Latest Terrorism News

Hungary's Orbán blames immigration and EU for the deadly attack in Germany

Dec. 21, 2024 11:38 AM EST

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Saturday drew a direct link between immigration and an attack in Germany where a man drove into a Christmas market teeming with holiday shoppers, killing at least five people and injuring 200 others. During a rare...

France's anti-terrorism court convicts 8 people of involvement in the 2020 beheading of a teacher

Dec. 20, 2024 17:15 PM EST

PARIS (AP) — France’s anti-terrorism court on Friday convicted eight people of involvement in the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty outside his school near Paris four years ago, a horrific death that shocked the country. Paty, 47, was killed by an Islamic extremist outside his...

US drops $10M terrorism bounty offered for capture of Syrian rebel leader who ousted Assad

Dec. 20, 2024 14:03 PM EST

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The Biden administration said Friday it has decided not to pursue a $10 million reward it had offered for the capture of a Syrian rebel leader whose forces led the ouster of President Bashar Assad earlier this month. The announcement followed a meeting in...

Murder and terrorism charges brought against Iranian officer in 2022 killing of American in Iraq

Dec. 20, 2024 13:29 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — An Iranian officer blamed for the 2022 killing of an American in Iraq has been charged in New York with federal murder and terrorism crimes, authorities announced on Friday. Federal authorities in New York City said Mohammad Reza Nouri, a captain in Iran’s...

An Iranian officer blamed for the 2022 killing of an American in Iraq is charged by the US with murder and terrorism

Dec. 20, 2024 12:19 PM EST
NEW YORK (AP) — An Iranian officer blamed for the 2022 killing of an American in Iraq is charged by the US with murder and terrorism.

Michigan school shooter loses bid to withdraw guilty plea in 4 deaths

Dec. 19, 2024 20:18 PM EST

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A judge on Thursday refused to allow a Michigan school shooter to withdraw his guilty plea to two dozen charges, including terrorism and first-degree murder. Ethan Crumbley's appellate lawyers cited his mental health and other factors when he waived his right...

An Uzbek man is charged in Moscow with killing a Russian general in a bombing claimed by Ukraine

Dec. 19, 2024 18:00 PM EST

An Uzbek citizen accused of acting on behalf of Ukraine has been charged by Russian authorities with this week's assassination of a senior Russian general and his assistant in a bombing claimed by Ukraine's security services, state media said Thursday. Akhmadzhon Kurbonov was ordered...

How New York prosecutors used a terrorism law in the charges against Luigi Mangione

Dec. 18, 2024 23:54 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — New York prosecutors are using a 9/11-era anti-terrorism law in their case against the man charged with gunning down UnitedHealthcare's CEO outside a midtown Manhattan hotel. Luigi Mangione was indicted on charges of murder as an act of terrorism, under a state law...

Teen charged in UK dance class stabbings pleads not guilty to murder

Dec. 18, 2024 10:36 AM EST

LONDON (AP) — A teen charged with killing three girls and wounding 10 other people in a stabbing rampage at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England this summer remained silent in court Wednesday as not guilty pleas were entered on his behalf. Axel Rudakubana, 18, who has...

Key details about the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare's CEO

Dec. 17, 2024 20:17 PM EST

Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was charged in New York with murder as an act of terrorism, prosecutors announced Tuesday. Mangione, 26, is being held without bail in Pennsylvania, where he was arrested at a McDonald’s on Dec. 9 after a...