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Lady Gaga performing at Copacabana beach

Police foil bomb plot targeting Lady Gaga’s biggest-ever show on Copacabana beach

May 5, 2025 World Justice News 0

Brazilian police say they foiled a bomb attack planned for a Lady Gaga concert on Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana beach that attracted an estimated 2.1 million people. The plot was orchestrated by a group promoting […]

Farhad Salah jailed over driverless car bomb plot

July 24, 2019 World Justice News 0

A would-be terrorist who tried to make a bomb to be used in a driverless car attack has been jailed for 15 years. Farhad Salah, 24, planned the attack to spare his own life while […]

Man charged over US mid-term elections ‘bomb plot’

October 11, 2018 World Justice News 0

A man who planned to blow himself up in Washington DC on the day of next month’s mid-term elections has been held and charged, US prosecutors say. They say Paul Rosenfeld, 56, built a 200lb […]

Naa'imur Zakariyah Rahman and Mohammad Aqib Imran

Man denies terror attack plot to kill Theresa May

May 4, 2018 World Justice News 0

A London man has denied plotting to kill Theresa May with a backpack bomb. Naa’imur Zakariyah Rahman, 20, from Finchley is accused of preparing a terror attack targeting Downing Street. He is also charged with […]

Pair jailed for UK Christmas homemade bomb attack plan

February 22, 2018 World Justice News 0

A couple has been jailed for plotting a terror attack in the UK using a homemade bomb over Christmas. Munir Mohammed, from Derby, was handed a life sentence, with a minimum of 14 years. Pharmacist […]

Ex-teacher and twin brother arrested in NYC bomb plot

February 16, 2018 World Justice News 0

A former high school teacher and his brother were accused on Thursday of stockpiling explosive materials in their apartment and paying students to dismantle fireworks for gunpowder to make bombs. Federal officials arrested Christian and […]

Fairy lights bomb plotter Zahid Hussain jailed for life

October 9, 2017 World Justice News 0

A man who planned to bomb a railway line with a device made from fairy lights and a pressure cooker has been jailed for life. Zahid Hussain, 29, from Birmingham, filled the appliance with 1.6kg […]

3 held in German bomb plot raid

October 8, 2016 World Justice News 0

Three people have been arrested after German police found several hundred grams of explosives in an apartment they raided in connection with a Syrian man suspected of planning a bomb attack in the eastern city […]

Australia

Australia’s most-decorated living soldier charged over alleged war crimes

April 7, 2026 0

Australia’s most-decorated living soldier has been charged over allegations he committed war crimes in Afghanistan. Ben Roberts-Smith – who left the defence force in 2013 – was arrested at Sydney airport on Tuesday and will […]

Human Rights

‘The gravest crime against humanity’: What does the UN vote on slavery mean?

March 28, 2026 0

The United Nations General Assembly this week overwhelmingly backed a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade “the gravest crime against humanity”. Welcoming the vote, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the wealth of many Western […]

Human Rights

Leading anti‑racism activist in Tunisia jailed for eight years

March 21, 2026 0

A Tunisian court has sentenced human rights activist Saadia Mosbah to eight years in prison and fined her £26,000 ($35,000). Mosbah, who leads the anti-racism group Mnèmty, had been charged with money laundering and illicit […]