Tag: Terrorism
Government tinkers with sedition law
Federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland has introduced a range of amendments to Australia's counter-terrorism laws, including one that renames the offence of sedition.[MORE]
Drone strike kills CIA attack plotter
A key Al Qaeda figure involved in a recent attack on the CIA in Afghanistan appears to have been killed in Pakistan.[MORE]
Pakistan charges five US terror suspects
A Pakistani court has indicted five Americans on terror charges that could see them jailed for life if found guilty of plotting attacks with Al Qaeda-linked groups.[MORE]
Australian troops wounded by roadside bomb
Five Australian soldiers have been wounded in a roadside bomb attack in Afghanistan.[MORE]
Workshop boosts port terrorism preparedness
Mackay police say counter-terrorism training will help reinforce the region's port and maritime safety. [MORE]
Afghanistan war will get tougher: US general
The general in charge of the US operations in Afghanistan has warned this year will bring setbacks for allied forces.[MORE]
8 dead, 11 wounded in Iraq bomb attacks
Eight people died in two bombings five minutes apart on the main street of an Iraqi town south of Baghdad.[MORE]
Obama confirms 24-hour flying visit
Barack Obama cuts his Australian visit to just 24 hours as he battles to get his domestic health reforms onto the statute books.[MORE]
Yemen kills suspected Al Qaeda chief in air raid
A suspected Al Qaeda chief was killed in a new wave of Yemeni air raids against the branch of the global terrorist network thought to be behind a botched US airliner bombing, an official said.[MORE]
Car bomb kills 7 in Iraq
A car bomb in Iraq's western Anbar province has killed seven civilians and wounded 20 others, as Iraq struggles to end years of sectarian violence after a pivotal national vote.[MORE]
Two arrested for plotting fresh Mumbai attacks
Indian police say they have arrested two men for plotting terrorist attacks in Mumbai.[MORE]
Suicide bomber rides rickshaw into checkpost
A suicide bomb attack has killed at least 13 people and wounded more than 50 in the Swat Valley in north-west Pakistan.[MORE]
Minister condemns newspaper's terror stunt
New Zealand Police Minister Judith Collins has slammed a stunt in which a newspaper sent people masquerading as terrorists with fake bombs to Super 14 rugby games as "unbelievably stupid".[MORE]
Pakistan blasts kill 45
Twin suicide attacks have targeted the Pakistani military, killing 45 people in the second attack to hit the country's cultural capital, Lahore.[MORE]
BA worker fronts court over bomb plot
A British Airways computer expert has appeared in a British court accused of planning suicide bombings and his own martyrdom.[MORE]
Terrorists execute World Vision workers
Terrorists execute World Vision workers one by one in raid on charity office which dared to employ women in Pakistan.[MORE]
US flags earlier Afghan drawdown
Top US official raises prospect of some American troops withdrawing from Afghanistan earlier than expected.[MORE]
Detonators, weapons seized in Indonesia anti-terror raids
Indonesian police seized three detonators for remote-controlled bombs at the cafe on where militant leader Dulmatin was killed this week.[MORE]
Charity staff killed in militant attack
At least six aid workers have been killed in an attack by militants on the offices of a US-based charity group in Pakistan.[MORE]
Afghan blast kills NATO soldiers
A suicide attack targeting a NATO-Afghan border police compound in eastern Afghanistan has killed two foreign soldiers and wounded several others.[MORE]
No jail for kisser who triggered airport scare
A man who held up 16,000 passengers by breaching airport security to kiss his girlfriend has avoided a jail sentence. [MORE]
Indonesian police confirm terrorist's death
Indonesian police say DNA tests have confirmed that one of the masterminds of the 2002 Bali bombing has been killed.[MORE]
'Jihad Jane' charged for recruiting terrorists
An American woman known as "Jihad Jane" has been charged with recruiting jihadist fighters via the internet and conspiring to kill an unnamed person in Sweden.[MORE]
Bali mastermind believed killed in shoot-out
Indonesian media says one of the masterminds of the 2002 Bali bombing has been shot dead during a police raid outside Jakarta.[MORE]
Afghan police thwart Taliban suicide attack
Taliban suicide bombers dressed in burqas and armed with rifles tried to storm an Afghan government building on Monday but were killed in a shoot-out with police, officials said.[MORE]
