities to reaffirm France’s cherished rights of expression and secularism. Samuel Paty, a history and geography teacher, was killed on Oct. 16,…
Read MoreTerrorism, cyber attacks main Paris 2024 threats as security plan finalised
Terrorism and cyber attacks are the two main risks the Paris Olympics faces, with a potentially highly exposed opening ceremony, but organisers are confident they will be ready to face the challenge next year. Paris 2024 is launching the third of four waves of tenders for private security, which will result in the presence of…
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