Terrorism

A magistrate deals a fresh blow to a "weak" Commonwealth case against a suspected Sydney terrorism network, describing an alleged terror plan as "all talk" as he grants bail to a fourth teenager.

Many Australians know the story of "Mr Brown's" 1971 Qantas bomb hoax. But few know the ongoing trauma experienced by the passengers onboard that fateful flight.

The violent extremist Indonesian network behind the 2002 Bali bombings, which killed hundreds of foreign nationals including 88 Australians, will be dissolved.

The attacker — believed to be part of a puritanical Muslim sect — is shot dead after shooting a police officer in the neck at a guard house at the Israeli embassy in Belgrade.

An emotional Anthony Albanese has revealed that an accused teenage terrorist's manifesto allegedly included direct threats on his family.

A 19-year-old Newcastle man has been charged with a terrorism offence allegedly intending to kill MP Tim Crakanthorp

A court has heard a 19-year-old Newcastle man allegedly found with weapons and tactical equipment intended to kill New South Wales MP Tim Crakanthorp.

The 16-year-old boy, who cannot be identified, was sentenced in Brisbane for one count of being a member of a terrorist organisation, after pleading guilty to the federal charge.

Gunmen opened fire at churches and synagogues in Russia's Dagestan region on Sunday, killing 20 people and injured over 40 others. 

An Orthodox Church priest and police officers are dead after the "terrorist" attacks, according to Russia's National Anti-Terrorism Committee.

Gaza's health ministry says at least 25 Palestinians have been killed in Al-Mawasi, a tented "humanitarian area" on the coast north of Rafah, and 50 wounded.

Hezbollah has accused Cyprus of allowing Israel to use its airports and bases for military exercises.

Six inmates linked to the Islamic State militant group are shot dead by Russian special forces after they took prison guards hostage at a detention centre in Rostov. 

The Israeli Defense Forces says it will hold daily tactical pauses in military activity in parts of southern Gaza to allow more aid to flow into the area, where international aid organisations have warned of a growing humanitarian crisis. 

A teenager charged with a terror offence over the alleged stabbing of a bishop at a south-west Sydney church is charged with additional offences.

Both Israel and Hamas committed war crimes in the early stages of the Gaza war, a United Nations inquiry has found. 

Mariam Raad, 32, was one of four women and 13 children who returned to Australia from Syria in October 2022. 

The High Court rules a five-year jail term handed to a Sydney man convicted of fighting with terrorist groups linked to Al Qaeda is not excessive despite Commonwealth law stopping him from being granted parole.

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Israel has carried out its largest hostage rescue operation, taking four to safety out of central Gaza in a heavy air and ground assault that Gazan health officials say has killed scores of Palestinians. Here's what we know about how the daytime mission unfolded.

The Federal Court has ordered the operators of Adelaide's Casino to pay $67 million, in a money laundering case brought on by financial crimes agency AUSTRAC.

The Israeli military says Hamas militants were operating from within the Nuseirat school, while witnesses recount chaotic scenes as the injured are rushed to nearby hospitals. 

Artem Vasilyev, a former Department of Defence employee and electronics engineer, has been found not guilty of planning a terrorist attack on an Adelaide Hills electrical substation.

A 15-year-old accused of conspiring a terrorist attack against Jewish and Assyrian people is granted bail after a NSW Supreme Court judge finds the Commonwealth's case against him "does not appear strong".

Four more hostages kidnapped on October 7 are declared dead by the Israeli military — including three men seen in a Hamas video begging to be released.