Category: terrorist

US Trial Begins for Member of ISIS ‘Beatles’ Cell

WASHINGTON—An alleged member of a group of ISIS terrorists that beheaded American hostages in Iraq and Syria, nicknamed “The Beatles” for their British accents, faces a U.S. criminal trial beginning on Tuesday. El Shafee Elsheikh, 33, will stand trial in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, just outside Washington, on charges including lethal hostage-taking and conspiracy…


UK Lawmaker Assassinated by ‘Warped, Twisted, and Violent’ Terrorist: Prosecutor

A veteran British Conservative lawmaker was “assassinated” by a “committed, fanatical, radicalised Islamist terrorist,” a court heard. Sir David Amess, a 69-year-old father of five, had served as the member of Parliament for the Southend West constituency since 1997. He was brutally attacked on Oct. 15, 2021, when meeting constituents in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, and later…


German Prosecutors: Train Attacker Had Terrorist Motive

BERLIN—German prosecutors said Monday they now believe that the suspect in a knife attack on a train in November that left four people wounded had a terrorist motive. The attack took place on an ICE high-speed train traveling from Passau, on the Austrian border, to Hamburg on Nov. 6. Authorities said that the man attacked…


American Mom, School Teacher Was a Battalion Leader for ISIS, Prosecutors Allege

Federal authorities arrested a former Kansas school teacher and mother of five and charged her with plotting terrorist attacks on American soil, including a shopping mall and a college campus. Allison Elizabeth Fluke-Ekren, 42, was apprehended in Syria late Thursday, according to the U.S. Department of Justice press release. Fluke-Ekren began her stint as a terrorist shortly…


Nigerian Soldiers Watch as Terrorists Massacre 18 Villagers

The scene of the attack was familiar to traumatized villagers of Ancha in Bassa County of Nigeria’s Plateau State on the cold evening of Jan. 11. A unit of 30 well-armed Nigerian soldiers were stationed in an abandoned school building inside the settlement. The 30 soldiers had assault rifles, an armored personnel carrier, and two…


Liverpool Bomber Was Practicing Muslim Despite Reported Conversion to Christianity: UK Coroner

The terrorist attacker who died in the Remembrance Sunday bomb blast in Liverpool had remained a “follower of Islam” despite his reported conversion to Christianity, a British coroner said on Thursday. Emad Al Swealmeen, 32, died in the blast in a taxi outside Liverpool Women’s Hospital shortly before 11 a.m. on Nov. 14. The taxi…


Former San Diego Resident Pleads Guilty to Terrorism Charges

SAN DIEGO—A former San Diego resident pleaded guilty Dec. 17 to federal charges for providing money and other resources to support terrorist activities in Syria. Abdullahi Ahmed Abdullahi admitted in San Diego federal court to wiring funds to people for the purpose of taking part in terrorism overseas, which prosecutors say included the “killing, kidnapping…


NTD News Today Full Broadcast (Nov. 26)

A new virus variant in South Africa is raising concerns. Some countries are already banning travel. The World Health Organization is researching its effects.  And it’s not yet clear if current vaccines are effective against the variant. Some tourists are already canceling their travel plans due to stricter border controls. The State Department might be…


Florida’s DeSantis Warns Against Removing Communist Rebels From Terrorist List: ‘A Serious Mistake’

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has voiced opposition against Biden administration’s reported attempt to remove a Colombian communist rebel group from the list of designated foreign terrorist organizations, calling it “an insult” to the Colombian American community in his state. Financed by extortion, kidnapping, and a billion-dollar cocaine trafficking operation, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia…


Israel Designates 6 Palestinian Rights Organizations as ‘Terrorists’

The Israeli Defense Ministry has designated six Palestinian civil society groups as terror outfits operating as part of a network run by the left-wing militant Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). The organizations are accused of funneling international donor aid to fund PFLP activities that include carrying out deadly attacks against Israelis. PFLP,…