Posts Tagged ‘worldwide terrorism threats & trends’
Amateur saboteurs: the young men carrying out attacks for gangs, Russia and Iran
Shortly after midnight on May 13, 2025, Ukrainian national Roman Lavrynovych messaged someone he knew as ‘EL Money’, a mystery figure who had instructed him to commit three arson attacks on property linked to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. With his conviction on Monday, the 22-year-old Lavrynovych joins a growing list of mainly young men,…
Read MoreToronto police officer fatally shot in investigation tied to U.S. consulate shootings: chief
A Toronto police constable has died after being shot following an exchange of gunfire with a suspect in the northwest end of the city Thursday morning, Chief Myron Demkiw says. Const. Marc Pinizzotto, 43, was “a hero in life, not death,” Demkiw said at a news conference outside Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. “There’s a very…
Read MoreRegulators’ proposed prediction markets rules ban trading on terrorism, assassinations
Federal regulators came out with their first proposed rules on how to oversee prediction markets on Wednesday. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which has taken the lead as the federal regulator over the markets, will seek to develop a framework to determine if contracts are contrary to the public interest and illegal. Those questions surround…
Read MorePassaic Man Charged with Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS
A Passaic County man was charged with attempting to provide material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization, the Islamic State of Iraq and al Sham (ISIS). Mohamed Sagha, 22, of Wayne, New Jersey was charged by complaint with one count of attempting to provide material support and resources to ISIS. He made…
Read MoreAlleged Bondi Beach gunman charged with another 19 offences
The man accused of killing fifteen people in an attack on a Jewish festival at Sydney’s Bondi Beach in December has been charged with 19 additional offences. Naveed Akram was already facing 59 charges after the shooting including 15 counts of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder, and one count of committing a terrorist act.…
Read MoreTaliban Leader Who Took U.S. Journalist Hostage Sentenced to 42 Years
The Taliban commander who abducted an American journalist was sentenced to 42 years in prison on Tuesday after pleading guilty to hostage taking and providing material support for terrorism. The commander, Haji Najibullah, said in his guilty plea last year that he had supported Taliban members who intended to kill U.S. troops and in 2008…
Read MoreBritish teen charged over London arson attack on Jewish charity ambulances
A teenager has been charged in connection with an arson attack on a Jewish charity’s ambulances in March, according to U.K. police, becoming the fifth person to be charged over the attack. The March blaze in Golders Green, an area in north London with a large Jewish population, engulfed four ambulances belonging to Hatzola Northwest,…
Read MoreTwo convicted over targeted knife attack on Iran International journalist
Two men have been convicted following a targeted knife attack on a journalist outside his home in south‑west London. The jury heard prosecution evidence that the attack was planned, coordinated and funded, and that it formed part of what prosecutors said was a proxy operation linked to the Iranian state. George Stana, 25, and Nandito…
Read MoreCrete terror suspect admits Hamas membership, links to Cyprus plot
A 37-year-old man arrested in Crete on Saturday on suspicion of terrorism-related activity has told Greek investigators he is a member of Hamas and was connected to suspects detained in Cyprus over planned attacks on Israeli-linked targets. The suspect, a Gaza native legally employed in Greece as a seasonal hotel worker, was staying in Agios…
Read MoreTwo convicted over targeted knife attack on Iran International journalist
Two men have been convicted following a targeted knife attack on a journalist outside his home in south‑west London. The jury heard prosecution evidence that the attack was planned, coordinated and funded, and that it formed part of what prosecutors said was a proxy operation linked to the Iranian state. George Stana, 25, and Nandito…
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