Extremism
Oath Keepers founder sentenced to 18 years over January 6 attack
The sentence given to Oath Keepers extremist group founder Stewart Rhodes is the longest handed down so far in the hundreds of Capitol riot cases.
- by Michael Kunzelman, Alanna Durkin Richer and Lindsay Whitehurst
Latest
Two men charged after neo-Nazi rally in CBD
Police have charged two men with various offences following a neo-Nazi rally in the city on Saturday.
- by Roy Ward
Two arrested as neo-Nazi group clashes with police at Victorian Parliament
Victoria Police deployed more than 200 officers across the CBD on Saturday, as politicians condemned the neo-Nazis while counter-protesters gathered nearby.
- by Lachlan Abbott and Ashleigh McMillan
‘Psyop’: Elon Musk spreads misleading claims about Texas mall gunman
The billionaire suggested revelations about the shooter’s background could be a psychological operation in which the public is misled about the real details of the shooting.
- by David Klepper
Bali bombers must wait another two years for day in Guantanamo court
Defence lawyers protested the timeline was too long for the three men – an Indonesian known as Hambali and two Malaysians – who have been held for 20 years.
- by Carol Rosenberg
Canadian professor convicted in 1980 Paris synagogue bombing
The first anti-Semitic terrorist attack in France was, for decades, one of its biggest unsolved crimes. But some, including Amnesty called it an injustice.
US chopper raid in Syria kills IS boss who planned ‘attacks in Europe’
US Central Command said the raid was launched after intelligence uncovered a plan by IS to “kidnap officials abroad as leverage for [IS] initiatives”.
Mardi Gras terror plot mastermind jailed for 15 years
Sydney man Hamdi Alqudsi led a group known as the Shura which plotted a series of attacks across the city, including bombings.
- by Georgina Mitchell
Threat alert for Northern Ireland as it marks 25 years of peace
Police says dissidents are plotting terror attacks against police officers ahead of Joe Biden and Rishi Sunak’s visit for the anniversary on the Good Friday Agreement
- by Jill Lawless
‘Making the world a safer place’: Ardern takes two post-PM roles
Former New Zealand prime minister has accepted the new roles on the eve of leaving parliament.
- by Ben McKay
Opinion
Right-wing extremism
Banning the Nazi salute opens a Pandora’s box
We have a real crisis of imagination and ingenuity when the go-to solution in a democratic society is to ban forms of expression.
- by Lydia Khalil