Posts Tagged ‘worldwide terrorism threats & trends’
MI5 spy chief says Russia and Iran are behind a ‘staggering’ rise in deadly plots
Britain is facing a “staggering rise” in attempts at assassination, sabotage and other crimes on U.K. soil by Russia and Iran, as the two states recruit criminals to “do their dirty work,” the head of Britain’s domestic intelligence agency said Tuesday. MI5 Director General Ken McCallum said his agents and police have tackled 20 “potentially…
Read MoreIsrael says it has killed slain Hezbollah leader’s successors
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday Israeli airstrikes had killed two successors to Hezbollah’s slain leader, as Israel expanded its offensive against the Iran-backed group with a fourth army division deployed into south Lebanon. Netanyahu spoke in a video released by his office hours after the deputy leader of Hezbollah, which is reeling after…
Read MoreMI5 spy chief says Russia and Iran are behind a ‘staggering’ rise in deadly plots
Britain is facing a “staggering rise” in attempts at assassination, sabotage and other crimes on U.K. soil by Russia and Iran, as the two states recruit criminals to “do their dirty work,” the head of Britain’s domestic intelligence agency said Tuesday. MI5 Director General Ken McCallum said his agents and police have tackled 20 “potentially…
Read MoreSon of Osama bin Laden deported from France, barred from returning
A son of Al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden has been deported from France, where he lived for years painting landscapes in a Normandy village, and barred from returning after posting comments on social media deemed to have glorified terrorism. Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said he had signed an order banning Omar Binladin from France,…
Read MoreHezbollah Leader Says More Israelis Will Be Displaced As The Militants Extend Their Rocket Fire
Hezbollah’s acting leader said Tuesday that even more Israelis will be displaced as the militant group extends its rocket fire deeper into Israel, in a defiant televised statement marking the anniversary of fighting that escalated into war last month. Sheikh Naim Kassem, the acting leader of Hezbollah, said its military capabilities are still intact and…
Read MoreChinese workers killed in Karachi blast
In a statement, Chinese embassy in Pakistan confirmed that two Chinese nationals were killed and one injured in the explosion near the airport. It also said there were local casualties. According to the statement, the “terrorist attack” on a convoy carrying Chinese staff of the Port Qasim Electric Power Company (Private) Limited occurred around 11…
Read MoreHezbollah missiles hit Israel’s Haifa in escalating conflict
Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel’s third largest city Haifa on Monday as Israeli forces looked poised to expand ground raids into south Lebanon on the first anniversary of the Gaza war, which has spread conflict across the Middle East. Iran-backed Hezbollah, an ally of Hamas, the Palestinian militant group fighting Israel in Gaza, said it…
Read MoreTajikistan nationals with alleged ISIS ties removed in immigration proceedings, U.S. officials say
When federal agents arrested eight Tajikistan nationals with alleged ties to the Islamic State terror group on immigration charges back in June, U.S. officials reasoned that coordinated raids in Los Angeles, New York and Philadelphia would prove the fastest way to disrupt a potential terrorist plot in its earliest stages. Four months later, after being…
Read MoreCountries Around The World Commemorate The Anniversary Of Hamas Attack On Israel
Vigils, commemorations and acts of remembrance were planned across the world on Monday to mark one year since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel as world leaders called for an end to antisemitism and the release of Israeli hostages. Last year’s surprise cross-border attack, which killed about 1,200 people, caught Israel unprepared on a…
Read More‘Terrorist attack’ near Karachi airport kills two Chinese nationals, embassy says
Two Chinese nationals were killed in an explosion near the international airport of the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Sunday night, the Chinese embassy in Pakistan said, in what it described as a “terrorist attack”. In a statement emailed to journalists, separatist militant group Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed the explosion was an attack…
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