Terrorism
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...
Sri Lanka boosts security as US, Israel warn of terrorist attack
Two suspects were taken into custody on suspicion over the alleged threats
Biden, Harris and Trump visit Sep 11 site in New York
PRESIDENT Joe Biden, vice-president Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump made a rare joint appearance on Wednesday (Sep 11) at the New York City site that marks the Sep 11 plane attacks in ...
Australia raises terror threat level as radicalisation spreads
AUSTRALIA has raised the nation’s terrorism threat level for the first time since 2014 as fears grow inside the intelligence community about online radicalisation and community unrest over the Israel-...
Pentagon chief revokes plea deals with three Sep 11 suspects
US DEFENSE Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday (Aug 2) revoked plea deals agreed to earlier this week with the man accused of masterminding the Sep 11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and two accomplices...
US says plea deal reached with 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
US PROSECUTORS reached a deal with 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, reportedly involving a guilty plea in exchange for avoiding a death penalty trial
