Female Irish soldier who joined ISIS charged with terrorism

Female Irish solider who joined ISIS, fled to Syria and became the second wife of British jihadi after converting to Islam appears in Irish court charged with terrorism Lisa Smith, 38, has been charged with membership of an unlawful organisation   The former member of Irish Defence Forces appeared at Dublin District Court Smith was arrested … Read more

Attacks by radicalised mentally ill ‘hard to tell from to terrorism’

Recent violent attacks by radicalised mentally ill people are ‘impossible to distinguish’ from terrorism, a new report has warned. The European police agency Europol said that incidents carried out by mentally ill people who have been influenced by hate speech and fake news could be classed as terrorism in its European Union Terrorism Situation and … Read more

Brooklyn man, 20, who ‘stabbed police officer is immigrant with possible ties to terrorism’

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday praised the New York Police Department hours after two officers were shot and one was stabbed in an ambush attack in Brooklyn while they were on anti-looting patrol. The comments from the governor came just days after he apologized to the NYPD for criticizing their failure to stop … Read more