Terrorism
Australian lawmakers approve sweeping new state gun laws, protest ban
LAWMAKERS in Australia’s most populous state on Wednesday approved sweeping laws cracking down on guns and giving authorities the power to ban protests after the nation’s deadliest mass shooting in de...
Four dead in smoke bomb, knife attack at Taipei train station
FOUR people have died in Taiwan and several others are injured after a man set off smoke bombs in the capital’s main train station and later attacked passersby in a shopping district during the Friday...
Bondi attack: A grim reminder for security across Australia and Asia
The concern for security agencies is the potential for radicalisation to fester undetected within family units
Australian PM says ‘Islamic State ideology’ drove Bondi Beach gunmen
Police found improvised bombs and “two homemade ISIS flags” in a car registered to Naveed Akram
16 killed in Bondi Beach Hanukkah terror attack; shooters were father-son duo, police say
The incident is Australia’s deadliest mass shooting since a gunman killed 35 people at Port Arthur in Tasmania on Apr 28, 1996
Nuclear threat still hangs over our world, 80 years on
While many fear the use of nuclear weapons by choice, as in 1945, a growing number worry about their deployment by error
US scraps shoe removal at airport screening
[WASHINGTON] Passengers at US airports will no longer have to remove their shoes to pass through security under a new policy unveiled Tuesday, 20 years after the requirement was introduced.
New Orleans killer acted alone, professed loyalty to jihadist group: FBI
A US army veteran loyal to the Islamic State jihadist group likely acted alone when he killed 14 and injured dozens in a truck attack on a crowd of New Year revellers in New Orleans, the FBI said on T...
Driver in fatal New Orleans truck ramming may not have acted alone, had ISIS flag
A US Army veteran with an ISIS flag on his truck swerved around makeshift barriers and plowed into New Orleans’ crowded French Quarter on New Year’s Day, killing at least 10 people, and police were se...
Russia plotted to put incendiary devices on cargo planes, officials say
RUSSIA has been plotting to place incendiary devices on cargo planes in Europe and even performed a test run this summer, setting off fires at shipping hubs in Britain and Germany, according to four W...
