The US Justice Department on Tuesday announced charges against three men it described as “Iranian operatives,” including one already in jail, over their role in an alleged terrorist plot at Britain’s RAF Fairford airbase. A B-1 bomber takes off from RAF Fairford airbase. (via REUTERS) Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, Mohsen Mohajeri and Mohammad Ali … Read more
ATLANTA — Three people arrested over an alleged plot to carry out a shooting at a Georgia high school had gotten a floor plan of the school and chosen a date to carry it out early next school year, according to arrest warrants. Suspects in alleged school shooting plot in Georgia had floor plan, had … Read more
LONDON — Iran is trying to hit military sites in Britain and the suspected plot to attack a U.S.-run military air base in September is “not unique,” the head of the MI5 spy agency said Tuesday, as he warned that both Tehran and Moscow are expanding their attacks against the U.K. MI5 chief says Iran … Read more
File photo: Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud (Picture credit: X) The FBI thwarted an alleged terror attack at Minnesota’s Mall of America after an 18-year-old suspect agreed to buy an AK-47 rifle and ammunition from an undercover agent, US authorities said Wednesday.Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud was arrested Tuesday in a public park in Richfield after paying $600 for … Read more
The RAF Fairford airbase is located in Gloucestershire, close to Swindon town. A sixth man arrested over a suspected terrorist plot near RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire has been released on police bail, counter-terrorism officers said.The 25-year-old dual UK-Iranian national was arrested in Westminster, London, on Thursday on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts under Section 5 … Read more
A police car patrols the area around the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester Two Iranian nationals have been charged in the UK over an alleged terror plot targeting Manchester’s Jewish community, with police accusing the men of carrying out reconnaissance and trying to obtain components and equipment for an improvised explosive device.According to … Read more
File photo: United States Air Force personnel at RAF Fairford The suspected terror plot near RAF Fairford has put a possible Iran link back in focus after US secretary of state Marco Rubio said a foreign actor was “clearly” involved, without naming the country or providing evidence. The development comes as British counter-terrorism investigators continue … Read more
MIAMI — A former Haitian government official and more than a dozen other people appeared Monday in federal court in Miami on charges related to the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. Ex-Haitian official, 17 others appear in US court involving 2021 plot to kill Haitian president Joseph Badio, a former Haiti Ministry of … Read more
Pennsylvania man Jonathan Hunter Kramer charged for allegedly plotting ISIS-inspired attack. A 21-year-old Pennsylvania man is facing federal terrorism-related charges after FBI agents arrested him with a semiautomatic rifle, rifle magazines and about 190 rounds of ammunition that prosecutors say were being acquired for a planned attack. Who is Jonathan Hunter Kramer? Jonathan Hunter Kramer, … Read more
Lil Durk has been found not guilty on all charges in his federal murder-for-hire trial in Los Angeles, bringing an end to the case that prosecutors said was tied to revenge for King Von’s death. The rapper, whose real name is Durk Devontay Banks, was accused of helping arrange a 2022 attack targeting Quando Rondo. … Read more