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Police given second week to question four Iranian men in custody

Reports suggest four detained under Terrorism Act were allegedly targeting Israeli embassy

The Guardian - UK · May 10, 2025

Hafta 536: War drums and fake news with India-Pakistan tensions

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande, Jayashree Arunachalam and Shardool Katyayan are joined by retired Brigadier Kuldip Singh. In this tense news week, we begin by dissecting India’s Operation Sindoor and strikes on terror camps in Pakistan on May 7. “Neither side, particularly India, wants…

Newslaundry · May 10, 2025

EXCLUSIVE: Masood Azhar attends kin funeral, Pak army in attendance

Earlier this week, India’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri displayed a photograph that showed Pakistan Army’s presence at funeral prayers for those killed in the Indian strikes on the Lashkar-e-Toiba headquarters in Muridke. Videos purportedly showed Abdul Rauf, a US designated terrorist and leader of Falah-i-Insaniyat – a proxy of the…

Newslaundry · May 10, 2025

Bargain Hunt art expert admits terror offences

Oghenochuko Ojiri, 53, pleaded guilty to eight offences under the Terrorism Act 2000

The Independent UK · May 9, 2025

Bargain Hunt star admits selling £138,000 of artwork to suspected terrorist financier for Hezbollah

The TV art dealer admits knowing he was selling art to a suspected Hezbollah financier

Evening Standard · May 9, 2025

From patron to prey: The rise and fragmentation of Pak’s terror landscape

Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif’s remarks during a live news interview, that his country has been doing “dirty work” for the West for the last three decades, was a stunning admission on Islamabad’s long history of supporting, training and funding terrorist organisations. A decade ago, former army chief and president…

Newslaundry · May 9, 2025

‘Giving terrorists state funerals’: India responds to Pak claims

The Indian government on Thursday evening held another press conference with the same set of officials — foreign secretary Vikram Misri, Colonel Sofia Qureshi and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh — in Delhi.

Newslaundry · May 8, 2025

Claim Can Go Forward Against American Publisher That Allegedly Knew Knew Author It Paid Was Hamas Hostage-Holder

The claim is under the Alien Tort Statute, which allows lawsuits in U.S. courts for aiding and abetting terrorism (among other things).

Reason · May 8, 2025

Killed by Pak shelling, branded Pak terrorist on TV: Godi media kills an Indian twice

In its usual sprint to serve up high-decibel patriotism and prime-time body counts, India’s legacy TV media has outdone itself – again. This time, several channels declared Qari Mohammad Iqbal, a madrassa teacher, as a Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist killed during Operation Sindoor. The only problem? Iqbal wasn’t a terrorist. He wasn’t…

Newslaundry · May 8, 2025

Pakistan’s terror subterfuge is a case for global sanctions

The international shame and opprobrium that Pakistan has incurred over the years for employing terrorism as state policy has not deterred that failing state from compulsively resorting to the worst form of inhuman and savage warfare, even as its existence teeters on the brink.

Newslaundry · May 8, 2025