Ghana Terror Attack -Ghana has been tipped to experience possible terror attacks according to the United Kingdom. On Thursday, August 3, The UK recently graced her website with some travel advice indicating that terrorists are likely to carry out attacks in Ghana. The said travel advice cautioned tourists and travellers to be mindful of the Gold … Read more
The wife of a Thai land activist who disappeared in mysterious circumstances has been jailed for trespassing, her lawyer said Friday, a crushing blow to a rural community locked in a lengthy dispute with the state. Supap Kamlae has campaigned for a full probe into the suspected enforced disappearance of her husband Den, who never … Read more
Australia has created a super ministry combining its security agencies including the domestic spy service, border force and national police, the country’s prime minister said on Tuesday, calling the “historic change” necessary to tackle terrorism. The new Home Affairs portfolio — which uses Britain’s Home Office as a template — will be run by Immigration … Read more
Australian police Monday shot dead a man who had taken a woman hostage in a Melbourne apartment and said they were investigating whether the incident was terror-related. Police responding to reports of an explosion at the apartment block in the suburb of Brighton had earlier found the body of another man in the foyer. The … Read more
The UK terror threat level has been raised to its highest level of “critical”, meaning further attacks may be imminent, Theresa May has said. The move came after investigators were unable to rule out whether Manchester bombing suspect Salman Abedi acted alone, the prime minister said. Military personnel will now be deployed to protect key … Read more
A UN committee has condemned the “widespread practice of torture” in Pakistan by police, the military and intelligence agencies in a report published Friday, and called on Islamabad to implement urgent reforms to the law. “The police engage in the widespread practice of torture throughout the territory, … with a view to obtaining confessions from … Read more
The EU is seeking urgent talks with Washington over a possible US ban on carry-on computers on European flights to the United States, an EU source said Friday. The European Union has not yet received a response from Washington to its request, the source said. The US Department of Homeland Security said on Tuesday it … Read more
Police captured a Wisconsin man early Friday, ending an intense manhunt launched after he allegedly robbed a gun shop and sent an anti-government manifesto to US President Donald Trump. Joseph Jakubowski, 32, was arrested without incident on a farm in the midwestern state of Wisconsin, the Rock County Sheriff’s Office said. A force of some … Read more
Police captured a Wisconsin man early Friday, ending an intense manhunt launched after he allegedly robbed a gun shop and sent an anti-government manifesto to US President Donald Trump. Joseph Jakubowski, 32, was arrested without incident on a farm in the midwestern state of Wisconsin, the Rock County Sheriff’s Office said. A force of some … Read more
A teenage boy pleaded guilty Friday to planning a terrorist attack at an Anzac Day service honouring Australian soldiers in Sydney, the latest in a series of cases involving radicalised youth. The 16-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was arrested and charged by police last year on the eve of the April 25 … Read more
Seven arrests have been made in raids following the Westminster attack that left four dead, police have said. Acting Deputy Commissioner and Head of Counter Terrorism Mark Rowley said hundreds of detectives have worked through the night, carrying out searches at six addresses. Those who died were a woman in her 40s, a man in … Read more
At least two Bangladeshi militants blew themselves up Thursday after throwing grenades at police who surrounded a suspected extremist hideout outside the port city of Chittagong, police said. “They came out in the stairs and carried out a big explosion. Parts of their bodies were spread to 25-30 yards (metres),” said Sanwar Hossain, additional deputy … Read more
There was no immediate response from the U. S. delegation to the 47-member state forum in Geneva. A U. N. human rights expert voiced alarm on Friday that U.S. President Donald Trump might allow torture in interrogations and called for senior officials from George W. Bush’s administration to be prosecuted for allowing the illegal practice. … Read more
A 35-year-old man has defiled a five-year-old girl at the premises of the Breman Brakwa Presbyterian Junior School which is currently under renovation. The suspect under the pretext of being a stranger, asked the victim to escort him to the school because he did not know there. Upon reaching the school the suspect forcefully had … Read more
Kenya has been ranked top in Africa in cases of police shootings and killing of civilians according to a report by Amnesty International shows. The report indicates that by October 2016, a total of 122 extrajudicial killings had been reported in Kenya, out of 177 cases in Africa. However, the figure could have been hire … Read more
Three people have been arrested on suspicion of plotting a terrorism attack Three people have been arrested in France on suspicion of plotting a terrorism attack, police sources say. French media say a counter-terrorism operation is under way at the home of one of the suspects, in the central city of Clermont-Ferrand. The other two … Read more
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte may have ordered police to withdraw from his brutal drug war, but the bodies continue to pile up at a rate of 10 a day. Shadowy assassins have killed nearly 150 people since the end of last month, human rights groups have said. Duterte pulled police from his seven month ‘war … Read more
A rise in “brutal tactics” by Tunisian security forces in line with nationwide emergency laws to counter terrorism are threatening reforms in Tunisia, Amnesty International said in a report Monday. Since the 2011 Tunisian revolution that sparked the Arab Spring, the North African country has been wracked by jihadist attacks that have killed more than … Read more
The Trump administration wants to revamp and rename a U. S. government program designed to counter all violent ideologies so that it focuses solely on Islamist extremism, five people briefed on the matter told Reuters. The program, “Countering Violent Extremism,” or CVE, would be changed to “Countering Islamic Extremism” or “Countering Radical Islamic Extremism,” the … Read more
Brazilian authorities are investigating 24 execution-style killings in the past 24 hours, following the death of a police officer in the city of Belem, capital of northern Para state. In a press release, the regional government said it created a special permanent unit, involving all security agencies, to look into the suspicious killings. The wave … Read more