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Kidnapping Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer was to be a rallying cry for 'a second American civil war'

Right-wing extremists guilty of plan to kidnap governor

Two right-wing extremists, who planned to abduct a Democratic Governor and blow up a bridge, have been found guilty of hatching a kidnapping plot. Prosecutors described the 2020 plan to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer as a rallying cry for civil war.

Crime • 23 Aug 22

Elsheikh and his fellow 'Beatles' committed multiple murders

Islamic State 'Beatle' jailed for life by US court

A member of an Islamic State cell which kidnapped and then beheaded American journalists and aid workers has been jailed for life by a US federal court.

Terrorism • 19 Aug 22

Home Secretary Priti Patel said the move was a 'precautionary measure'

UK terrorism alert level raised to 'severe'

Britain's terrorism threat level has been raised to "severe", according to Home Secretary Priti Patel, meaning an attack is now seen as highly likely.

UK • 03 Nov 20

Boris Johnson visited Libya as UK Foreign Secretary in 2017

UK PM linked to extradition of Manchester bomb plotter

Boris Johnson was linked to the alleged torture and unprecedented extradition of Manchester Arena bombing conspirator Hashem Abedi, it can now be reported.

UK • 17 Mar 20

Salman Abedi was taken to Belmarsh prison after being found guilty of plotting the Manchester Arena bombing in 2017

Abedi found guilty of plotting Manchester Arena bombing

The homegrown jihadi brother of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi has been found guilty of murdering 22 people and injuring hundreds more in the "cruel and cowardly" attack.

UK • 17 Mar 20

Britain's Justice Secretary Robert Buckland said the proposal was 'not a new concept'

UK defends plan to make terrorists take lie tests

Britain's Justice Secretary has defended plans to make terrorists take a lie detector test to prove they have reformed and are not planning to carry out another attack.

UK • 21 Jan 20

Facebook set to bar 'dangerous' people from posting live graphic videos on its platform

Facebook to crack down on live-streaming violence

Facebook has announced it is tightening access to live-streaming to prevent the rampant sharing of graphic video as took place with the Christchurch mosque attacks in March.

Science and Technology • 15 May 19

The four were arrested on Friday as part of an investigation into a terrorist conspiracy

France holds four over 'extremely violent' attack plot

Three adults and a teenager have been arrested in France over a planned attack on the security forces in the coming days, prosecutors said today, which a minister described as "extremely violent".

Europe • 29 Apr 19

The meeting will be co-chaired by French President Emmanuel Macron and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

Paris summit aims to banish extremism on social media

New Zealand and France are to bring together world leaders and tech companies at a Paris summit next month aimed at stopping social media being used to organise and promote terrorism.

World • 24 Apr 19

New Zealanders came together to pay respect to those killed in the mosque killings

New Zealand honours victims of mosque attacks

A Maori lament echoed across Christchurch as a survivor of the New Zealand mosque attacks told a national remembrance service he had forgiven the gunman responsible for the attack that took his wife, Husna.

World • 29 Mar 19

Two minutes silence were held for victims of the attacks in Christchurch

New Zealand falls silent for mosque attack victims

The Muslim call to prayer rang out across New Zealand followed by two minutes of silence nationwide to mark a week since a white supremacist shot dead 50 people at two mosques in the city of Christchurch.

World • 22 Mar 19

Police said the men had been inspired by Islamic State rather than being directed by the militant group

Three held in Australia over plans for 'mass' attack

Australian police have arrested three men who were allegedly preparing to attack the public in Melbourne, less than two weeks after a man killed one person in Australia's second-largest city.

World • 20 Nov 18

A Syrian teenager has been arrested in Germany in connection with a bomb plot

Syrian teen arrested in Germany over planned attack

German police have arrested a 19-year-old Syrian man suspected of planning an Islamist bomb attack in the country using powerful explosives.

Europe • 31 Oct 17

Iraq suffered nine of the 11 deadliest attacks

Just 2% of terror attacks last year hit Western Europe

Western Europe accounted for less than 1% of the 34,676 people killed in terror attacks in 2016 and only 2% of attacks, according to a new report.

World • 23 Aug 17

AI is being used to match images and video to known pictures and video from terrorist groups

Facebook announces new measures to stop terror content

Facebook has offered a new insight into its efforts to remove terrorism content, a response to political pressure in Europe to militant groups using the social network for propaganda and recruiting.

Technology • 15 Jun 17

Risk consultancy firm Control Risks eyes 'seismic shift' in risk factors

Brexit and Trump increases risks to businesses

The Brexit vote and the election of Donald Trump will result in levels of business uncertainty not seen since the end of the Cold War, leading to a "seismic shift" in risk.

Business • 12 Dec 16

Barack Obama was making a speech at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida

Obama warns military might will not defeat terror

US President Barack Obama has warned that the country would not be able to wipe out terrorism with military might as he offered a sweeping defense of his administration's national security record.

World • 06 Dec 16

Deaths in OECD countries increased from 77 in 2014 to 577 in 2015

577 terrorism deaths in OECD countries in 2015

Terrorism deaths fell last year due to a weakening of the so-called Islamic State group in Iraq and Boko Haram in Nigeria, but both groups expanded their geographic reach, a new index reveals.

News • 16 Nov 16

Brussels suicide bomber Ibrahim El Bakraoui

Turkey says it deported Brussels attacker in 2015

One of the attackers in the Brussels suicide bombings was deported last year from Turkey, and Belgium subsequently ignored a warning that the man was a militant, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has said.

News • 24 Mar 16

An Garda Síochána is keeping the level of threat under constant review

Ireland 'not immune from the threat' of attack

The Government has said there is no specific information of any threat to the country from international terrorism but a similar indiscriminate atrocity is possible, although not likely.

News • 23 Mar 16

The measure is one of a tough set of proposals introduced by French President Francois Hollande

French politicians pass nationality measure

Politicians in France’s lower house of parliament have voted through a controversial proposal to amend the constitution to strip people convicted of terrorist offences of their French nationality.

World • 09 Feb 16

The man was arrested during a search of a house in Brussels yesterday

Suspect charged with 'terrorist murder' in Belgium

Belgian prosecutors have arrested a tenth suspect over the attacks in Paris last month and charged him with terror offences.

News • 31 Dec 15

Melbourne teen admits terror charge

A Melbourne teenager alleged to have had bomb-making materials pleaded guilty this morning to preparing for a terror act.

News • 14 Dec 15

Frances Fitzgerald said the international situation makes the Government 'far more conscious of the issues'

Terror attack in Ireland possible but 'not likely'

The Minister for Justice has said a terrorist attack in Ireland is possible, but not likely.

News • 23 Nov 15

A car bomb attack killed Egypt's top public prosecutor in July

Egypt approves new anti-terrorism laws

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has approved an anti-terrorism law that sets up special courts and provides protections to its enforcers in the face of a two-year-long insurgency that aims to topple his government.

News • 17 Aug 15