Times Square Terror

A New York man was arrested after allegedly discussing acquiring grenades and detonating them in Times Square, one of midtown Manhattan's most crowded crossroads, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.

U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday brought federal charges against the suspect in Monday's attempted suicide bombing in one of New York City's busiest commuter hubs, accusing him of supporting a foreign terrorist organization.

US authorities foiled multiple terrorist attacks in New York in 2016, including at the iconic Times Square and the city's subway system, plotted by three ISIS sympathisers with one of them living in Pakistan, US prosecutors said today.

US Navy and public court records show veteran Richard Rojas has had numerous run-ins with the law over the past decade, with at least four prior arrests, before he rammed his car into people on a sidewalk in Times Square in New York City.

Richard Rojas was also charged with drink driving in 2008 and 2015, according to New York City police. The state motor vehicle department said he was convicted of driving while impaired in both cases but still had a valid driver's licence.

A US military veteran with a criminal past - but no apparent terror motive - plowed a vehicle into a crowd of people in New York's Times Square on Thursday, killing one person and injuring 22 others.

A speeding car plowed into pedestrians on a sidewalk in New York City's busy Times Square on Thursday, killing one person and injuring a dozen, according to witnesses, and police said the incident did not appear to be an act of terrorism.

Two Pakistani-born brothers accused in a plot to detonate a bomb in New York City to avenge the deaths of people killed by drone attacks in Afghanistan, pleaded guilty to federal terrorism charges on Thursday in Miami.

Revelers crowded New York's Times Square and converged on the beaches of Brazil and skyscrapers of Dubai to say good riddance to a turbulent 2014 marred by terror woes, Ebola outbreaks and a horrific series of airline disasters.

The Al-Arabiya TV station says it has video of the failed Times Square car bomb suspect meeting with Pakistani Taliban leaders along the Afghan border.Al-Arabiya broadcast excerpts showing Faisal Shahzad saying he planned a "revenge attack" against the US that he hoped would touch the hearts of Muslims.Shahzad appears in the clips sitting on the gr...

Terror suspect Faisal Shahzad has been charged with 10 terrorism and weapons counts in the botched Times Square car bombing in an indictment that also accuses him of receiving money and explosives training from Pakistani Taliban.The charges include conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, attempting an act of terrorism, transportation of an ...

The suspect in a botched car bombing in Times Square appeared in court on Tuesday on terrorism and weapons charges for the first time since his arrest two weeks ago and was quickly led away in handcuffs after being held without bail.

US President Barack Obama has sent two of his senior most officials to Pakistan to follow-up the investigations of the failed Times Square car bomb.A White House official said the US national security advisor General James Jones and CIA Director Leon Panetta have left for Islamabad. The US describes the visit as 'time to redouble efforts with allie...

How did New York car bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad, whose house had been foreclosed, get the money to buy a car, load it with explosives and attempt a bombing in Times Square?That's the questions authorities were asking when they carried out raids in three states across the US - Boston, New Jersey and New York on Thursday.Three Pakistani men were arr...

In a major breakthrough in the Times Square bomb plot, a man believed to be the accomplice of the main suspect Faisal Shahzad has been arrested in Pakistan. The arrest was not previously disclosed.The suspect arrested in Pakistan has reportedly admitted to helping Faisal. He is also said to have connections with the Pakistan Taliban. US intelligenc...

A New York man was arrested after allegedly discussing acquiring grenades and detonating them in Times Square, one of midtown Manhattan's most crowded crossroads, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday.

U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday brought federal charges against the suspect in Monday's attempted suicide bombing in one of New York City's busiest commuter hubs, accusing him of supporting a foreign terrorist organization.

US authorities foiled multiple terrorist attacks in New York in 2016, including at the iconic Times Square and the city's subway system, plotted by three ISIS sympathisers with one of them living in Pakistan, US prosecutors said today.

US Navy and public court records show veteran Richard Rojas has had numerous run-ins with the law over the past decade, with at least four prior arrests, before he rammed his car into people on a sidewalk in Times Square in New York City.

Richard Rojas was also charged with drink driving in 2008 and 2015, according to New York City police. The state motor vehicle department said he was convicted of driving while impaired in both cases but still had a valid driver's licence.

A US military veteran with a criminal past - but no apparent terror motive - plowed a vehicle into a crowd of people in New York's Times Square on Thursday, killing one person and injuring 22 others.

A speeding car plowed into pedestrians on a sidewalk in New York City's busy Times Square on Thursday, killing one person and injuring a dozen, according to witnesses, and police said the incident did not appear to be an act of terrorism.

Two Pakistani-born brothers accused in a plot to detonate a bomb in New York City to avenge the deaths of people killed by drone attacks in Afghanistan, pleaded guilty to federal terrorism charges on Thursday in Miami.

Revelers crowded New York's Times Square and converged on the beaches of Brazil and skyscrapers of Dubai to say good riddance to a turbulent 2014 marred by terror woes, Ebola outbreaks and a horrific series of airline disasters.

The Al-Arabiya TV station says it has video of the failed Times Square car bomb suspect meeting with Pakistani Taliban leaders along the Afghan border.Al-Arabiya broadcast excerpts showing Faisal Shahzad saying he planned a "revenge attack" against the US that he hoped would touch the hearts of Muslims.Shahzad appears in the clips sitting on the gr...

Terror suspect Faisal Shahzad has been charged with 10 terrorism and weapons counts in the botched Times Square car bombing in an indictment that also accuses him of receiving money and explosives training from Pakistani Taliban.The charges include conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, attempting an act of terrorism, transportation of an ...

The suspect in a botched car bombing in Times Square appeared in court on Tuesday on terrorism and weapons charges for the first time since his arrest two weeks ago and was quickly led away in handcuffs after being held without bail.

US President Barack Obama has sent two of his senior most officials to Pakistan to follow-up the investigations of the failed Times Square car bomb.A White House official said the US national security advisor General James Jones and CIA Director Leon Panetta have left for Islamabad. The US describes the visit as 'time to redouble efforts with allie...

How did New York car bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad, whose house had been foreclosed, get the money to buy a car, load it with explosives and attempt a bombing in Times Square?That's the questions authorities were asking when they carried out raids in three states across the US - Boston, New Jersey and New York on Thursday.Three Pakistani men were arr...

In a major breakthrough in the Times Square bomb plot, a man believed to be the accomplice of the main suspect Faisal Shahzad has been arrested in Pakistan. The arrest was not previously disclosed.The suspect arrested in Pakistan has reportedly admitted to helping Faisal. He is also said to have connections with the Pakistan Taliban. US intelligenc...