Posts Tagged ‘worldwide terrorism threats & trends’

At least 100 villagers were killed in northeastern Nigeria when suspected Boko Haram Islamic extremists opened fire on a market, on worshippers and in people’s homes, residents said Wednesday, the latest killings in Africa’s longest struggle with militancy. More than 50 extremists on motorcycles rode into the Tarmuwa council area of Yobe state on Sunday…

Hamas’ armed wing said on Monday that since June the group has been operating under new instructions on how to handle hostages should Israeli forces approach their locations in Gaza. The announcement comes days after the Israeli military recovered the bodies of six hostages from a tunnel in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, saying…

Yemen’s Houthi rebels released footage on Thursday showing their fighters boarded and placed explosives on a Greek-flagged tanker, setting off blasts that put the Red Sea at risk of a major oil spill. The vessel was abandoned earlier, after the Houthis repeatedly attacked it. In the video, the Iran-backed Houthis chant their motto as the…

The British government said on Thursday it had imposed a travel ban on Mustafa Ayash, who it sanctioned earlier this year for promoting terrorism, and suspected Hezbollah financier Nazem Ahmad. The pair, who were already subject to asset freezes under domestic counter-terrorism powers, now cannot enter Britain, it said. “The travel bans are a part…

A Hong Kong jury on Thursday convicted one person and acquitted six others over an alleged plan to detonate explosives and use firearms against police during 2019 protest in the city, in a landmark case under the United Nations Anti-Terrorism Ordinance. Lai Chun-pong, 30, was the only one found guilty with the jury finding the…

The C.I.A. provided intelligence to Austrian authorities that allowed them to disrupt a plot that could have killed thousands of people at a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna this month, the agency’s deputy director said on Wednesday. David S. Cohen, the deputy director of the C.I.A., said the agency had provided information about four people…

The Haqqani Network under its founder Jalaluddin Haqqani was historically unconcerned with global jihadism, confining its operations to Afghanistan. Now under Sirajuddin Haqqani, the Network has well-established globalized organizational and operational ties. Notwithstanding its multiple external capabilities, the Haqqani Network lacks the motivation to attack the US, its DIME interests, and its allies as it…

Gunmen have killed at least 22 people in south-west Pakistan after forcing them out of their vehicles and checking their identity, officials say. The attack happened overnight on a highway in Balochistan province, where security forces are battling sectarian, ethnic and separatist violence. The armed men checked identity documents, reportedly singling out those from Punjab…