Terrorism

Three people, including the gunmen and two hostages are dead as police storm the Lindt cafe.

Children were being kept inside their classrooms today as part of precautionary school lock-downs during the siege by a terrorist in the heart of Sydney’s CBD. With the gunman holding an unconfirmed number of people hostage inside the Lindt café at Martin Place, schools were advised to take extra measures to ensure student safety. As […]

Opposition leader, Bill Shorten, has released a statement regarding the siege on Martin Place.

A hostage situation in a Martin Place is still continuing two and a half hours since it begun. 2GB’s Ray Hadley is reporting raids are being carried out in Lakemba by NSW and Australian Federal police but these are unconfirmed reports. Sources say that 20 police are doing a pre-arranged tour of a Lakemba mosque […]

Staff and customers were standing with their hands up in the windows of the Lindt chocolate café earlier this morning where police officers have their guns drawn outside. Police were called to the popular eatery at about 9.45am this morning. The café is roughly 40 metres from the Channel 7 offices so they have cameras trained […]

Samantha Lewthwaite, a "bright and popular" British schoolgirl who went on to become one of the world’s most wanted terror suspects, has reportedly been shot dead by a Russian sniper.

A former violent extremist, who warned three weeks ago that a terror attack in Canada was inevitable, says this week's killings are likely to inspire more "lone wolf" attacks.

He made headlines as Australia’s first convicted terrorist post-9/11, after travelling to Afghanistan and meeting Osama bin Laden. But today Jack Roche is urging young Australians to take a different road. Here, Jack – who has since changed his name to Khalid – shares his thoughts with The Weekly: What do you think about young […]

An alleged plan to kidnap and behead a random Australian appears to have been thwarted by police who arrested 15 people in a series of dawn raids across Sydney and Brisbane this morning. Unconfirmed details of the plot emerged as one suspect, Omarjan Azari , 22, faced court in Sydney on a charge of preparing […]

John and Diane Foley, the parents of US journalist James Foley who was beheaded in a gruesome video released on Tuesday by Muslim extremists Islamic State, have praised their son for his fearless approach to his profession. “He was a courageous fearless journalist,” Diane Foley said, speaking to media outside the couple’s home in Rochester, […]