Al-Shabab attack in Kenya worse than authorities admitted

Al-Shabab attack in Kenya worse than authorities admitted

Kenyan officials said they foiled an al-Shabab attack and no Kenyans died. Locals tell a different story of an attack that lasted nine hours.

  • byMax Bearak andRael Ombuor

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Sydney brothers jailed over Etihad plane bomb plot

Sydney brothers jailed over Etihad plane bomb plot

Two Sydney brothers have been jailed for at least 30 and 27 years respectively over their plot to blow up an Etihad plane with a bomb hidden in a meat grinder.

  • byMargaret Scheikowski
Sydney man'left Syria when told to fight'

Sydney man'left Syria when told to fight'

A Sydney man has told a judge he went to Syria for honourable and humanitarian reasons but left after he was told he had to fight for Islamic State.

  • byMargaret Scheikowski
Police arrest seven suspected militants in Indonesia

Police arrest seven suspected militants in Indonesia

Indonesian police said on Saturday they have arrested seven suspected Islamic militants in the country's easternmost Papua province as authorities beef up security ahead of Christmas and New Year's celebrations.

Alleged IS supporter and terror plotter kicks out at cameraman outside court

Alleged IS supporter and terror plotter kicks out at cameraman outside court

Youssef Uweina,who was arrested at the home he shares with his parents in Sydney's south-west,will stay in jail until at least December 17,when he will apply for bail.

  • bySally Rawsthorne
How Melbourne teenager Ali Khalif Shire Ali became a terror plotter

How Melbourne teenager Ali Khalif Shire Ali became a terror plotter

In an unassuming family home in the heart of Werribee,a 16-year-old boy watched the atrocities of Islamic State with his brother up to three hours each night.

  • byErin Pearson
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Jail for men who planned Christmas Day bombing and beheadings
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Jail for men who planned Christmas Day bombing and beheadings

Three men who bought machetes and built practice bombs ahead of a planned slaughter at Federation Square have been jailed for decades over the foiled plot.

  • byMarnie Banger
A new study offers a glimpse of the unrepentant Australian terrorist

A new study offers a glimpse of the unrepentant Australian terrorist

Research by the Lowy Institute shows the average Australian jihadist terrorist is a man in his mid-20s from Sydney with little prospect of rehabilitation.

  • byNick O'Malley
Sydney man admits terrorism charge and threat to magistrate

Sydney man admits terrorism charge and threat to magistrate

Blake Nicolas Pender,28,was due to face trial in the NSW Supreme Court on Wednesday,but pleaded guilty to two charges related to his arrest.

Brothers plead guilty to offences after campsite shooting

Brothers plead guilty to offences after campsite shooting

Brothers Joshua and Joel Clavell,who were shot by police after ramming a police car near the Victoria/NSW border in June,have pleaded guilty to multiple charges related to the incident.

IS recruiter charged over Sydney terror plot

IS recruiter charged over Sydney terror plot

Hamdi Alqudsi,45,is accused of leading a Sydney-based terror cell in 2014.

  • byAngus Thompson