Shahidul Gaffar
Shahidul Gaffar pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to provide material support and resources to the Islamic State terrorist group. Gaffar (naturalized U.S. citizen) and his...
Month: December 2020
Islamic State plotting Christmas terror attacks in France, Germany and UK
Aimen Dean, a former Al Qaeda bombmaker turned spy for the U.K.’s MI6 spy agency, is warning that the Islamic State (ISIS) terror group is...
Africa is home to some of the world’s worst terrorism hotspots
Sub-Saharan Africa is now home to some of the world’s worst terrorism hotspots, according to a new index released today. Seven African countries are among...
Pakistan to pay 1.5 Lakh to terrorist Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi who planned 26/11 Mumbai attack
In yet another move that will bring Pakistan the ire of the world for shielding terrorists, it is set to pay Rs 1.5 lakh a...
Six people wounded in bomb attack in Russia’s North Caucasus
Six law enforcement officers were wounded on Friday when a man they were trying to arrest blew himself up in a village in Russia's North...
Hezbollah terrorist sentenced to life in Lebanon’s Hariri assassination case
A UN-backed tribunal sentenced a member of the Hezbollah militant group to life imprisonment Friday for his involvement in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese...
Suspected Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen terrorist arrested from Bengal’s Birbhum
A suspected Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen (Bangladesh) terrorist, named Najibullah, has been arrested by STF in West Bengal’s Birbhum district on Friday. The security officials have also come...
Convicted terror leader Abdul Nacer Benbrika still a danger to Australians
A convicted terrorist who plotted to bomb sites in Melbourne and Sydney will find out before Christmas if he is too dangerous to be released....
Car bomb killed sixteen people including three Turkish personnel in Syria
A car bomb killed 16 people including two civilians and three Turkish personnel on Thursday at a checkpoint in the Turkish-held border town of Ras...
Islamic State steps up Sinai fight with bombs in civilian homes
Residents of Egypt’s restive North Sinai region ran for their lives when a Daesh group affiliate occupied their villages. Now, they are returning to find...
Al-Qaeda-linked terrorist leader under arrest in Indonesia
The leader of the al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiah (JI), the group behind the devastating Bali bombings, has been arrested in Indonesia along with one of the...
Two terror suspects arrested for killing female Afghan journalist
Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the assassination of journalist Malalai Maiwand who was gunned down in Jalalabad in Nangarhar early Thursday morning....