45 h. ago Nigerian separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu jailed for life over terrorism charges

The verdict, delivered on Thursday, concludes a decade-long trial that has heightened tensions across southeast Nigeria

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46 h. ago Biafran separatist leader sentenced to life on terrorism charges by Nigerian court

Judge says Nnamdi Kanu used his Indigenous People of Biafra group to incite attacks on security officials and civiliansThe Biafran separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu has been sentenced to life in prison on terrorism-related charges by a court in the Nigerian capital, Abuja.Judge James Omotosho said prosecutors had shown that Kanu, who also holds British citizenship, had used his Indigenous People of Biafra group (Ipob) to incite attacks on security officials and civilians in south-east Nigeria and during anti-police protests in Lagos. Continue reading...

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49 h. ago Nigerian court convicts Biafran separatist leader on terrorism charges

Judge says Nnamdi Kanu used his Indigenous People of Biafra group to incite attacks on security officials and civiliansA Nigerian court has convicted the Biafran separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu on terrorism-related charges.Judge James Omotosho said prosecutors had shown that Kanu, who also holds British citizenship, had used his Indigenous People of Biafra group (IPOB) to incite attacks on security officials and civilians in south-east Nigeria. Continue reading...

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49 h. ago Nigerian court convicts separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu of terrorism

A Nigerian court has convicted separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu of seven terrorism-related charges

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9 d. ago I saved pregnant woman world saw hanging out Bataclan window now we’re like siblings, says survivor on 10th anniversary

TWO rock fans will today mark ten years since the day they met – when one of them saved the other’s life in the most terrifying setting imaginable. As gun-wielding IS terrorists rampaged around them massacring 89 people at Paris’s Bataclan music venue, a pregnant woman identified only as Charlotte clung on for life to...

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2 w. ago Two men in police custody after mass stabbing on Cambridgeshire train

Police say they are not treating attack that left two people with life-threatening injuries as terrorist incidentCambridgeshire train stabbing: latest updatesExplainer: Cambridgeshire train attack – what we know so farTwo men are in custody after multiple stabbings on a high-speed train in Cambridgeshire that left two people with life-threatening injuries, police have said.A 32-year-old black British national and a 35-year-old Briton of Caribbean descent have been arrested, British Transport Police have said, after the incident on Saturday night after which 11 people were treated in hospital. It is not being treated as a terrorist incident. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Huntingdon stabbings LIVE: Nine fighting for life after suspected terror attack on London King’s Cross train

Passengers forced to hide in a toilet during rampage on a train to Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.

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2 w. ago Huntingdon stabbing LIVE: Nine fighting for life after suspected terror attack on London King’s Cross train

Passengers forced to hide in a toilet during rampage on a train to Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.

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2 w. ago Huntingdon stabbing LIVE: Nine fighting for life after suspected terror attack on London

Passengers forced to hide in a toilet during rampage on a train to Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.

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2 w. ago Nine fighting for life after suspected terror attack on London

Passengers forced to hide in a toilet during rampage on a train to Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.

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2 w. ago Huntingdon train stabbings see nine suffer 'life threatening injuries' as counter terrorism police called to support investigation

A total of 10 people were taken to hospital and two people were arrested following the incident on the train in Cambridgeshire on Saturday evening

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3 w. ago The Guardian view on press freedom in Italy: at a low ebb on Giorgia Meloni’s watch | Editorial

The professional environment for journalists taking on powerful interests is worsening in a polarised climateThe so-called anni di piombo (years of lead) remain a dark memory for Italians of a certain age. The semi-normalisation of political terrorism and mafia hits in the 1970s and 80s blighted civic life, and that brutal past continues to haunt the present. Forty-five years after the fact, a retired police officer has just been arrested in relation to the mafia killing in 1980 of Piersanti Mattarella, the then president of Sicily.Unsurprisingly, given that history, the blowing up of a car belonging to one of Italy’s most famous investigative journalists has prompted an urgent and angst-ridden debate. Sigfrido Ranucci, who hosts a prime-time show on Rai, Italy’s state broadcaster, is known for presenting hard-hitting investigations into political corruption and organised crime. Earlier this month, a powerful bomb almost destroyed his black Mercedes, which was parked ...

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