An Indian court has handed down punishments for a series of bombings in Ahmedabad in 2008 A special court in India sentenced 38 defendants to death and 11 others to life imprisonment on Friday for their role in a series of deadly bombings in 2008. Each convict was also fined and ordered to pay compensation […]
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Surgeon attempts to sell terrorist victim’s X-ray as NFT
A French doctor is facing disciplinary action for trying to profit from an image of a bullet in a Bataclan victim’s arm The head of public hospitals in Paris, Martin Hirsch, has filed a criminal and professional complaint against surgeon Emmanuel Masmejean for “disgraceful” and “scandalous” behavior. The official complaints come after it was reported […]
‘I vet them no different than I vet a terrorist’: how the US tracked and blackmailed journalists
An investigation has shed light on how journalists were vetted and threatened by a customs agent supposedly looking into forced labor, but actually seeking leaks related to President Trump and his alleged collusion with Russia. “It was almost 10pm on a Thursday night, and Ali Watkins was walking around the capital following instructions texted by […]
Deadly Colombian airport bombings branded terrorist attack
The twin blasts that rocked an airport in the Colombian city of Cucuta on Tuesday, killing two police officers, was a terrorist attack, the country’s President Ivan Duque has said. “We reject the cowardly terrorist attack that occurred in the city of Cucuta,” Duque wrote on Twitter, adding that the military and police were doing […]
US U-turns on rebels’ terrorist status after 20 years
The US has formally removed the Revolutionary Forces of Colombia (FARC) from its list of foreign terrorist organizations, just after the fifth anniversary of the peace deal between the rebel group and the Colombian government. In a statement, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed that “The Department of State is revoking the designations of […]
Australia slaps ‘terrorist’ label on all of Hezbollah
Australia has designated all of Lebanon’s influential Hezbollah movement as a terrorist organization, expanding the earlier ban on its armed units to the political wing. Hezbollah poses a “real” and “credible” threat to Australia, Karen Andrews, the country’s home affairs minister, said on Wednesday. The Lebanon-based group “continues to threaten terrorist attacks and provide support […]
UK outlaws Hamas as terrorist organization
Britain’s Home Secretary Priti Patel has acted to proscribe the Palestinian group Hamas “in its entirety,” stating that it has significant capacity to carry out terrorist acts and has facilities to train attackers. In a tweet on Friday, Patel stated that she had banned the Palestinian group Hamas and labelled it a terrorist organization, as […]
Manhunt launched for 3 prison escapees, including perpetrator of university terrorist attack
Kenyan authorities are offering a total reward of 60 million shillings (around $535,000) for any information on the whereabouts of three terrorist suspects who escaped from a maximum-security prison on Monday. The country’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations published a series of tweets with photos and brief descriptions of the fugitives. pic.twitter.com/H39zKdVHIg — DCI KENYA (@DCI_Kenya) […]
‘Terrorist attack’ on Iraqi PM’s home involved 3 drones – Interior Ministry
The purported assassination attempt against Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi involved three drones, the nation’s Interior Ministry has said, branding the act a “terrorist attack.” Two of the drones that targeted Al-Kadhimi’s residence in Baghdad’s Green Zone were downed and one reached the house, the ministry said. Some members of his security detail were injured, […]
Denmark charges 3 women with aiding terrorist activities after evacuating them from Syrian detention camp with their 14 children
Authorities in Denmark have arrested and preliminarily charged three women after they arrived back in the country, following a joint evacuation operation with Germany to evacuate people from the Roj detention camp in Syria. Danish officials evacuated the three women and 14 children with them from detention camps in northeastern Syria after domestic political pressure […]
Pentagon claims drone strike killed Al-Qaeda terrorist in Syria’s Idlib, emphasizes ‘no indications of civilian casualties’
The Pentagon has acknowledged a September 20 drone strike in Syria’s Idlib province, which they say targeted Al-Qaeda leader Salim Abu-Ahmad and caused no civilian casualties. The area is controlled by Turkish-backed militants. The US Central Command announced on Thursday that it conducted a “kinetic counterterrorism strike” targeting Abu-Ahmad, on a stretch of road in […]
Syria repairs gas pipeline & restores power after ‘ISIS terrorist attack’ plunged Damascus into darkness
A key gas pipeline, damaged in an attack claimed by Islamic State terrorist group, has been repaired and power supply in Damascus fully restored, following a brief but widespread blackout, according to Syrian state media. The repairs were completed and gas supply fully restored to the Deir Ali power station, the Ministry of Oil and […]
French special forces ‘neutralize’ terrorist leader of Islamic State’s Greater Sahara cell, Macron says
The commander of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara was killed in a French military operation, President Emmanuel Macron said in a tweet. The jihadist cell was active in the Mali-Niger border region in the African Sahel. “Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, leader of the terrorist group Islamic State in the Greater Sahara, was neutralized […]
Venezuela reports another ‘terrorist attack’ on its electrical system as power outages hit Caracas region & other areas
Venezuela’s electrical system was targeted by another “terrorist attack” on Sunday, minister of electric power Nestor Reverol has said, referring to power outages in the Caracas area and other parts of the Latin American country. There was an explosion and fire at an electrical substation in the Jose Angel Lamas municipality of northern Aragua state, […]
Iran hails attack on ‘terrorist’ sites in Iraqi Kurdistan (VIDEO)
The Iranian armed forces have celebrated a targeted attack on “terrorist” positions in northern Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, claiming the artillery and drones assault neutralized several insurgency leaders. In a statement on Thursday, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said they had successfully undertaken an operation to target what Tehran considers terrorist groups based in Kurdistan […]