Man Faces Prosecution in US After FBI Foiled NYC Terror Plot
Michail Chkhikvishvili, a 21-year-old Georgian national and leader of a violent group, was arraigned Friday in New York after being extradited from Moldova on charges that he was plotting a mass-casualty terrorist attack in Manhattan, according to federal authorities. Newsweek has reached out to Chkhikvishvili’s lawyer for comment via email on Saturday. Newsweek filed out […]
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Dozens of Tourists Killed in Terror Attack During JD Vance Visit to India
At least two dozen people are feared to have been killed after gunmen indiscriminately fired at tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Tuesday in what local authorities called a terror attack, blaming militants fighting against Indian rule. “This attack is much larger than anything we’ve seen directed at civilians in recent years,” Omar Abdullah, the region’s […]
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FBI Reportedly Changes Domestic Terror Staff as Trump Blasts Tesla Violence
The FBI has cut staffing in an office that focused on domestic terrorism and stopped using a tool to track those investigations, Reuters reported, citing sources familiar with the issue. Why It Matters The FBI ramped up spending in recent years, tripling the number of domestic terror investigations over just a few years. Around 70 […]
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Terror Trial Begins for Beheading of Teacher
Eight people accused of terror charges in relation to the beheading of a teacher are due to stand trial on Monday. Teacher Samuel Paty was killed outside his school near Paris on Oct. 16, 2020 by an Islamic extremist after he showed caricatures of Islam’s prophet to his middle school students as part of a […]
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