Posts Tagged ‘worldwide terrorism threats & trends’
Kurdish PKK disbands and ends 40-year Turkey insurgency
The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group, which has been locked in bloody conflict with the Turkish state for more than four decades, decided to disband and end its armed struggle, a news agency close to the group reported on Monday. The PKK’s decision could boost NATO member Turkey’s political and economic stability and encourage…
Read MoreMan Sentenced to Over 30 Years in Prison for Crypto-Terror Financing Scheme
A Springfield, Virginia, man was sentenced yesterday to 364 months in prison for his efforts to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization. According to court records and evidence presented at trial, from at least October 2019 through October 2022, Mohammed Azharuddin Chhipa, 35, collected…
Read MoreIsraeli embassy in London was target of suspected terror plot
The Israeli embassy in London was the alleged target of five Iranian men arrested on suspicion of preparing an act of terrorism, the BBC understands. Police have not yet confirmed that the embassy in Kensington was the suspected target, as first reported by the Times, citing operational reasons. But the BBC understands the report is…
Read MorePublic urged not to speculate on terror arrest
The public has been urged not to speculate about an arrest made in public as part of a major counter-terrorism investigation. A 29-year-old Iranian man in Swindon was among eight men arrested on Saturday in two separate operations into an alleged plot to “target a specific premises”, the Metropolitan Police said. Wiltshire’s Police and Crime…
Read MoreSinaloa cartel leader among 16 arrested in historic U.S. fentanyl bust
Sixteen people have been arrested and three million pills laced with fentanyl were seized in what federal prosecutors said Tuesday was the “largest fentanyl bust in DEA history.” The operation, which spanned several states along in the West, “marks the most significant victory in our nation’s fight against fentanyl and drug trafficking to date,” Attorney…
Read MoreDruze near Damascus resist demand to turn in arms as tensions boil
Druze residents near Syria’s capital are resisting a demand by the Islamist-led government to hand in their light weapons, saying authorities have yet to address fears of new attacks by Sunni Muslim militants after days of sectarian violence. The Druze, an Arab minority sect who practise a religion originally derived from Islam, live in Syria,…
Read MoreState Department labels Haitian gangs as terrorist organizations
The Trump administration has designated a coalition of Haitian gangs that have embroiled the Caribbean nation in mass violence as terrorist organizations, a White House official confirmed to NBC News. The Viv Ansanm coalition and the Gran Grif gang will now be labeled a Foreign Terrorist Organizations and as Specifically Designated Global Terrorists by the…
Read MoreState of panic growing in Sudan’s wartime capital amid drone strikes
Dark clouds of smoke have been rising over Sudan’s wartime capital Port Sudan for two consecutive days. A state of panic is building in the administrative centre that is home to tens of thousands of people seeking safety during two years of war between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). This is…
Read MoreSpain: cable theft that caused rail chaos was ‘act of sabotage’, says minister
Spain’s transport minister has said the country’s rail network suffered “an act of serious sabotage” after vital signalling cable was stolen over the busy bank holiday weekend, bringing severe delays to high-speed services between Madrid and Seville that affected more than 10,000 travellers. Government sources said the problems on the line between the capital and…
Read More13 security guards kidnapped from a Peruvian gold mine found dead
The bodies of 13 security guards kidnapped from a major Peruvian gold mine just over a week ago were found Sunday, the mining company said. The Peruvian company, La Poderosa, said that a search and rescue team had recovered the staff members’ remains on Sunday. It blamed their abduction on informal miners allegedly linked to…
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