Terrorism

About 30 hooded attackers, believed to be Abu Sayyaf militants, shot and hacked horrified victims running for their lives in the southern Philippines, police said. Four died and six were wounded in the brazen attack. […] […]

AN Indonesian terrorist jailed for helping build the bomb used in the 2004 attack on Australia’s Jakarta embassy has been arrested again. Heri Sigu Samboja, better known as Sogir, was one of three men arrested […] […]

Friends, colleagues baffled by charges against man they say likes to challenge security apparatus Byron Sonne recently joked he was the last guy counter-terrorism officials would be prone to investigate. The 37-year-old man made the […] […]

AN elite anti-terrorism squad arrested Indonesia’s most-wanted man and two other suspects overnight after raiding their hide-out on the country’s main island of Java, police and witnesses said. At least one person was killed and […] […]

First time a jury has ruled on a terrorism case in Canada In a landmark decision, the last two members of the so-called Toronto 18 to face trial were convicted Wednesday, marking the first time […] […]

A Royal Marine from 40 Commando has died during a fire-fight with insurgent Afghan forces – the fourth to be killed in four days. The marine was conducting a security patrol in the Sangin district […] […]

SRI Lanka has slammed the United Nations over its plans to investigate alleged human rights abuses in the final months of the island’s civil war. Government spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella accused the UN of having a […] […]

THIS is a war that will not be won on the ground, says Michael O’Connor. THE war in Muslim Afghanistan cannot be won by the armed forces of a Christian country. Even less can it […] […]

The NSW government will extend anti-terrorism laws, despite a senior police officer declaring there is no specific threat. Changes affecting the detention of terrorism suspects, and the execution of searches and seizures, were announced today […] […]

An American who went on a solo mission to hunt down Osama bin Laden is being released by the Pakistani government without charges. Gary Faulkner, of Greeley, Colorado, was detained a week ago in the […] […]