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DHS Warns of 'Heightened Threat Environment'

Attacks by 'pro-Iranian hacktivists' are expected

(Newser) - The Department of Homeland Security has warned of a "heightened threat environment" in the US after American strikes in Iran. The National Terrorism Advisory System bulleti n issued Sunday doesn't mention any specific threats, but it suggests that networks should step up cybersecurity, CBS News reports. The advisory...

Man in Charge of Homeland Security's Terror Office Is 22

Former officials say Thomas Fugate shouldn't even quality for a junior role with CP3

(Newser) - Just a year after graduating college, Thomas Fugate is now in charge of the government's main anti-terrorism office, raising alarm among national security experts. A ProPublica report highlights controversy over the appointment of the 22-year-old to oversee the Department of Homeland Security's Center for Prevention Programs and...

Take a Peek Inside Luigi Mangione's Journal

Prosecutor quotes from his writings to support state terrorism charge

(Newser) - Luigi Mangione is a "terrorist" whose actions in killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson terrorized some 40 other executives at the company, a New York prosecutor said Wednesday. The executives, some of whom received death threats, were so afraid following Thompson's murder that they hired bodyguards, Assistant District Attorney...

Raid on Neo-Nazi Group Nets Arrests of 14- to 18-Year-Olds

Young people started the organization suspected in political violence

(Newser) - Police in Germany arrested five teenagers in a raid Wednesday against a neo-Nazi group officials say has organized attacks against migrants and wants to topple the nation's form of government. The male suspects, ages 14 to 18, were taken into custody in three states in eastern and central Germany,...

Fertility Clinic Bomber Left Behind 'Nihilistic' Writings

Authorities believe Guy Edward Bartkus carried out the attack, and was killed in it

(Newser) - Authorities say Guy Edward Bartkus, the 25-year-old suspected to be responsible for Saturday's explosion at a Palm Springs fertility clinic , left behind writings with "anti-pro-life" and nihilistic messages, including views that the world should not be populated. Authorities believe Bartkus died in the car bomb blast, which...

A 'Toronto 18' Ringleader's Quest for 'Redemption'
Nearly 2 Decades Later,
a 'Repentant Terrorist'
LONGFORM
Jan 19, 2025 9:01 AM CST

Nearly 2 Decades Later, a 'Repentant Terrorist'

The Walrus profiles how 'Toronto 18' terror plotter Zakaria Amara shifted his extremist views over time

(Newser) - When Michelle Shephard, a former reporter for the Toronto Star, received an email in late 2023 from Zakaria Amara, she knew exactly who he was: one of the ringleaders for the "Toronto 18," a group of Muslim men and youth who were arrested for a 2006 terror plot...

Feds: Man Trained as Pilot, Planned 9/11-Style Attack
Kenyan Man Guilty of
Plotting 9/11-Style Attack
UPDATED
Nov 7, 2024 12:30 AM CST

Kenyan Man Guilty of Plotting 9/11-Style Attack

Prosecutors say he trained as a pilot, planned to crash plane into a US building

(Newser) - A Kenyan man has been convicted by a federal jury of plotting a 9/11-style attack on a US building on behalf of the terrorist organization al-Shabab. Cholo Abdi Abdullah, 34, was found guilty on all six counts he faced for conspiring to hijack and slam it into a building, according...

FBI: Afghan Man Planned Election Day Attack in US

Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi allegedly planned to target large crowds in ISIS-inspired attack

(Newser) - The FBI has arrested an Afghan man who officials say was inspired by ISIS and was plotting an Election Day attack targeting large crowds in the US, the Justice Department said Tuesday. Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, of Oklahoma City, told investigators after his arrest Monday that he had planned his...

Mounties Say They Thwarted Toronto Terror Plot

Father, son face ISIS-related terrorism charges

(Newser) - Police in Canada say they thwarted a planned terrorist attack in the country's biggest city. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Wednesday that a father and son arrested at a hotel on Sunday were in the "advanced stages" of planning a "violent, serious attack" in Toronto on...

Gunman Gets 'Historically Severe' Sentence in Oslo Shooting

Iranian-born Zaniar Matapour gets 30 years after conviction tied to 2022 shooting at LGBTQ fest

(Newser) - An Iranian-born Norwegian man was found guilty of terrorism on Thursday in a 2022 attack on an LGBTQ+ festival in Oslo and sentenced to 30 years in prison. Two people were killed and nine were seriously wounded in the shooting at three locations , chiefly outside the London Pub, a popular...

On Terrorism, an 'Unavoidable Conclusion'
On Terrorism,
an 'Unavoidable
Conclusion'
OPINION
Jun 17, 2024 9:29 AM CDT

On Terrorism, an 'Unavoidable Conclusion'

After 9/11, the 'warning lights are blinking red again': Foreign Affairs op-ed

(Newser) - Both current FBI chief Christopher Wray and Gen. Michael "Erik" Kurilla, who heads up US Central Command, have issued recent warnings on the threat of terror attacks inside the United States and against American interests abroad, and other officials have concurred. The threat level from groups such as al-Qaeda,...

Teen Charged With Terrorism in Sydney Church Stabbing

Injured bishop says he forgives attacker

(Newser) - A 16-year-old boy accused of stabbing two Christian clerics during a Sydney church service has been charged by police with terrorism offenses. Authorities said the stabbing was declared a terrorist act because of the teenager's suspected religious motivation and because the boy traveled up to 90 minutes from his...

He May Be the World's First Incel Terrorist
He May Be the World's
First Incel Terrorist
longform
Apr 7, 2024 9:03 AM CDT

He May Be the World's First Incel Terrorist

Maclean's explores the groundbreaking case of Oguzhan Sert in Toronto

(Newser) - Oguzhan Sert is serving a life sentence in Canada as a convicted terrorist, but as Lana Hall writes in Maclean's , he appears to be the first person in the world convicted of his particular brand of terrorism. As a 17-year-old, Sert walked into a massage parlor in Toronto in...

Report: US Wasn't Only Nation to Warn Russia of Attack

Ally Iran alerted Russia days before, citing intel from interrogations, Reuters reports

(Newser) - If a warning from the US didn't get the attention of Russian security officials ahead of last month's horrifying terrorist attack in Moscow, a direct warning from Iran ought to have done. According to Reuters , Iran warned Russia of a possible "terrorist operation" in Russian territory after...

Iran: 'Terroristic' Attack at Tribute Event Kills Dozens

More than 170 were also injured after explosions at event for general slain by US 4 years ago

(Newser) - Explosions at an event honoring a prominent Iranian general slain in a US airstrike in 2020 have killed at least 73 people and wounded more than 170 others, state-run media in Iran reported Wednesday. A senior official called the blasts a "terroristic" attack, without elaborating on who could be...

Cops: Deadly Crash in Upstate NY May Have Been Terrorism

2 dead, 5 injured after collision outside Kodak Center in Rochester after NYE concert

(Newser) - Two are dead and multiple people are injured after an early Monday car crash outside the Kodak Center in Rochester, New York—and authorities are now looking into the incident as possible terrorism, reports ABC News . Per the AP , police officers were helping to direct traffic outside the venue after...

Police Open Fire on Woman at Paris Subway Station

She allegedly threatened to blow herself up, 'made remarks of a rather Islamist nature'

(Newser) - Paris police opened fire Tuesday on a woman who threatened to blow herself up after allegedly making death threats and speaking in support of terrorism on a train heading into the French capital. It was the latest security incident in France, which has been on heightened anti-terror alert since a...

It's an 'Unusual Resolution for a Highly Unusual Case'

Man accused of plotting DC-area terror attacks sentenced to time served

(Newser) - A federal judge on Monday ordered the release of a Maryland man who has been imprisoned for more than four years on charges that he plotted ISIS-inspired attacks at an airport and at a shopping and entertainment complex in the Washington, DC, area. Rondell Henry, 32, of Germantown, Maryland, pleaded...

In Modern Warfare, the Rules Are Gone
In Modern Warfare,
the Rules Are Gone
OPINION
Oct 10, 2023 9:25 AM CDT

In Modern Warfare, the Rules Are Gone

In the 'Atlantic,' Anne Applebaum warns that 'open brutality' is the new normal

(Newser) - The Hamas fighters who kidnapped and murdered Israeli civilians did not attempt to hide their war crimes, writes Anne Applebaum in the Atlantic . In fact, they made a point to capture their atrocities on film and then circulate the videos, the better to create "misery and anger." These...

Philly DA: Teen Bomb-Maker Was 'Grave Danger to Everyone'

17-year-old nabbed in Philadelphia was allegedly testing devices, communicating with terrorists

(Newser) - A 17-year-old "aspiring terrorist" is facing multiple state felony charges in Pennsylvania after he was found to be communicating with a foreign terrorist group while building a weapon of mass destruction, officials said Monday. At a press conference, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner said the unnamed teen "was...

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