US kills senior al-Qaeda leader in Syria with drone strike

The US military has killed senior al-Qaeda leader Abdul Hamid al-Matar in a drone strike in Syria, a US Central Command spokesman said. “The removal of this al-Qaeda senior leader will disrupt the terrorist organisation’s ability to further plot and Read More …

Russian Federal Security Service prevents IS supporter-plotted terror attack in Stavropol Region

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has prevented a terror attack plotted by a supporter of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organization (outlawed in Russia) in the Stavropol Region, a source in the FSB Public Relations Centre told TASS. “The Russian Read More …

UK: Teenager who was ‘caught with a bomb-making video’ is set to face trial on terror charges

A 16-year-old schoolgirl who was allegedly caught with a ‘bomb-making video and instructions on how to build a homemade gun’ is to face trial on terrorism charges. The teenager, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, is charged with five Read More …

Somalia: AMISOM Troops Commended For Their Support And Operations In HirShabelle State

The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) Sector 5 forces in Jowhar, have been commended for their exemplary role in helping secure elections and for their support in improving infrastructure in HirShabelle State of Somalia. On Sunday, HirShabelle State Vice Read More …

UK: Notorious attacker found with bomb-making and neo-Nazi material

A man who attacked a woman so brutally she lost the ability to speak has now been convicted of possessing bomb-making and other terrorist material. Jon Craig’s hoard of terrorist literature and neo-Nazi photographs were discovered by police as they Read More …

Philippines: Bomb-making materials seized in Cavite province

Two suspects were apprehended by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) for the illegal trading of bomb-making materials on Thursday. The suspects were identified as Charlito Tenorio and Jay-ar Suson who were arrested in separate operations under Oplan Paglalansag Read More …

Spanish Police Arrests 5 Jihadists On Suspicion Of Preparing A Terrorist Attack

With the active support of Europol’s European Counter Terrorism Centre, the Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional) has arrested in Barcelona and Madrid five suspected members of an Islamic State cell. The suspects – all Algerian nationals, are believed to have Read More …

Supreme Court appears likely to allow death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber

A divided Supreme Court seemed prepared Wednesday to allow the death sentence to be reimposed for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev after a federal appeals court voided it. A majority of the justices suggested that they did not agree with Read More …

Philippines: Thousands of dynamites intended to harm soldiers seized in Bukidnon

Thousands of dynamites said to be used in a planned bombing of patrolling troops and government facilities were seized by the elements of the Army’s 8 Infantry (Dependable) Battalion (8th IB) in Malinao area, Barangay Kalusangay, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon province. Read More …

Kosovo Arrests Five Suspects for Plotting Terrorist Attacks

Kosovo’s Special Prosecution on Sunday said police had arrested five persons suspected of planning terrorist actions against country’s constitutional order and security. Explosive devices, fire arms, drones and anti-tank weapons were seized during the operation, which was conducted after several Read More …

India: NIA arrests two militants in multiple raids in Kashmir Valley

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) carried out multiple raids in the Valley and arrested two people on Sunday, in a case related to the recovery of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) from a Lashkar-e-Taiba militant in Jammu in June. “During Read More …

Saudi air defenses intercept Houthi drone targeting Abha airport, four injured

Saudi Arabia’s air defenses have intercepted a booby-trapped drone launched by the Iran-backed Houthis in attempt to carry out an attack on Abha International Airport. “Shrapnel have scattered and fell in the vicinity of Abha’s internal airport as a result Read More …

Russia: Five neo-Nazis who plotted terror attack detained in Ufa, Bashkortostan

The Russian FSB has detained five members of a neo-Nazi group for plotting a terror attack targeting law enforcement agents, the security service told TASS on Monday. “The Federal Security Service (FSB – TASS) stopped preparations for a terror attack Read More …

Toronto men caught with bomb-making manuals, al-Qaeda literature

Six months after Kevin Omar Mohamed‘s prison sentence for terrorism came to an end, the RCMP’s Toronto O-INSET national security team decided to check up on him. What they found set off alarms. Not only was he violating his probation Read More …

Philippines: US donates communication equipment, bomb disposal gears to improve PNP’s anti-terror capability

The United States has donated vehicles, communication equipment and bomb disposal protective gear to the Philippine National Police (PNP) in a bid to improve the country’s operational capability against terrorism. Among those donated were laptop computers, 4 units of Ford Read More …

Somalia, AU Coordinate to Fight Against al-Shabab

The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and Somalia’s National Army (SNA) launched a center this week to better coordinate their fight against al-Shabab militants, who have threatened to disrupt Somalia’s elections. The Joint Operations Coordination Center at AMISOM Sector Read More …

NATO Secretary General attends opening of UN General Assembly

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg joined world leaders at the opening of the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday (21 September 2021). This year’s General Assembly marks the sixth that Mr Stoltenberg has Read More …

India: NIA raids seven locations in Kashmir in connection with IED recovery case

The anti-terror federal probe agency NIA conducted raids at seven places in capital city Srinagar and South and north Kashmir districts this morning in connection with the recovery of IED in Jammu on June 27, 2021, sources in the agency Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: 3 kg locally made IED, 3 Kg urea recovered in Kupwara

Police and army recovered three locally made Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) from an abandoned shed in a remote area in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Tuesday. A police officer told that 3 kilograms of urea was also recovered from the Read More …

Nigeria: Police recover rifles, IEDs from murder suspects in Ebonyi

The police command in Ebonyi says its operatives recovered two AK-47 rifles, 40 rounds of live ammunition and some charms from suspected murderers in the state. In a statement on Friday, Levi Phillips, spokesman of the Ebonyi police command, said Read More …