Kitty Marion: The actress who became a ‘terrorist’
Source: BBC News By Megha Mohan When a student researching in the archives of a London museum read the unpublished memoirs of a suffragette bomber, she began to wonder if […]
Mississauga explosion: Suspects ‘detonate bomb’ in restaurant
Source: BBC News A homemade bomb has exploded at a restaurant in Mississauga, Canada’s sixth largest city, injuring 15 people. Police said two suspects entered the Bombay Bhel restaurant in […]
Rattled by bombings, Indonesia set to pass tough anti-terror laws
Source: Reuters BY Tabita Diela JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s parliament is expected to adopt tough anti-terrorism laws on Friday as it seeks to combat a surge in homegrown Islamist militancy […]
Indonesia prosecutors seek death for cleric accused of planning attacks from jail
Source: Reuters JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian prosecutors on Friday sought the death penalty for radical Islamic cleric Aman Abdurrahman who is on trial accused of masterminding a series of attacks, […]
Judges find merit in part of London imam’s terror appeal
Source: Associated Press By LARRY NEUMEISTER NEW YORK (AP) — Two of three judges hearing an appeal of a London imam’s terrorism conviction were critical Tuesday of the way an […]
Indonesian family that bombed churches well off, friendly
Source: Associated Press By NINIEK KARMINI SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) — The Muslim family that carried out suicide attacks on three churches in Indonesia’s second-largest city, killing a dozen people as […]
Paris attack: Knifeman kills one before being shot by police
Source: BBC News A knifeman has killed one person and wounded four in a suspected terror attack in central Paris, French officials say. The attacker was then shot dead by police in the Opéra district. Witnesses say they heard him shout “Allah Akbar”. So-called Islamic State (IS) later said one […]
Facebook accused of introducing extremists to one another through ‘suggested friends’ feature
Source: The Telegraph By Martin Evans, crime correspondent 5 MAY 2018 • 10:13PM Facebook has helped introduce thousands of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) extremists to one another, […]
Islamist terrorism wanes in Pakistan, but religious fervor threatens national unity
Source: The Washington Post By Pamela Constable ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — By voting last week to revoke an honor bestowed on the first Pakistani to receive a Nobel Prize in science, Pakistan’s National […]
Over a dozen killed in mosque blast, as violence grips Afghanistan
Source: CNN By Sheena McKenzie and Ehsan Popalzai, CNN (CNN)At least 14 people were killed and 33 others injured after an explosion at a mosque in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, […]
‘Shocked’ by Attack on Mosque, Nigeria Tightens Security in Northeast
Source: The New York Times By EMMANUEL AKINWOTU and AURELIEN BREEDEN Suicide bombers attacked a market and a mosque on Tuesday in Mubi, Nigeria, killing at least 27 people. CreditEPA, via Shutterstock ABUJA, Nigeria […]
These Iraqi Farmers Said No to ISIS. When Night Came They Paid the Price.
Source: The New York Times By MARGARET COKER and FALIH HASSAN Relatives and neighbors of 21 people killed in a brazen Islamic State attack in Tarmiya, Iraq, gathered for a funeral service on […]
Twin blasts at mosque in northern Nigeria kill at least 28
Source: Associated Press By IBRAHIM ABDUL’AZIZ YOLA, Nigeria (AP) — A pair of explosions killed at least 28 worshippers at a mosque in northeastern Nigeria and wounded at least 56 […]
Twin blasts in Afghan capital kill at least 26, including nine journalists
Source: Reuters BY James Mackenzie, Rupam Jain KABUL (Reuters) – Explosions in the Afghan capital Kabul killed at least 26 people on Monday, including nine journalists who had arrived to report […]
More than 70 countries commit to combat terror financing
Source: Associated Press By SYLVIE CORBET PARIS (AP) — More than 70 countries committed Thursday to bolster efforts in the fight against terrorism financing associated with the Islamic State group and al-Qaida. Participants at an international conference in Paris agreed to “fully criminalize” terror financing through effective and proportionate sanctions […]
Toronto van attack: rightwingers point to Islamist terror before police cite motive
Source: The Guardian International far-right figures rush to judgment though police have not suggested any possible motivation BY Jason Wilson A woman pays her respects at a makeshift memorial following […]
Nigeria church attack leaves 19 dead, including two priests
Source: CNN Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)At least 19 people were killed Tuesday after gunmen opened fire at a church in Nigeria’s Middle Belt, police said. Two priests and 17 worshippers were killed when armed men, believed to be cattle herders, stormed a Catholic church during early morning Mass on Tuesday in […]
Afghanistan: Kabul voter centre suicide attack kills 57
Source: BBC News A suicide bomb attack at a voter registration centre in the Afghan capital Kabul has killed at least 57 people, officials say. The dead include 21 women and five children, killed when the blast hit the queue outside. A further 119 people were injured. The Islamic State […]
Struggling to prevent terrorist attacks, France wants to ‘reform’ Islam
Source: The Washington Post By James McAuley April 17 at 6:00 AM Email the author PARIS — Speaking alongside the flag-draped coffin of a police officer killed in a terrorist attack in southern France, President Emmanuel Macron last month lay blame on “underground Islamism” and those who “indoctrinate on our soil and corrupt daily.” […]
U.S. Pastor Held in Turkey Denies Links to Terrorists
Source: Wall Street Journal By David Gauthier-Villars Updated April 16, 2018 8:38 p.m. ET An American pastor who has spent 18 months in Turkish custody appeared for the first time […]