Terrorism

Flydubai hijacking attempt exposes worrying gaps in aviation security

Flydubai hijacking attempt exposes worrying gaps in aviation security

Like a 'vertical roller coaster': Simulating flight FZ1073's sudden plunge

What happened inside the Flydubai flight to Israel?

What happened inside the Flydubai flight to Israel?

A pilot brawl, then a rapid descent: passengers recount chaos on flydubai flight

By Alexander Cornwell and Lina Obeid JERUSALEM, Sept 30 - When flydubai flight FZ1073 suddenly plunged from over 30,000 feet on Wednesday, passenger Almog Italie said it felt like the plane was

Israeli airlines plan to resume Dubai flights after flydubai incident

Israel's three largest airlines said on Thursday they planned to resume flights to Dubai after what Israeli officials have said was an apparent attempt to

An Indian airline captain is hailed as a hero after a cockpit attack on a FlyDubai flight

An Indian airline captain is being hailed as a hero after thwarting an apparent attempt to crash a FlyDubai flight

Netanyahu says Israel will get to the 'root' of co-pilot in foiled bid to crash flydubai flight

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday Israel will get to the "root" of the co-pilot who engaged in a foiled attempt to crash an

Israel to ramp up pilot checks after flydubai scare

Israel is set to ramp up security checks on pilots flying into the country, a spokesperson for the prime minister's office

Boca Raton was ground zero for 2001 anthrax attack. Here’s what happened

Boca Raton was ground zero for 2001 anthrax attack. Here’s what happened

Iran indicates it received a US response on its war-ending proposal, with details still unclear

Iranian officials indicate they have received an official U.S. response to Tehran’s proposal to end the seven-month war

US Senate blocks measure demanding report on rights violations in West Bank

US Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked a bid to require President Donald Trump's administration to report to Congress on increasing violence in

British police find no explosives but questions remain after arrests near a US-run military base

British counterterror police confirm no explosives were found in vehicles searched after arrests near a US-run military base

UK police say no explosive devices found in airbase probe

Britain's counter-terrorism police said on Tuesday that no improvised explosive devices had been found as part of an investigation into a suspected plot targeting a British

Rubio says UK airbase incident involved a foreign state

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the "hands of a foreign actor" were involved in an incident in which five men were

5 men arrested near a US-run air base are bailed as UK police probe whether there's a link to Iran

British police say that five men arrested under counterterrorism laws near a U.S.-run air base in England will be released on bail but are still under investigation

Man gets 6 years in prison for taking explosives to church hosting annual Red Mass for justices

A New Jersey man has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison for taking homemade explosive devices to a Washington, D.C., church that was preparing for an annual Mass celebrating the start of the Supreme Court’s term

UK examines foreign state involvement in suspected airbase plot, releases suspects

British police said on Monday they were investigating whether individuals acting for a foreign state were involved in an apparent plot to

Israel's Netanyahu visited Abu Dhabi on Sunday, Israeli official says

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Abu Dhabi and met with UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Sunday, a senior Israeli official told Reuters.

British police arrest several people on suspicion of explosive offenses near air base used by US forces

British counter-terrorism police are leading an investigation after several men were arrested on suspicion of explosives offenses near an air base used by US forces. CNN's Nic Robertson reports.

Hezbollah plans to contribute to project to house thousands of Lebanese displaced, chief says

Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah said on Sunday it would contribute soon to a project aimed at housing thousands of people displaced due to the war with Israel.

UK police arrest 5 by air base under terrorism act

British police said counter-terrorism officers were leading efforts to establish what had happened at an airbase used by the US Air Force on Sunday, after they arrested

Suicide bombing at police checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan kills at least 11

A suicide bomber has detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a police checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 11 people and wounding about 30 others

Man pleads not guilty to attempted murder of two Jewish men in London

A 45-year-old man pleaded not guilty on Friday to attempting to murder two Jewish men who were stabbed in a knife attack in north London in April, an offence prosecutors

Arizona man arrested after threatening to kill Gov. Hobbs and run over children at a school

Arizona man arrested after threatening to kill Gov. Hobbs and run over children at a school

Netanyahu says will 'tell the truth' on Israel's actions at United Nations

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he would use his speech at the United Nations this week to defend Israel's military actions against the

Man convicted of attempted murder in shooting of three Palestinian students in Vermont

A man was convicted by a jury of attempted murder in the late 2023 shooting of three Palestinian American students in Vermont, two of whom were

Lawyer says prosecutors haven't offered details of teen's alleged ties to San Diego mosque shooters

The attorney for a North Carolina girl accused of helping two teens who carried out a fatal attack on a San Diego mosque says prosecutors haven’t provided enough information to allow him to defend his client

Trump, in call with Yemen president, did not pledge military support against Houthis, say sources

US President Donald Trump spoke by phone with Yemeni President Rashad al-Alimi on Sunday, four people familiar with the matter said, discussing the advances of the

France vows response after Iran closes language centre in Tehran

France will summon Iran's ambassador and take appropriate measures in response after Iranian authorities sealed a French language centre affiliated

Bombing at mosque near police offices in Pakistan kills at least 7 and wounds more than 30

Officials say a powerful bomb has exploded at a mosque near a building housing police offices in northwestern Pakistan

US approves visas for top Iranian leaders to attend UN high-level meeting even with sides at war

The Trump administration has approved visas for top Iranian officials to attend next week’s U.N. General Assembly high-level session in New York despite the two countries being at war

Nigeria begins trial of five suspected Ansaru members over school kidnapping

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UN mission finds grounds to believe US committed war crimes in Iran, and Tehran crimes against humanity

A UN fact-finding mission on Iran said on Thursday it had reasonable grounds to believe the United States

Afghan man sentenced to 20-year prison term in case tied to suicide bombing at Kabul airport

An Islamic State group members has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for aiding the terrorist organization that took credit for a suicide bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members and about 160 Afghans at a Kabul airport five years ago

US officials met Iran-backed Houthis in Oman over the weekend, sources say

US officials met representatives of Yemen's Houthis in Oman over the weekend, five sources familiar with the

Berlin seeks tougher security measures after Pride attack

The German government proposed new measures to prevent militant violence, including tougher penalties for knife attacks and propaganda, after a man who pledged allegiance

A Vermont man is on trial for shooting 3 Palestinian students. He claimed the CIA told him to do it

Jason Eaton insisted he was acting on orders from the CIA and Mossad when he shot three Palestinian college students who were walking past his home a few days after Thanksgiving

Iranian cargo ship is struck, and talks between Tehran and its neighbors are postponed

State-run media in Iran say an Iranian commercial vessel has been struck off Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, with one person killed and four wounded

Pope commemorates 9/11 attacks with prayers for peace and for those who died

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, has called for a renewed commitment to peace as he marked the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks in the U.S. Speaking from St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, he offered prayers for victims and those still affected by the tragedy

US marks 25 years since the Sept. 11 attacks

The U.S. is commemorating the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that left nearly 3,000 people dead and the nation shaken

Justice Department secures deportation order in first-of-its-kind case brought in secretive court

Justice Department secures deportation order in first-of-its-kind case brought in secretive court

Associated Press journalists who witnessed Sept. 11 remember what they saw, 25 years later

Twenty-five years after the Sept. 11 attacks, current and former Associated Press journalists who witnessed them recall the day

9/11 overshadows other major events of the past 25 years for many Americans, new poll finds

A new poll finds that the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks are still among the most significant historical events in many Americans' lives

After 9/11, New York movies like ‘Men in Black II’ were never the same

After 9/11, New York movies like ‘Men in Black II’ were never the same

United in vigilance, law enforcement officers have been on ‘a no-fail mission’ for 25 years

United in vigilance, law enforcement officers have been on ‘a no-fail mission’ for 25 years

EU warns of a chilling new terror menace 25 years after 9/11 as online youths seek violent thrills

Jihadist groups still pose a major threat to Europe, but 25 years after the 9/11 attacks a new menace driven by young people online is emerging

What we forget when we remember 9/11

There is a strange nostalgia in realizing that something once so immediate now belongs increasingly to people who know it only as the past.

German police react to new sabotage attempts on power grids, Bild reports

German police reacted to two fresh suspected attempts against the country's electricity grid, newspaper Bild reported on Friday, heightening the nation's state of alert

Misuse of informal money-transfer networks is growing worldwide, global watchdog says

Criminal use of informal banking networks has become a global problem and is growing, the Financial Action Task Force said on Thursday, urging companies and governments to do

Iran retaliates after US strikes, defying Trump’s warning it could be hit ‘much harder’

Iran retaliates after US strikes, defying Trump’s warning it could be hit ‘much harder’

Germany probes suspected sabotage after disruption at 2 power substations

Authorities are investigating two incidents in Germany as possible sabotage, with one also linked to terrorism

EU struggles to find an effective response after Germany blames Russia for a failed drone attack

The European Union is grappling with how to respond to an attempted drone attack at a German airport blamed on Russia

Justice Department seizes more than $560,000 in cryptocurrency donations for Hamas

The Justice Department says it has seized more than $560,000 in cryptocurrency donations intended for Hamas

DA says a teen who recorded San Diego mosque shooting livestream has been charged with murder

A North Carolina district attorney says a 17-year-old girl who recorded a livestream of a shooting that killed three people at a San Diego mosque and who disseminated the attackers’ white-supremacist writings has been charged with murder by aiding and abetting

North Carolina girl, 17, charged in role in California mosque attack

A grand jury in North Carolina on Monday indicted a 17-year-old girl on suspicion of aiding and abetting the May 18 shooting that killed three people at a mosque in

Russia cements its role as Africa junta protector after helping quell Niger's mutiny

Niger's junta faced a major internal threat when renegade soldiers staged a mutiny over the weekend

Dozens of soldiers killed or arrested after an apparent mutiny in Niger’s capital, state TV reports

Dozens of soldiers have been killed or arrested after a group of young soldiers attempted a mutiny in Niger’s capital of Niamey in what was seen as a major threat to the country’s ruling junta, according to a state television broadcast and analysts

Colombia captures a suspected Tren de Aragua gang leader as US security ties deepen

The United States Southern Command says that Colombian security forces captured a suspected senior leader of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua