Police in Quebec City have charged a French-Canadian university student with murder following a deadly attack on a mosque in the city. Alexandre Bissonnette, 27, was charged Monday evening with six counts of first degree murder and five counts of attempted murder in the shooting, which Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned as a “terrorist […]
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim confirmed Tuesday authorities arrested the suspected gunman who killed 39 people during a New Year’s attack on a nightclub in Istanbul. Yildirim called the alleged attacker a “vile terrorist” and said the important thing now is to reveal those behind the attack. Turkish media had earlier identified Abdulkadir Masharipov as […]
The U.S. State Department has placed the son of al-Qaida founder Osama bin Laden, Hamza bin Laden, on its terrorist blacklist. Hamza bin Laden, who is in his mid-20s, is reported to have become active in the al-Qaida terrorist community since his father was killed in a covert operation conducted by U.S. forces in 2011. […]
U.S. and state officials are looking into a possible plot by the al-Qaida terror group to launch an attack on or before the U.S. presidential election. New York City police said Friday that they were working with the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force and their own intelligence units to assess the threat’s credibility. “The information […]