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Cuba starts freeing prisoners a day after the US said it would lift terror designation
Cuba has started releasing some prisoners as part of talks with the Vatican, a day after President Joe Biden’s administration announced his intent to lift the U.S. designation of Cuba as a state ...ABC News - Jan. 15 -
Polish PM accuses Russia of planning ‘acts of terrorism’ around the world
Donald Tusk claims Warsaw has been involved in countering ‘acts of sabotage’, referencing incendiary parcel attacks in Poland and the UK. Russia planned to conduct “acts of terrorism in the air”, ...The Guardian - Jan. 15 -
Russia plans terror attacks ‘in the air’, warns Polish PM
Security experts say evidence points to Kremlin masterminding sabotage campaign on air cargoFinancial Times - Jan. 15 -
Missile Attack Prompts Emergency Power Cuts in Ukraine
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said air defenses had shot down at least 30 missiles from a “massive” barrage that had targeted gas and energy facilities.The New York Times - Jan. 15 -
Poland's leader accuses Russia of planning acts of terror against 'airlines over the world'
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has accused Russia of planning acts of sabotage worldwide that included “acts of air terror” against airlinesABC News - Jan. 15 -
Biden administration removes Cuba from state sponsors of terrorism list
President-elect Donald Trump designated Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism shortly before he left office in January 2021.NBC News - Jan. 15 -
Biden Will Remove Cuba From List of State Sponsors of Terrorism
The decision is the latest in a series of conflicting U.S. approaches to Cuba by different administrations.The New York Times - Jan. 14 -
Biden Administration Taking Cuba Off Terrorism List in Deal to Free Political Prisoners
The action is part of a deal worked out with help from the Catholic Church to free political prisoners on the island.The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 14 -
Biden to lift Cuba's status as terror sponsor in exchange for prisoners' release
The move is likely to be reversed by the incoming Trump administration.CBS News - Jan. 14 -
GPS Is Vulnerable to Attack. Magnetic Navigation Can Help
Signals from the global navigation satellite system can be jammed and spoofed, so a Google spinout is working on an alternative positioning and navigation system that uses the Earth’s magnetic field.Wired - Jan. 14 -
At least 40 farmers were killed by Boko Haram militants during a weekend attack in northeast Nigeria, an official says
At least 40 farmers were killed by Boko Haram militants during a weekend attack in northeast Nigeria, an official saysABC News - Jan. 13 -
Counter-terrorism police take up investigation of swastika attack at Sydney synagogue
Vandals also started a fire in Newtown that could have had deadly consequences, commissioner says. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free ...The Guardian - Jan. 13 -
Hammer attack injures eight students at Tokyo university
Japanese police say 22-year-old woman arrested as witness describes panic after attacker ‘all of a sudden’ began swinging hammer in classroom. Eight Tokyo university students attacked with a hammer ...The Guardian - Jan. 11 -
UK should consider letting IS members return, terror watchdog says
Jonathan Hall KC says those who return could be prosecuted here over what they did for the jihadist group.BBC News - Jan. 11 -
The School Shootings Were Fake. The Terror Was Real
The inside story of the teenager whose “swatting” calls sent armed police racing into hundreds of schools nationwide—and the private detective who tracked him down.Wired - Jan. 9 -
Attack on Chad's presidential palace leaves 19 dead
State media in Chad say an attack on the presidential palace left 18 assailants dead and six in custody, with one soldier killed and three woundedABC News - Jan. 9 -
British IS members in Syria should be allowed home, says Trump’s counter-terror pick
Sebastian Gorka says letting people in prison camps return to Britain would benefit the ‘special relationship’ with US. British nationals being held in Syrian prison camps for fighting on behalf of ...The Guardian - Jan. 9 -
Europe leaders criticise Musk attacks
Although some of Europe's leaders have found favour with the billionaire, others are worried by his interventions.BBC News - Jan. 7 -
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Warnings of vulnerability preceded Bourbon Street attack
More than five years before the Bourbon Street attack, a confidential report distributed to officials in New Orleans warned that a vehicular terrorist attack was "highly possible." The assessment, ...CBS News - Jan. 7 -
Biden meets with families of victims of New Orleans attack
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden met with families, survivors and local law enforcement affected by the New Year's Day attack in New Orleans that killed 14 people and wounded dozens of ...NBC News - Jan. 7 -
FBI releases new videos of New Orleans attacker
The FBI has released new video in the probe of the New Orleans Bourbon Street attack that occurred on New Year's Day. CBS News' Omar Villafranca reports.CBS News - Jan. 6 -
FBI Says Meta’s Smart Glasses Used to Help Plan New Orleans Terror Attack
The driver who mowed down a Bourbon Street New Year’s crowd and killed 14 made two earlier visits to New Orleans, where he used the device to shoot video of the target area.Inc. - Jan. 6 -
Biden Warns Americans Not to Forget the Jan. 6 Attack
In an essay in The Washington Post, President Biden accused President-elect Donald J. Trump and his supporters of trying to erase the history of that day.The New York Times - Jan. 6 -
New Orleans officials knew risk years before Bourbon Street attack
A confidential report warned that bollards needed to be fixed. New Orleans didn't start to replace them for five years.CBS News - Jan. 6 -
Ukraine renews attack on Russia's Kursk region
It comes as Ukraine's president says only the US can provide security guarantees leading to an end to the war.BBC News - Jan. 6 -
New Orleans attacker apparently recorded video of city months before attack
The FBI is probing apparent Meta glasses video that the suspect in the New Orleans attack recorded while scoping out the city. CBS News' Omar Villafranca has the latest on the federal investigation.CBS News - Jan. 6 -
New Orleans terror attack: Saints, Gayle Benson, NFL donate $1 million to victims of Bourbon Street tragedy
At least 14 people were killed in New Orleans after a man drove into a crowd of people on New Year's DayCBS Sports - Jan. 6 -
New Orleans attacker visited city in months leading up to deadly rampage, officials say
Investigators say Shamsud-Din Jabbar traveled to New Orleans at least twice before the deadly attack on Bourbon Street on New Year's Day. Investigators also shared video, recorded by a camera in ...CBS News - Jan. 6 -
Biden's response to New Year's attacks lacked urgency
President Biden's response to the dual attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas was criticized for its lack of urgency and lack of new information, with the White House not releasing a statement until ...The Hill - Jan. 6 -
Charlie Hebdo marks 10 years after terror attack with special issue
Gunmen stormed satirical paper’s Paris offices, killing 11 people, over cartoons of the prophet Muhammad. Ten years on from the Islamist terrorist attack on the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, ...The Guardian - Jan. 6 -
Magdeburg Christmas market attack deaths rise to six
A 52-year-old woman has died in hospital from her injuries two weeks after the attack.BBC News - Jan. 6 -
A Terrorism Resurgence
We explore the main reasons for ISIS’s resurgence.The New York Times - Jan. 6 -
Israeli officials say 3 killed in attack on vehicles in occupied West Bank
Far-right Israeli official calls for destruction of Palestinian town in occupied West Bank after 3 killed, 7 wounded in shooting attack.CBS News - Jan. 6 -
Ukraine presses attacks in Russia's Kursk region
Zelenskyy says he will urge allies to boost his country's air defenses this weekABC News - Jan. 5 -
Ukraine Attacks Kursk Region of Russia Anew
Ukrainian forces’ assault was in the Russian region where they made a surprise incursion last summer.The New York Times - Jan. 5 -
New Orleans Saints and NFL donate $1m to victims of terror attack
Team and the NFL will donate to victims of attack on New Year’s Day that left 14 people dead and 35 others injured. The New Orleans Saints and the National Football League in which they compete ...The Guardian - Jan. 5 -
Terror act shatters the New Year in New Orleans
Just hours into the first day of 2025, a 42-year-old Texas man purposely drove a rented pickup through a dense crowd of revelers on New Orleans' Bourbon Street, then opened fire on police officers. ...CBS News - Jan. 5
