Category: terror attack

US Warning Panics South Africa, as Local Terror Groups Get Stronger

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—On any sunny summer’s day, Sandton’s glass and metal towers gleam and light up the northern Johannesburg skyline, symbols of South Africa’s economic ties with the West.  Global business behemoths with offices in Africa’s financial powerhouse include the kingpin of international management consulting, McKinsey & Company, headquartered in six major cities in the…


Have Obama, Biden Fostered Iran Terror on US Soil?

The attempt on novelist Salman Rushdie’s life was the most dramatic Iranian terror attack on the American homeland. But the regime that takes “death to America” as its motto has others in its crosshairs, like dissident journalists and U.S. officials—including a former secretary of state. So why is the White House determined to give American…


UK Police to Contact Every Parliament Member After Killing of Tory Lawmaker

Every member of Parliament (MP) will be contacted by police regarding their security arrangements, a national police body said on Saturday in the wake of the killing of a Conservative MP. The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC), said Operation Bridger, a nationwide police protective security operation established in 2016, will contact every MP individually. Sir David Amess,…


Suspect in Paris Terror Attack That Killed 130 People Says He’s ‘Fighter of ISIS’

The prime suspect in the Paris terrorist attacks that killed 130 people nearly six years ago described himself on Sept. 8 as a “fighter of the Islamic State” while appearing on trial over the worst terror attack in France’s history. Salah Abdeslam, a 31-year-old man with French citizenship but who grew up in Belgium, is…


Suspect of Paris Terror Attack That Killed 130 People Says He’s ‘Fighter of ISIS’

The prime suspect of the Paris terrorist attacks that killed 130 people nearly six years ago described himself on Sept. 8 as a “fighter of the Islamic State” while appearing on trial over the worst terror attack in France’s history. Salah Abdeslam, a 31-year-old man with French citizenship but who grew up in Belgium, is…


Fishmongers’ Hall Terror Attack Victims Unlawfully Killed, Inquest Jury Rules

A string of failures led to the deaths of two young people in a terror attack at London’s Fishmongers’ Hall after authorities were blinded by their killer’s “poster boy image,” an inquest jury has concluded. Cambridge graduates Jack Merritt, 25, and Saskia Jones, 23, were fatally stabbed by convicted terrorist Usman Khan at an alumni…


Bomb and Gunfire Rock Somali Hotel, Terrorists Claim Responsibility

MOGADISHU—A suspected suicide car bomb exploded on Sunday in Somalia’s capital and was followed by a shootout between terrorists and security forces at a hotel, causing an unknown number of casualties, witnesses and authorities said. The terror group al Shabaab, which is linked to al-Qaeda and often carries out bombings in its war on Somalia’s…


£83,000 in Damages for Libyan Man Arrested Then Released After 2017 Manchester Arena Bombing

A Libyan man who was arrested in connection with the 2017 Manchester Arena Bombing that killed 22 people but later released was awarded £83,000 ($111,000) in damages. Alaedeen Sicri, 26, was awarded the sum on Thursday after last month winning a case against Associated Newspapers Ltd. (ANL) following the MailOnline, one of the media outlets…