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The UK Court of Appeal has overturned a lower court ruling, declaring the government's ban on Palestine Action as a terrorist group to be lawful. This decision reverses the High Court's earlier finding that the ban was disproportionate.
Iranian authorities have arrested dozens of individuals accused of espionage and terrorism with ties to foreign intelligence agencies. The operation spanned multiple provinces, targeting networks allegedly involved in sabotage and information theft. The Intelligence Ministry says the crackdown is part of continuous efforts to safeguard national security.
The UK Court of Appeal will rule Monday on whether the government was correct to proscribe the activist group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation. The High Court previously found the ban unlawful, but it remains in place pending the appeal. The case follows the sentencing of four activists who were convicted as terrorists for causing criminal damage at an Israeli arms company facility.
Palestine Action supporters in Scotland say they are being arrested and charged with terror offenses simply for holding banners or wearing T-shirts opposing Israel's military campaign. They argue that the ban on the group is infringing on rights to free speech and assembly. Data shows over 100 terrorism charges linked to Palestine Action in Scotland since 2000.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on March 21 that American forces killed Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, leader of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang, in an airstrike coordinated with Venezuela. The strike was detailed on Truth Social, where Trump praised the operation and criticized the Biden administration's border policies.
A UK court sentenced four Palestine Action activists to prison for breaking into an Israeli arms factory, with one receiving over seven years for assaulting a police officer. The judge labeled the actions as terrorism, while supporters called the verdict a miscarriage of justice.
Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said the military had ‘neutralised’ more than 13,000 ‘terrorists’ in the past year, claiming conflict-related deaths have dropped 81% since he took office. However, mass kidnappings by armed groups continue across the country.
A Toronto police officer was shot early Thursday while executing a search warrant at an apartment connected to a March shooting at the U.S. consulate. The officer was taken to hospital, and the search is part of a national security investigation.
A Thai court on June 22 sentenced two men of Uyghur origin to death for their roles in the 2015 bombing at Bangkok's Erawan shrine, the deadliest attack in the country's history, which killed 20 people and injured over 100. The defendants, Yusufu Mieraili and Bilal Mohammed, denied the charges, and the trial was delayed for nearly a decade by the pandemic and interpreter shortages.
