A former New York resident was handed a life sentence on Friday after being convicted on charges related to his involvement with ISIS, according to federal prosecutors. Mirsad Kandic, 41, was found guilty by a federal jury in Brooklyn following a three-week trial in May 2022. Mr. Kandic, originally from Brooklyn and Kosovo, was convicted…

NEW YORK—An unrepentant and defiant Islamic extremist received 10 life sentences and another 260 years in prison on Wednesday for killing eight people with a truck on a bike path in Manhattan on Halloween in 2017, as a judge decried his “callous and cowardly” crimes. “The conduct in this case is among the worst, if…

Convicted terrorists will be banned from taking a leading role in religious services in a new government crackdown on dangerous radicalisation behind bars. New robust checks will also limit the amount of literature allowed in prison to combat the spread of extremism, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) announced. The measures—which will only apply in England…

Two British-Israeli sisters killed by Palestinian terrorists in a shooting in the West Bank have been identified as Maia and Rina Zakharan by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The sisters, aged 20 and 15 respectively, were shot dead in a Palestinian terrorist attack on their car near an Israeli settlement in the West Bank on…

ISTANBUL—The U.S. embassy in Turkey warned Americans on Monday of possible attacks against churches, synagogues, and diplomatic missions in Istanbul, marking its second such notice in four days, following Koran-burning incidents in Europe. In an updated security alert, the U.S. embassy said “possible imminent retaliatory attacks by terrorists” could take place in areas frequented by…

Australia’s Coalition is calling on the Albanese government to list the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation following reports that the group targeted Australian organisations with malicious ransomware attacks. This comes as Britain considers listing Iran’s Revolution Guard as a terrorist organisation after it was revealed that the group had plotted…

The U.S. Department of State is offering a $10 million reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for the 2020 terrorist attack at the Manda Bay Airfield in Kenya, which killed three Americans. Al-Qaeda-affiliated terror group, al-Shabaab, carried out the attack on Jan. 5 at the airfield, which is part of a Kenyan Defence Forces…

Radical social media influencers pushed false claims that Hindu nationalist groups were behind attacks in Leicester, sparking a backlash against the Hindu community, a report has claimed. A new report by the national security think tank The Henry Jackson Society (pdf) claims that unrest has been falsely presented as involving organised Hindu extremist groups. Leicester saw…

The Christchurch shooter who mass murdered 51 people at two mosques in 2019 has filed an appeal against his conviction and sentence. The Wellington Court of Appeal confirmed the shooter, Brenton Tarrant, filed his appeal. The date of hearing has not been set. Tarrant pleaded guilty to 92 charges in 2020: 51 counts of murder,…

Former President Trump’s team and the Justice Department submitting their picks today for a special master. This, as the DOJ appeals the court’s decision to allow Trump a third party attorney to review what the FBI seized from his home. It will soon be the 21st anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. What has happened…