This Month
New Orleans attacker surveyed area using Meta smart glasses, says FBI
Images from the glasses were among a trove of footage that federal authorities recovered showing the planning behind the New Year’s Day attack.
- Faiz Siddiqui
Stepson of Prince William’s former nanny among dead in New Orleans
In a statement on social media, the Prince of Wales said he and his wife, Catherine, were “shocked and saddened by the tragic death of Ed Pettifer”.
- Pan Pylas
Deadly attacks rattle US ahead of Trump inauguration
The main attack, by 42-year-old Army veteran Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar in the Bourbon Street area of the French Quarter, is being probed as an act of terrorism.
- Mark Mulligan
‘No terrorist to me’: Relatives, friends saw few signs before attack
Little in his outward persona suggested Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar could be responsible for such a brutal attack along one of the most famous US streets.
- Maria Jimenez Moya, Shannon Sims, J. David Goodman and Mike Baker
Suspect in New Orleans terror attack that killed 15 was an army veteran
US President Joe Biden condemned the “despicable” ISIS-inspired attack that 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar carried out on New Year’s Day.
- Updated
- Andrew Buncombe
- Opinion
- Donald Trump
Trump blames foreigners for terror attack. The truth may not matter
It may seem crass for Donald Trump to use the New Orleans terrorist attack to score political points, but he knows you should never let a crisis go to waste.
- Gordon Rayner
- Analysis
- Islamic State
Screams and lifeless bodies filled street as New Year’s celebrations turned to terror
For many, spending New Year’s Eve in the historic French Quarter of New Orleans, which dates back to 1718, would have been a rare experience. For some, it turned deadly.
- Updated
- Susie Coen
December 2024
- Opinion
- Saudi Arabia
Why did Germany’s bizarre terrorist send me angry messages?
Little did I know that the sender would end up being the main suspect in Friday’s Christmas market attack in the eastern city of Magdeburg.
- Updated
- James Jackson
Saudi Arabia warned German police over market suspect’s extreme views
Saudi Arabia sent four warnings to German authorities over the extreme views of Taleb al Abdulmohsen, who posted of his plans to do “something big”.
- Updated
- Roland Oliphant, James Rothwell and Jorg Luyken
Mangione charged with terrorism act over UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting
The district attorney said Brian Thompson’s death on a midtown Manhattan street “was a killing that was intended to evoke terror. And we’ve seen that reaction”.
- Jake Offenhartz and Jennifer Peltz
October 2024
Turkey strikes Kurdish targets following deadly attack on defence firm
The defence ministry said more than 30 targets were “destroyed” in the aerial offensive, without providing details on the locations that were hit.
- Suzan Fraser
July 2024
- Analysis
- Analysis
This is how an American civil war begins
Extremists across the US are preparing for what they call the ‘boogaloo’ – a mass insurrection to overthrow the US government.
- Bruce Hoffman
April 2024
- Analysis
- AFR Weekend
Why so many younger men are so angry
Australia’s ‘crisis of male violence against women’ reflects a growing gender divide triggered by alienation and resentment, researchers say.
- Emma Connors
Terrorism definition in spotlight after Sydney attacks
Muslim community leaders are calling for a rethink of how law enforcement defines terrorism after the Sydney church stabbing.
- Max Mason
Muslims fear rise in Islamophobia as tensions run high after attack
There are fears in the Muslim community that law enforcement’s labelling of the stabbing of a bishop a terrorist attack will inflame Islamophobia.
- Max Mason
Leaders condemn terror attack, call for calm
Political and religious leaders have called for calm after a shock stabbing in a Sydney church has put some communities on edge for reprisals.
- Samantha Hutchinson
- Updated
- Crime
Shock stabbing at Sydney church a ‘terror’ attack
Spy agency head Mike Burgess said ‘lone wolf’ attacks remain Australia’s biggest threat after NSW Police labelled a Sydney church stabbing a terror attack.
- Samantha Hutchinson and Max Mason
March 2024
Putin admits Islamists behind attack, tries to implicate Ukraine
Vladimir Putin repeated his assertion that the assailants had been trying to flee to Ukraine, saying there were “many questions” to be examined.
- Lidia Kelly, Philippa Fletcher and Steve Holland
November 2023
- Opinion
- Detained citizens
High Court sends citizenship laws back to the drawing board
It’s troubling to treat dual citizens as more vulnerable to loss of citizenship, and for those rights to be protected only through a separation of powers.
- Kim Rubenstein
December 2022
The prince, the plot and a long-lost reich
The Citizens of the Reich were considered a local nuisance until Prince Heinrich XIII came along, apparently with a plan to overthrow the German government.
- Erika Solomon and Katrin Bennhold