Category Archives: fox-news/world/terrorism

Somalia attack results in deaths and injuries, reports say; Americans said to be among casualties

Posted on July 13, 2019 by Danielle Wallace

At least a dozen people, including an unknown number of Americans, died during a more than 14-hour-long siege on a Somali hotel carried out by gunmen with ties to the global Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda, reports said.  

Somali forces end extremist siege of hotel where Americans, other foreigners died

Posted on July 13, 2019 by Danielle Wallace

An all-night siege by extremist militants at a Somali hotel in the southern port city of Kismayo ended Saturday, but not before 26 people – including 2 Americans – were killed, officials said.

Child suicide bomber kills at least 9, wounds more than a dozen at Afghanistan wedding

Posted on July 12, 2019 by Hollie McKay

As U.S. officials continue in Qatar to negotiate a peace agreement with the Taliban that would bring an end to the stalemate 18-year conflict – miles away in Afghanistan itself – bombings and bloodshed still define daily life.

30 German mosques and cultural centers tied to Hezbollah: intel report

Posted on July 11, 2019 by Benjamin Weinthal

The intelligence agency for the northern German city-state of Hamburg revealed in a hair-raising report on Monday that 30 mosques and cultural centers in the Federal Republic have ties to the US-classified terrorist organization Hezbollah.

Australian police arrest 3 men over alleged ISIS-linked plot: report

Posted on July 2, 2019 by FOX News

Police say three men have been arrested over an alleged Islamic State group-inspired plot to attack several Sydney targets, including police and defense buildings, courts, churches and diplomatic missions.

4 suspected ISIS members arrested in Nicaragua, were possibly headed for the US

Posted on June 26, 2019 by Travis Fedschun

Four suspected members of the Islamic State terror group were captured by authorities in Nicaragua on Tuesday after entering the country illegally from Costa Rica, according to officials.

Media in Russia’s south protest journalist’s arrest

Posted on June 19, 2019 by FOX News

Journalists in southern Russia are protesting the arrest of a newspaper editor on charges of terrorism widely seen as trumped up.

3 guilty in Kenya Garissa University attack that killed 148

Posted on June 19, 2019 by FOX News

A Kenyan court has found three people guilty of conspiracy to commit a terror attack after phone records and handwriting linked them to the 2015 Garissa University assault that killed 148 people.

Analyst says Australian teen was Islamic State propagandist

Posted on June 19, 2019 by FOX News

A security analyst says the eldest of three orphaned Australian siblings pleading for repatriation from a Syrian refugee camp has been an Islamic State group propagandist who could potentially face terrorism charges at home.

Germany: Syrian faces Islamic State-linked terrorism charges

Posted on June 19, 2019 by FOX News

Prosecutors in Germany say a 31-year-old Syrian citizen faces terrorism charges for joining the Islamic State group in Syria.

UK judge sentences teen for abhorrent post on Prince Harry

Posted on June 18, 2019 by FOX News

A U.K. judge has sentenced a teenager who created an "abhorrent" online image of Prince Harry to 4 years and three months in a young offenders' institution.

30 killed in Nigeria suicide bombing while watching TV match

Posted on June 17, 2019 by FOX News

Authorities in northeastern Nigeria say at least 30 people have been killed by a suicide bomber.

UN counterterrorism chief makes controversy trip to Xinjiang

Posted on June 15, 2019 by FOX News

China says the U.N. counterterrorism chief has visited Xinjiang last week despite protests from the U.S. and a rights group that the trip would be inappropriate in light of the human rights conditions in the far west region.

Female jihadists are just as ‘motivated’ to build an Islamic State as men, report concludes

Posted on June 14, 2019 by Hollie McKay

Female jihadists are just as dedicated as their male comrades when it comes to bringing to life an “Islamic State,” the European Union’s police agency stated at Europol’s headquarters on Friday when presenting the findings of extensive analysis.

UN counterterrorism chief invited by China to visit

Posted on June 14, 2019 by FOX News

China says the U.N. counterterrorism chief is visiting this week at its invitation.

2 brothers armed with tomahawk and knife are shot by Australian counter terrorism police

Posted on June 12, 2019 by Travis Fedschun

Two brothers armed with a knife and tomahawk were shot by police in Australia on Wednesday after a confrontation escalated when authorities tried to question the pair about a ongoing terror probe.

Report warns of Dutch vulnerability to cyberattacks

Posted on June 12, 2019 by FOX News

The Dutch counterterrorism and security coordinator is warning that the country is vulnerable to cyberespionage and sabotage from countries including China, Russia and Iran.

Swedish appeals court acquits Uzbek man of preparing attack

Posted on June 12, 2019 by FOX News

A Swedish appeals court has acquitted a 46-year-old man of preparing an attack in Stockholm on behalf of the Islamic State group.

ISIS sleeper cells burn, blow up and slaughter hundreds in uptick of attacks across Iraq and Syria

Posted on June 10, 2019 by Hollie McKay

It has been months since ISIS was expelled from its territorial control in Iraq and Syria, but the brutal terrorist outfit continues to wreak havoc in the lands it once deemed its “caliphate.”

Sri Lanka leader opposed to police attending attacks inquiry

Posted on June 8, 2019 by FOX News

Sri Lanka police say President Maithripala Sirisena is opposed to have them testify before a parliamentary inquiry into intelligence failures that preceded the Easter Sunday suicide attacks that killed more than 250 people.