Posts Tagged ‘worldwide terrorism threats & trends’
US conducts follow-up strikes against militants in Nigeria’s northeast
The U.S. Africa Command said on Monday it had carried out additional airstrikes against Islamic State targets in northeastern Nigeria on Sunday, in coordination with the Nigerian government, as joint operations against militant groups intensify. Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters said the latest strikes were conducted in the Metele area of Borno State, following intelligence that fighters…
Read MoreHezbollah leader urges Lebanon to withdraw from direct talks with Israel in Washington
The leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group called on the government on Tuesday to withdraw from direct talks with Israel this week in Washington, calling them a concession and instead urged for indirect negotiations. Lebanon and Israel are scheduled to hold two days of talks in Washington, starting Thursday, in an attempt to end the…
Read MoreProsecutors cite terrorist intent in bomb attack on headquarters of Dutch ruling party
A 37-year-old man accused of a bomb attack on the Dutch premier’s party headquarters is suspected of acting with terrorist intent, prosecutors said Monday as he faced an arraignment hearing where a judge ordered his detention extended by two weeks. The bomb exploded after being pushed through a letter slot at the centrist D66 party…
Read MoreKuwait says Iran attacked an island where China is helping to build a port
Kuwait accused Iran of launching a failed attack earlier this month on an island where China is helping build a port in the Middle East nation. Kuwait said a paramilitary Revolutionary Guard team tried to infiltrate Bubiyan Island in the northwest corner of the Persian Gulf near Iraq and Iran on May 1. It accused…
Read MoreNew report details ‘systematic’ rape and sexual violence during Hamas’ Oct 7 attack on Israel
Hamas militants and their allies raped, assaulted and sexually tortured their victims during and after the October 7, 2023 terror attack on southern Israel “to maximize pain and suffering,” a landmark new report has concluded. Shared first with CNN, the report presents the most comprehensive body of evidence yet of sexual and gender-based violence against…
Read MoreFrance arrests Tunisian suspected of planning ‘jihad-inspired’ attack in Paris
French authorities have arrested a 27-year-old Tunisian man suspected of “plotting a violent action inspired by jihadism”, the anti-terror prosecutor’s office told AFP on Monday. According to a source familiar with the case, the investigation established that the suspect was aiming to attack “a Paris museum as well as members of the Jewish community, although…
Read MoreCanberra teenager charged with additional terrorism offences, including planning an attack
A Canberra teenager has been charged by the ACT Joint Counter Terrorism Team (JCTT) with additional terrorism offences, including acts in preparation for a terrorist act. The youth, 17, is the first person to be charged with planning a terrorist act in the ACT. It is alleged the teenager was planning an attack on people…
Read MoreAt least nine people killed in explosion at Pakistan market
An explosion in a busy market in northwestern Pakistan has killed at least nine people and wounded 30, according to emergency workers and a medical official. The blast on Tuesday was caused by a bomb-laden rickshaw in Pakistan’s town of Sarai Naurang, in Lakki Marwat district, a region close to the border with Afghanistan, said…
Read MoreAs attacks on Europe’s Jewish communities escalate, Iran may be recruiting operatives online
The Kenton United Synagogue, in northwest London, was one of a string of mainly Jewish sites struck in arson attacks across the British capital and other European cities in the past two months, including schools, businesses and volunteer-run ambulances. An official works among the burnt out ambulances at the scene of an antisemitic arson attack…
Read MorePakistan blames Afghanistan-based militants for deadly attack on police
Pakistan blames Afghanistan-based militants for the attack on a police post that killed 15 personnel over the weekend, Pakistan’s foreign ministry said on Monday, signaling fresh tension between the neighbours whose militaries have clashed over the issue this year. The police personnel were killed in a car bombing at a police post in the northwestern…
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