Posts Tagged ‘worldwide terrorism threats & trends’

Police in Argentina say they have arrested seven people who they believe formed part of an organisation planning terrorist attacks in the western province of Mendoza. Argentina’s Federal Police (PFA) said in a statement issued Friday night that the alleged terror group had sent “anti-Christian” and “anti-Jewish” expressions via chat messaging programmes. “Based on anti-Christian…

The armed wings of Hamas and Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility on Monday for a bomb blast near a synagogue in Tel Aviv that Israeli police and the Shin Bet intelligence agency described as a terrorist attack. A man who was carrying the bomb was killed and a passerby was injured in the incident late on…

A terror motive is being investigated after a teenage boy was arrested following an incident at an army barracks in Galway last night, in which a man in his 50s was stabbed a number of times and seriously injured. An army chaplain was stabbed in the incident at Renmore Barracks, which occurred at around 10.45pm.…

A Dutch woman suspected of traveling to Syria to join a terrorist organization is “deeply affected” by the “bitter” accusation that she deployed her underage son in the ISIS armed struggle. Ayada K. said this on Thursday during the first preparatory hearing in the case against her in the secure court in Rotterdam. K. left…

The investigation that resulted in the arrests of two Toronto men accused of plotting an attack for ISIS began with a tip from France, sources have told Global News. French authorities allegedly became aware of at least one of the suspects and notified Canada’s intelligence service. Following a brief investigation, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service…

Chancellor Karl Nehammer said on Tuesday he would introduce steps to bolster Austria’s counter-terrorism capacity after authorities last week foiled a suspected ISIS-inspired plot against a concert due to be held by Taylor Swift in Vienna. In a post on X, Nehammer said he was presenting a package of measures to enable “decisive action against…

Yemen’s Houthi rebels stormed the headquarters of the United Nations’ Human Rights Office in the capital, Sanaa, seizing documents, furniture and vehicles, a senior U.N. official said Tuesday. The seizure was the latest move in a crackdown by the Houthis on people working with the U.N., aid agencies and foreign embassies. The crackdown comes as…

U.S. officials have confirmed their role in identifying a suspected terrorist plot planned for a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna this weekend. During a Friday briefing, White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby said the U.S. provided information to Austrian authorities, who have made several arrests in relation to the alleged foiled attack. “We…