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Trade unions representing the army and the police in Belgium are warning of the effects on their members of ongoing anti-terror operations, with police unions even threatening to go on strike. Belgium’s federal government has responded to the ongoing jihadi

Six Muslim coverts have been arrested in France, after police intelligence indicated the cell was days away from committing a series of attacks on swingers clubs. The group had already purchased bus tickets so they could flee to Syria. The arrests occurred in Rhône, just

(AFP) – Police have raided two Melbourne homes in counter-terrorism operations, with reports Friday linking them to an Australian man who appeared in a slick Islamic State propaganda video last year. The properties in the northern Melbourne suburbs of Craigieburn

The Chairman of Birmingham Central Mosque, a Labour city Councillor who is set to become the UK’s second city’s Lord Mayor in May, has labeled the Prime Minister an ‘Islamophobe’ and called for a boycott of the government’s new anti

Lancashire Police have “condemned” a “misleading” report by the BBC, claiming a ten-year-old Muslim boy’s family had been investigated after he accidentally wrote that he lived in a “terrorist” house in his homework, when he meant “terraced”. The police said there were

(AFP) – Some 600 Britons have been stopped from going to Syria to try to join Islamic State and other jihadist groups, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said in comments reported Saturday. Meanwhile some 800 have made it through since 2012,

(AFP) – Just a week into the year, France has already been rattled by an attempted attack on a police station, but counter-terrorism officials have far graver fears for Europe in 2016. November’s attacks in Paris, in which 130 people

The husband and wife jihadi couple who plotted a major terror attack in London on the anniversary of the 7/7 bombings of 2005 have been given life sentences. Would-be suicide bomber Mohammed Rehman and his wife Sana Ahmed Khan were found

A husband and wife jihadi couple has been found guilty of plotting a major terror attack in London on the anniversary of the 7/7 bombings of 2005. Twice the amount of explosives used in the 7/7 attacks was found in their home after

BERLIN (Reuters) – Europe needs to regain control of its borders, Germany’s foreign minister was quoted on Saturday as saying, after reports that forged Syrian passports are in the hands of Islamic State militants. More than a million refugees, many

One of the fathers traveling with the Muslim family banned from entering the U.S. this week has denied any alleged links to Islamist extremism after a Facebook page set up at his home address was discovered, praising al-Qaeda and the Taliban.

BERLIN (AP) — Austrian authorities say two teenage Syrian brothers have been arrested at a refugee center in the country on suspicion of involvement with terrorist organizations — in one case, the Islamic State group. Prosecutors in Graz said Wednesday

(AFP) – The French cabinet backed reform proposals Wednesday that could see the state of emergency called after last month’s Paris attacks enshrined in the constitution. Special policing powers used under the state of emergency — such as house arrests

Senior counter-terrorism officers have revealed that UK authorities are allowing potential terrorists to leave the UK freely, if it is calculated that the Islamists are more dangerous left in this country. The MI5 officer said that no one had been

A London resident has been convicted of planning a Lee Rigby style attack before Remembrance Sunday last year. He had listened to a “truly chilling” Islamic State fatwa calling on Muslims to kill western police officers, the court heard.   Nadir Syed, 22,

The four men charged with supporting the Islamic State (IS) terror group at a series of meetings in Luton, near London, have appeared in court, where it was revealed that they met in a church hall and called for children

Four men have been charged with supporting and aiding recruitment for the Islamic State (IS) terror group at a series of meetings near London, just weeks after a female IS supporting cell was exposed in the city. London’s Metropolitan Police

ISIS jihadis determined to carry out attacks in European cities are entering the continent hidden among migrants, a German police chief says. Hans-Georg Maasen, a federal police chief, claimed ISIS extremists hardened on the battlefields of Iraq and Syria are

Brussels will stay at the highest security threat level for another week over fears of an imminent attack, the Belgian government said, as the US issued a worldwide terror alert for its citizens. On the third day of an unprecedented

A siege in which gunmen took as many as 170 hostages, killing an estimated 27, at the Radisson Blu hotel in Mali’s capital Bamako has ended. The gunmen, who were originally reported to be releasing people able to recite verses from the

PARIS (AP) — The Belgian extremist suspected of masterminding the deadly attacks in Paris died a day ago along with his female cousin in a police raid on a suburban apartment building, French officials said Thursday, adding it was still

French hospitals and emergency services across the country have been supplied with the most powerful antidote to sarin and other nerve gas chemicals for the first time. The move demonstrates how the authorities are preparing for chemical and biological warfare with

A British man has been arrested and detained after praising the Paris terror attacks on social media and threatening that Manchester, in the North of England, will be next. The 21-year-old man from Todmorden, West Yorkshire was arrested yesterday morning.

The number of armed police officers trained to deal with terror attacks in London is to increase by a third in the wake of the Paris terror attacks, with the total number eventually doubling, the head of the Metropolitan Police

A number of people have been killed, including a woman who blew herself up with a suicide belt, and several police officers injured,  in an armed stand-off in the Paris suburb of St Denis. The besieged flat is thought to

Remarkable footage has emerged of a hotel room used by the Belgian terror cell in the day before the Paris attacks, littered with syringes, needles and other hard drug paraphernalia. DNA evidence has confirmed that at least six of the

Two young men have been arrested in relation to terrorism offences as they attempted to leave the UK via the port of Dover of the south coast.  The men, aged 22 and 20, were arrested by Kent Police late on

(Reuters) – Islamic State militants are trying to develop the capability to launch deadly cyber attacks against Britain’s infrastructure, finance minister George Osborne will say on Tuesday as he announces a doubling of spending on cyber security. Osborne, Prime Minister

The Home Secretary Theresa May has said the attacks in Paris, “have nothing to do with Islam”. She said Islam was peaceful, whilst explaining that “appropriate security measures” will need to be taken at the England France football match tomorrow.

As it becomes clear that heavily armed terrorists crossed freely between France and Belgium before the Paris attacks, it has emerged that France will call for an effective suspension of the Schengen open borders zone. At the same time the Front National

A series of raids by heavily armed police and a “siege” are ongoing in the district of Molenbeek in Brussels, Belgium. Two explosions have been heard and bomb squads are on the ground. “A large number of police launched a raid on

An employee at a Scottish nuclear power plant, who is thought to be Muslim, has been allegedly caught studying bomb-making websites at his place of work. The man works as a “special entry assistant”, and his role involved going right

The charity commission has reversed its position on the terror apologist group CAGE after a High Court hearing yesterday, saying it overstepped its remit in instructing tax payer-funded charitable funds to not give cash to the group, who famously described

German police have confirmed they conducted eight raids in Berlin last night – including at least one on a mosque – targeting individuals suspected of recruiting for the Islamic State (IS) terror group. Outside the city, in Brandenburg, police continue to

A chilling audio message has been released by terror group Al-Qaeda that it claims has come from jihadist Hamza Bin Laden, a son of Osama Bin Laden. The audio, which includes a call for lone-wolf attacks on the west, is believed to

A bomb disposal unit has been deployed in Birmingham and homes evacuated after a man was arrested for terrorism offences and “suspicious items” were found at his home. The man, 27, was initially arrested on suspicion of “going equipped” and possession