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Leader Of Real IRA Convicted
A Real IRA leader has been convicted of playing a leading role in plotting a bomb attack during the state visit of Prince Charles to Ireland in May 2015.
Seamus McGrane, 63, from Little Road, Dromiskin in County Louth, was found guilty of directing the activities of a terrorist organisation. He was also convicted of IRA membership at Dublin's Special Criminal Court. He was secretly recorded discussing explosives and a target of "military significance" in a Dublin pub.
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Couple Appear In Court Charged With Making A Homemade Bomb
A couple who met on a dating website have gone on trial accused of plotting a terror attack using a homemade bomb.
Munir Mohammed, 36, of Leopold Street, Derby, allegedly volunteered for a "new job in the UK", via Facebook with a man he believed was an IS commander.
The Old Bailey heard he met pharmacist Rowaida El-Hassan, 33, of Willesden Lane, north-west London, online and she provided chemical expertise. Both deny the charge of preparing terrorist acts.
Mr Mohammed and Ms El-Hassan are accused of preparing terrorist acts between November 2015 and December 2016.
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Two Young Teenage Boys Arrested In North Yorkshire On Terror Charges
Two 14-year-old boys have been arrested on suspicion of preparing an act of terrorism. The teenagers were arrested in the North Yorkshire market town of Northallerton on Saturday.
A number of properties have been searched in the Romanby area and items seized are being examined by police.
The North East Counter Terrorism Unit said the teenagers have been taken to a police station in West Yorkshire for questioning. They have been granted a warrant of further detention and now have until Wednesday to question them. A North Yorkshire Police spokesman said: "Officers believe that this is an isolated…
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President Trump Releases Classified JFK Files
The US government has released 2,800 previously classified files on the assassination of President John F Kennedy in 1963.
President Donald Trump said the public deserved to be "fully informed" about the event, which has been the subject of numerous conspiracy theories. But some documents have been withheld at the request of government agencies.
One memo revealed that the FBI had warned police of a death threat against the assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. "We at once notified the chief of police and he assured us Oswald would be given sufficient protection", writes the FBI director J Edgar Hoover.
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'Contract Killer' Arrested In Hungary Connected With 70 Deaths
A Pakistani man wanted by Interpol in connection with alleged contract murders has been arrested in Hungary.
Authorities in Pakistan had issued an international warrant for his arrest in connection with 70 deaths there, listing him as the country's most-wanted person. Police said he was caught in a group of migrants being smuggled to Austria.
The alleged professional gunman, aged 35, is said to be known as the "Pakistani Butcher". He has only been identified with the initials A.Z.
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Wife Guilty Of Helping Husband Plan Terror Attack
A wife who bought a combat knife and training dummy for her husband has been found guilty of helping him prepare for a planned terror attack in Birmingham.
Madihah Taheer, 21, from the city, denied preparing an act of terrorism by assisting her husband Ummariyat Mirza earlier this year.
Woolwich Crown Court heard the husband and wife team had developed their plans after falling in love as teenagers. She has been remanded in custody and will be sentenced at a later date.
In March, armed police arrested the husband at gunpoint in Birmingham.
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New Strain Of Ransomeware Spreading
A new strain of ransomware nicknamed "Bad Rabbit" has been found spreading in Russia, Ukraine and elsewhere.
The malware has affected systems at three Russian websites, an airport in Ukraine and an underground railway in the capital city, Kiev.
The cyber-police chief in Ukraine confirmed to the Reuters news agency that Bad Rabbit was the ransomware in question. It bears similarities to the WannaCry and Petya outbreaks earlier this year.
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Cromer Police Failed During Town Disorder
Police failed to properly deal with disorder in a seaside town because senior officers "misread the significance of events", a report says.
A Norfolk Police review into why Cromer went into "lawless lockdown" after 100 travellers visited was instigated by the chief constable.
Pubs, shops and restaurants closed over the weekend of 19 August following reports of rape, theft and assault. Poor information sharing led to a failure to deploy additional resources.
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Supporters Of IS Return To Home Countries
At least 5,600 supporters of so-called Islamic State (IS) have returned to their home countries as it loses ground in Iraq and Syria, a new report says.
The Soufan Center, a US-based think tank, says 33 states have reported arrivals in the past two years. The figure includes half of the estimated 850 people who left the UK.
The report says the returnees - most of whom are imprisoned or disappear from view - will continue to present a security challenge for years to come.
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Former Brussels Policeman Makes Deathbed Confession
The apparent deathbed confession of a former policeman could end a series of unresolved murder cases which have baffled Belgian police for decades.
The "Crazy Brabant Killers", as they were known, murdered 28 people in Brussels in a dozen robberies during the 1980s - mostly at supermarkets. They were never caught. Their ability to outwit police led to conspiracy theories of official cover-ups.
The gang's members were dubbed the "The Giant", "The Killer" and "The Old Man". Their main target was the shops' petty cash holdings, but they would also spontaneously gun down customers.
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