UK: Renewed rioting sweeps across several cities in wake of child murders

Violent disorder swept across several British cities on Saturday, injuring police and damaging property in the most widespread rioting in the country for 13 years, following the murder of three young girls in northwest England. Riots involving hundreds of anti-immigration Read More …

Germany carries out raids and bans a group accused of links to Iran and support for Hezbollah

The German government on Wednesday banned an organization accused of being an “outpost” of Iran’s theocracy, promoting the ideology of its leadership and supporting Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group. Police raided 53 properties around the country, including a prominent mosque in Read More …

Europol-coordinated operation tackles the threat of terrorist-operated websites

Ten countries joined forces with Europol to disrupt the online propaganda activities of religious and politically motivated terrorist organisations across the ideological spectrum. This joint effort, known as Operation HOPPER II, targeted key assets in the online dissemination of terrorist Read More …

Ukraine could launch ‘terror campaign bombing schools’ if Russia wins war

Ukraine is planning “terrorist activity” which would see Russian schools and other civilian infrastructure targeted, an expert has claimed to the Daily Express. Mr Drummond said: “I think any strikes will be restricted to the border regions because strikes deep Read More …

Illinois Man Arrested With Bombs Posted Right-Wing Content

Just after 3 a.m. last Friday, a Pekin police officer pulled over a car for a traffic violation, according to an affidavit. Dalton Mattus, 34, was a passenger inside the vehicle, and police say they found a canvas bag under Read More …

Michigan: Grant Man Charged With Transporting Explosive And Possessing A Destructive Device

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN — U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten today announced that Luke Isaac Terpstra, a 30-year-old resident of Grant, Michigan, has been charged with transporting an explosive with the intent to kill, injure, or Read More …

U.S. Mission Russia: Security Alert

The Embassy is monitoring reports that extremists have imminent plans to target large gatherings in Moscow, to include concerts, and U.S. citizens should be advised to avoid large gatherings over the next 48 hours. Actions to Take: Avoid crowds. Monitor Read More …

Germany: Tesla’s giant Berlin factory without power after arsonists attack electricity supply

Power supply to Tesla’s factory near Berlin has been cut following an arson attack on a high-voltage electricity pylon nearby, a German official said Tuesday. “If the initial findings are confirmed, this is a perfidious attack on our electricity infrastructure. Read More …

Greek militant group claims an attempted parcel bomb attack last week against judge

An anarchist group on Monday claimed responsibility for last week’s attempted bomb attack against a senior judge in Greece, raising fears of a resurgence of violence by radical militants. Explosives experts defused the parcel bomb that was placed at a Read More …

UK: Islamist extremists including youth who failed to report chemical bomb plot jailed

Two Islamist extremists have been jailed for terrorist offences. Al-Arfat Hassan, 21, from Enfield, was sentenced to seven years in prison for possessing chemicals for a terrorist purpose. A youth, 17, was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for failure Read More …

Trafficking in the Sahel: Muzzling the illicit arms trade

In this feature, part of a series exploring the fight against trafficking in the Sahel, UN News focuses on the illegal arms trade that is fuelling conflict and terrorism. In the Sahel, home to 300 million people, it’s a buyer’s Read More …

Russia: FSB detains teenager for plotting arson at electricity facility in Kaluga region

Officers of the Federal Security Service (FSB) have detained a 17-year-old man who planned to set fire to a local electricity substation in the Kaluga region, the FSB press center said on Friday. “An act of sabotage at an energy Read More …

Yurtugh Tactical: Profiling the Anti-Chinese Uyghur Training Group in Syria

The rise of tactical groups dates to 2017 and 2018, when the first videos and photos of Malhama Tactical in Syria began to circulate. In those same years, other tactical groups began operating in Syria, but escaped the scrutiny of Read More …

Civil Society Perspectives: ISIL in Africa – Key Trends and Developments

The present report synthesizes the views of more than 50 representatives of African civil society organizations (CSOs), located in 15 Member States, who contributed to two virtual roundtables convened by CTED in October and November 2021. The roundtables aimed to Read More …

How a White-Supremacist Militia Uses Facebook to Radicalize and Train New Members

The snow had just melted on the streets of Kyiv when Shawn Fuller, a U.S. Navy veteran, arrived in the early spring of 2018, his roller suitcase clattering over the pavestones of the Ukrainian capital. On the western edge of town, Read More …

Neo-Nazi Terror Group The Base Linked to the War in Ukraine

After a string of sweeping indictments and arrests, court documents have illustrated how the neo-Nazi terror group The Base discussed derailing trains and plotted the assassinations of anti-fascist activists in the U.S. But the group also had international ambitions. The Read More …

Neo-Nazi groups recruit Britons to fight in Ukraine

Neo-Nazi groups involved in the fighting in Ukraine are actively seeking to recruit British far-right activists, a leading anti-fascist watchdog has warned. At least two Britons are thought to have travelled to the war-torn eastern European country in recent months Read More …