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Prime Minister Narendra Modi decried the "heinous act" in the summer retreat of Pahalgam, pledging the attackers 'will be brought to justice'. Photo: AFP

 Gunmen kill dozens of civilians in Kashmir tourist hotspot   

At least 26 people were killed Tuesday in Indian-administered Kashmir when gunmen opened fire on tourists

April 22, 2025| AFP
Students hold a vigil near the scene of a shooting near the Florida State University student centre. Photo: AFP

Two dead as police officer's son opens fire at US university

20-year-old shooter had access to mother's weapon and was part of Sheriff's Office training programs

April 18, 2025| AFP
Amara Kromah, Abdalla Bari and Abdul Kader were arrested and accused of hijacking the merchant vessel El Hiblu when they were just 16, 15 and 19 years old. Photo: Joanna Demarco

‘It's like living in an open prison': El Hiblu accused say six years on

Case involving trio facing controversial terrorism charges enters its seventh year

March 28, 2025| James Cummings
Prosecutors said three more officers were lightly wounded in the attack in the city of Mulhouse, carried out by a 37-year-old suspect who is on a terror prevention watchlist, prosecutor told AFP. Photo: AFP

France makes arrests after deadly 'Islamist' knife attack

A 69-year-old Portuguese man was fatally wounded, while police were also hurt

February 23, 2025| AFP
Security forces and bomb disposal units are deployed to the scene of a bus explosion in Bat Yam. Photo: OREN ZIV / AFP.

Bus blasts rock central Israel in 'suspected terror attack'

No injuries reported

February 20, 2025| AFP
The ship involved in the 2019 incident was called El Hiblu. File photo: Times of Malta

El Hiblu 3 lose appeal to have criminal case thrown out

Appeals court says defendants' argument over jurisdiction must be assessed by jury

January 22, 2025| Times of Malta
First responders gather across from the Trump International Hotel & Tower Las Vegas as they investigate the Tesla Cybertruck blast. Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images/AFP.

Main suspect in Vegas Cybertruck blast was US special forces, motivation unknown

Person inside the vehicle when it exploded had gunshot wound to the head, authorities say

January 2, 2025| AFP
Lousiana State Troopers look on near a mobile command centre after the New Year attack in New Orleans. Photo: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP.

New Orleans killer acted alone, professed loyalty to jihadist group: FBI

Attacker inspired by ISIS, authorities say

January 2, 2025| AFP
A police officer on a Segway patrols at Sweden's parliament Riksdagen as the terror threat level in Sweden was raised.

Sweden charges alleged IS trio with terror plot

The brothers were looking for minors under the age of 18 'ready to die as martyrs' and who would 'kill many'

December 2, 2024| Times of Malta
A view of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Wall Street in New York City.

US police arrest man over alleged New York Stock Exchange plot

Undercover officers were told of plans to bomb the stock exchange

November 21, 2024| AFP
Police said the suspect was arrested after turning himself in. Photo: Shutterstock

Greek anti-terror police arrest man after deadly Athens blast   

An apartment block blast killed one man and injured a woman on Thursday

November 2, 2024| AFP
Police raided the man's house in the early hours of Thursday morning after a tip-off from the counter terrorism unit. Photo: Malta Police Force

Ħamrun resident told contacts to become suicide bombers in France, court told

Terrorism charges filed against man arrested at his home on Thursday

November 1, 2024| Edwina Brincat
The Israeli flag flies in front of the Israeli embassy in Berlin.

Libyan held in Germany over suspected Israel embassy plot

The suspect was arrested on Saturday

October 20, 2024| Times of Malta
People gather at the site of an Israeli air strike in the Basta area, in Beirut, on October 11, 2024. Photo: AFP

Deadly Israeli strike on Beirut likely targeted Hezbollah security chief 

Airstrikes killed 22 in Beirut on Thursday

October 11, 2024| AFP
People check the rubble of buildings which were levelled by Israeli strikes that targeted and killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in the Haret Hreik neighbourhood of Beirut's southern suburbs. Photo: AFP

Editorial: Israel risks an all-out regional war

How Iran responds to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s killing could be a game changer in the Middle East

October 1, 2024| Times of Malta
Smoke billows during Israeli bombing on the souther Lebanese village of Khiam on August 23. Photo: AFP

Israel defies ceasefire calls ahead of Netanyahu UN address

Israel's bombing around Lebanon has killed hundreds of people this week

September 27, 2024| AFP
People and first responders gathering at the scene of a reported device explosion in Saida, southern Lebanon. PHOTO: AFP

Israel’s booby traps are illegal

Israel’s pager and walkie-talkies attack on Hezbollah was a sophisticated ‘booby-trap’ operation

September 22, 2024| Mary Ellen OConnell
Rescuers sift through the rubble at the scene of an Israeli strike that targeted Beirut's southern suburbs. Photo: AFP

Heavy fire over Israel-Lebanon border after deadly Beirut strike 

Lebanon's health ministry said 37 people have been reported dead so far

September 21, 2024| AFP
Screengrab from AFPTV footage showing Israeli soldiers throwing the body of a Palestinian from the roof of a building.

Watch: Israeli soldier pushes body off roof in West Bank raid

Army says action conflicts with its values

September 20, 2024| AFP
Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli airstrike in the southern Lebanese village of Khiam near the border. Photo: AFP

Israel pounds Lebanon as Hezbollah vows revenge for device blasts

Israel has not commented on the explosion of thousands of Hezbollah pagers and radios

September 20, 2024| AFP
The remains of exploded pagers on display at an undisclosed location in Beirut. Photo: AFP

Taiwan questions two in probe into Hezbollah pagers

Pagers and walkie-talkies detonated across Lebanon kill at least 37 people and wound nearly 3,000

September 20, 2024| AFP
Picture of a child killed by exploding pagers placed amidst flowers at a memorial outside Lebanon's embassy in Tehran. Photo: AFP

Lebanon's Hezbollah in disarray after second wave of device blasts kills 20

Latest explosions wound more than 450 others

September 19, 2024| AFP
This September 11, 2001 file photo shows smoke billowing up after the first of the two towers of the World Trade Centre collapsed in New York City. Photo: Henny Ray Abrams/AFP

A difficult story to tell

The post-9/11 story is difficult to tell because it’s no longer quite about ‘us’

September 12, 2024| Ranier Fsadni
American flags and flowers line the memorial pool at the National September 11 Memorial at the World Trade Centre. Photo: AFP

The FBI agent who tried to stop 9/11

FBI agent John O’Neill had long warned about the threat posed by al-Qaeda, but he was not taken seriously. Tragically, he was killed at the World Trade Centre on 9/11

September 11, 2024| Mark Manduca
Police officers secure the area after the shooting.

Munich police kill gunman suspected of targeting Israel consulate

18-year-old Austrian man firing a vintage carbine rifle

September 5, 2024| AFP
The suspect, a 14-year-old student who attended the same school, is set to be tried for murder and as an adult. Photo: AFP

Gunman, 14, kills four in US school shooting

The suspect had been flagged to the FBI last year

September 5, 2024| AFP
A picture taken on June 3, 2019 during a guided tour with the Israeli army shows soldiers walking near the entrance to a tunnel at the Israeli side of the border with Lebanon. Photo: AFP

What do we know about Hezbollah's tunnels?

Experts say the video was published to remind Israel of its firepower

August 22, 2024| AFP
Mozambique is experiencing an increase in violent acts against individuals and places of worship. Photo: ACN

‘Effects of religious-based terrorism are devastating’

August 22 marks the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief

August 18, 2024| Press Release
Police officers stand on duty outside the entrace to a building housing the headquarters of the Reform UK political party, during a "Stop the Far-right" demonstration on a National Day of Protest. Photo: AFP

UK police charge two teenagers with right-wing terror offences 

An 18-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman are in custody and will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court

August 16, 2024| AFP
'Swifties' who travelled far and wide were sad but sympathetic. Photo: AFP

Taylor Swift's Vienna shows cancelled after IS sympathiser arrest 

Suspects are thought to have radicalised themselves on the internet

August 8, 2024| AFP