New York woman sentenced for teaching about making and using explosives
Prosecutors said the New York woman and a co-conspirator researched old terrorist attacks and then taught each other the chemistry and engineering skills needed to build and set off explosives.
Suspect faces terror charges in killing of Muslim family in Canada
Prosecutors laid terrorism charges against a man accused of driving down and killing four members of a Muslim family in London, Ontario. The prosecution says Nathaniel Veltman's four counts of first-degree murder constitute an act of terrorism and prosecutors have upgraded those charges under section 83 of Canada's Criminal Code.
Oldest prisoner at Guantanamo cleared for release
A 73-year-old from Pakistan who is the oldest prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention center was notified on Monday that he has been approved for release
DHS issues national terrorism alert warning of threat from violent extremists
The Department of Homeland Security says violent extremists may seek to exploit the easing of COVID-19-related restrictions across the United States to conduct attacks.
Death toll soars to 50 in bombing near girls' school in Afghanistan
Many of the dead are between 11 and 15 years old, Afghan officials said.
DHS to begin internal review of potential domestic violent extremism threat within agency, Mayorkas says
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas plans to put a team together to begin an internal review of the Department of Homeland Security for possible threats of domestic violent extremism within the agency.
NYC subway bomber sentenced to life in prison
Akayed Ullah, the man whose pipe bomb mostly misfired in a crowded Manhattan subway station in 2017 was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday.
Yemeni men arrested at border were on FBI terrorist watch list
U.S. Border Patrol agents in California arrested two men in two months who turned up on the terrorist watch list.
FBI: U.S. couple tried to board ship in New Jersey to go fight for ISIS
The couple planned to travel to Yemen aboard a cargo ship in an attempt to stay away from law enforcement, according to a federal prosecutor.
Prosecutors seek life term for would-be NYC suicide bomber
Prosecutors say a Bangladeshi immigrant who set off a pipe bomb attached to his chest in New York City’s busiest subway station should face life in prison.
20 injured in suicide bombing at Indonesian church during Palm Sunday Mass
Two attackers have blown themselves up outside a packed Roman Catholic cathedral during a Palm Sunday Mass on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, wounding at least 20 people.
Some Capitol rioters could face seditious conspiracy charges
Federal prosecutors may bring charges under a seldom-used federal law against members of white nationalist groups, such as the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, that took part in January's Capitol siege.
Pentagon working to root out extremist groups in US trying to recruit members within the military
The U.S. military is focusing on identifying extremist organizations in the United States that are trying to recruit members from within the armed forces. A top official compared the recruitment effort to that undertaken by international terrorist groups trying to lure the support of servicemembers.
US intelligence report: 'Elevated threat' from racially motivated violent domestic extremists
Violent extremists motivated by political grievances and racial biases pose an “elevated threat” to the United States.
New Capitol riot pipe bomb suspect video released by FBI
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has released new video showing a person suspected of planting working pipe bombs at both the Republican National Committee’s and Democratic National Committee’s headquarters in D.C. the night before the Capitol riot.
300 girls kidnapped from school in Nigeria
Hundreds of girls are missing after a large group of gunmen raided a school in northern Nigeria early Friday morning, residents say.
6 more far-right Oath Keepers members indicted on federal charges in Capitol riot
Six more people linked to the far-right Oath Keepers militia group have been indicted on charges that they planned and coordinated with one another in the attack on the U.S. Capitol, authorities said Friday.
Hate groups in decline, move to online platforms, Southern Poverty Law Center says
During one of the most politically divisive years in recent memory, the number of active hate groups in the U.S. actually declined as far-right extremists migrated further to online networks, a move that has made it harder to track adherents of white nationalist and neo-Nazi ideologies.
Canada designates far-right Proud Boys as a terrorist group
The Proud Boys is a far-right, male chauvinist extremist group known for engaging in violent clashes at political rallies. Canada is the first country to designate them as a terrorist entity.
Pakistani court orders release of man accused of beheading American journalist Daniel Pearl
Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ordered the release of a Pakistani-British man convicted and later acquitted in the beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002.