terrorism

A would-be Russian suicide bomber is reported to have been detonated when an ill-timed message arrived on her phone to wish her a happy new year. The woman and two suspected accomplices (who are believed to be part of the same group that killed 35 people at Moscow’s Domodedovo...

Passengers on a Turkish Airlines flight from Oslo to Istanbul overpowered a man who was attempting to hijack their plane using a fake bomb. The would-be hijacker, a Turk, indicated that he was carrying a bomb and instructed that the plane should return to Norway. He was overpowered by...

Airport security at Britain’s Heathrow airport prevented a man from boarding a jet not because he was wearing a Transformers t-shirt. Brad Jayakody, 30, was somewhat taken aback when he was told that he would not be able to enter the plane wearing what he was wearing. When he...

If you want to get your hands on what is arguably one of the most famous pieces of Montana countryside, now is your chance. A 1.4-acre plot that was once owned by Ted Kaczynski is on the market. Kaczynski, who is better known as the Unabomber, killed three people...

Dr. Khurram Syed Sher was among four people taken into custody over an alleged terror plot in London, Ontario on Thursday. The 28-year-old Canadian stands out, not just because he is a doctor, but because of his lackluster audition for Canadian Idol some time ago. The video shows Sher,...

Washington: The Qatari diplomat whose furtive smoke aboard a United Airlines flight will not be charged with any crime, thanks to his diplomatic immunity. The Qatari ambassador to the United States said that Mohammed Al-Madadi, who was traveling on official business, had made a “mistake”. The “mistake” in question...

A passenger aboard a Qantas flight from Sydney to Singapore has some explaining to do after he allegedly threatened to bring down the plane with the power of his mind. The Age reports that the, who was aboard QF31 was restrained on the flight after behaving in a manner...

Havelock North, New Zealand: Bomb squad officers were called to a New Zealand football field on Monday on account of what appeared to be an improvised explosive device. As it turned out, the “explosives” had been misplaced by a fancy-dress party-goer, who had been dressed as a terrorist. The...

If there’s an “employee of the month” award for terrorists, then this guy in the picture on the left should win it hands down. Suicide bomber Abdullah Hassan Tali al-Asiri had set out to kill Prince Mohammed Bin Nayef of Saudi Arabia.  His plan was deviously clever, to say...