SYDNEY—Thousands of Muslims gathered in mosques across Sydney for regular prayers on Friday despite concerns about retaliatory attacks after police charged a 16-year-old boy with a terrorism offence over the stabbing of a Sydney bishop earlier this week. Police charged a 16-year-old boy with a terrorism offence on Thursday for the alleged stabbing of Bishop […]
A young man from Idaho was arrested on April 6 for planning to attack churches in Idaho on behalf of ISIS, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a statement. According to court documents, 18-year-old Alexander Scott Mercurio of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, pledged his allegiance to the Islamist terror group ISIS, proclaiming to kill […]
Beijing is accused of targeting the UK’s elections watchdog. The prime minister says the UK is taking measures to protect itself from the threat. MPs call for tougher action against Beijing, saying trade mustn’t trump human rights, nor threaten national security. The Kremlin has said that no country is immune to terrorism after nearly 140 […]
Italian police have arrested three Palestinians based in central Italy who they said were planning attacks in an unspecified country, a police statement said on Monday. The three men living in l’Aquila, about 120 km (75 miles) northeast of Rome, had set up a terrorist cell linked to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, it said. The […]
U.S. forces carried out strikes against a suspected Houthi missile launch site on Wednesday, marking the fourth set of U.S. strikes against the Yemeni terrorist group in the last week. The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), the military component overseeing U.S. operations throughout the Middle East, announced U.S. forces had identified 14 missiles in a Houthi-controlled […]
Amid the current tension in the Red Sea, the Biden administration is redesignating the Houthis in Yemen as a terrorist organization. NTD spoke with Kyle Shideler to analyze the move, as well as the broader threats of terrorism that America faces. He is a homeland security and counterterrorism analyst at the Center for Security Policy.
The U.S. Embassies in Bogotá issued a security alert regarding robber gangs using online dating apps following the suspicious deaths of eight U.S. nationals in recent months. “The deaths appear to involve either involuntary drugging overdose or are suspected homicides,” the embassy wrote on its website. The suspicious deaths all occurred in Medellín, Colombia’s second-largest […]
The ISIS terrorist group has claimed responsibility for setting off a pair of blasts in the southeastern Iranian city of Kerman on Wednesday, according to social media profiles associated with the internationally designated terrorist group. In a Thursday morning post, the ISIS-affiliated Amaq News Agency stated two ISIS fighters infiltrated crowds near the grave of […]
New York City’s teachers union sued Mayor Eric Adams on Dec. 21 to block his plan to cut $550 million from the city’s public schools. Adams has argued that slashing city spending is necessary to offset the rising costs of New York’s illegal immigrant crisis. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said on Dec. 21 that […]
At least four people were killed, and dozens more injured in an explosion that occurred during Catholic mass in a university gymnasium in the Philippines on Sunday, according to local authorities. The blast happened at around 7 a.m. local time at the Mindanao State University (MSU) in Marawi City during a Catholic mass on the […]
Russian investigators have opened a terrorism investigation after a major freight train was derailed due to what they said was a homemade bomb on the railway line in the Ryazan region, the investigative committee said. “According to the investigation, at 07:12 on November 11, 2023, an improvised explosive device exploded,” the committee said. “As a […]
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified before Congress on Tuesday that some 600,000 immigrants who entered the United States illegally over the past fiscal year were never identified, screened, or vetted. “That number is over 600,000,” Mr. Mayorkas told Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) during the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s annual “Threats to […]
Republican senators have sounded the alarm on the Biden administration’s border policies after Border Patrol agents caught illegal border crossers who were carrying explosive devices that Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) said were “tailor-made for terrorism.” Mr. Barrasso, who is the Senate Republican Conference Chairman, made the startling revelation at a press conference on Oct. 31, […]
Anti-Israel sentiment is on the rise, with protests in Russia, Britain, and even among young people in the United States. NTD interviewed Kelly Wright, the host of “America’s Hope,” who has been closely monitoring this trend and has conducted in-depth discussions with experts and individuals closely associated with the conflict.
Today we have a new focus for border policy: terrorism. While human and drug trafficking are still major concerns and sanctuary cities like New York are feeling the weight of the influx of illegal immigrants, with the surge of terrorism in the Middle East, the attention is now on who is coming across the U.S. […]
The House Financial Services Committee holds a hearing on “Understanding the Iranian Regime’s Access to Money Around the World and How They Use It to Support Terrorism” at 9:00 a.m. ET on Oct. 26. Witnesses: Richard Goldberg, Senior Advisor, Foundation for Defense of Democracies Gabriel Noronha, Fellow, The Gemunder Center for Defense and Strategy, The […]
North Korean weapons are now in the hands of the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas. How is the specter of communism influencing modern terrorism? To find out, NTD spoke with the author of “The Enemies Within,” Trevor Loudon.
U.S. Senator Steve Daines (R-Mont.) introduced a bill Tuesday that would prevent the U.S. government from relocating Palestinian nationals to the United States. Called the “Guaranteeing Aggressors Zero Admission Act,” or the “GAZA Act,” the legislation would prevent the issuing of visas to people with Palestinian Authority passports or other documentation to enter the United […]
