Three weeks after four suspected terrorists connected to the Islamic State were detained in Vienna ahead of an alleged plot targeting Taylor Swift’s sold-out shows there, the CIA is confirming they provided Austrian authorities with the requisite intelligence to foil it. “They were plotting to kill a huge number, tens of thousands of people at … Read more
By Staff The Associated Press Posted August 8, 2024 1:09 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A top U.N. counterterrorism official told the Security Council that a vast stretch of Africa could fall under the control of groups affiliated with the Islamic State group and affiliated terrorist organizations. There was … Read more
France and Spain will step up security ahead of the Champions League quarter-finals in Madrid and Paris on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, top officials said, as Islamic State threatened drone attacks on Europe’s top club soccer tournament. British police said they were aware of reports of threats and had a robust policing plan in place ahead of Arsenal’s match against Bayern … Read more
Islamabad: The recent deadly attack on Chinese workers in Pakistan has shaken their confidence and some of them are planning to leave the country over security reasons, according to a security analyst. Muhammad Amir Rana in an article published in Dawn newspaper on Sunday wrote that the terrorist attack on the Chinese engineers’ vehicle on … Read more
Even before the deadly toll of the attack on a Moscow concert hall Friday became clear, officials in Russia linked it to the war against Ukraine and a broader conflict with the West. Ninety minutes after first reports of the attack, Dmitry Medvedev, the former president and the deputy chair of the Kremlin’s security council, … Read more
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Thursday for two suicide bombings targeting a commemoration for an Iranian general slain in a 2020 U.S. drone strike, the worst militant attack to strike Iran in decades as the wider Middle East remains on edge. Experts who follow the group confirmed that the statement, circulated online among jihadists, … Read more
