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Australia’s domestic intelligence agency, ASIO, had examined one of the Bondi Beach terrorists six years ago over his ties to a Sydney-based Islamic State (ISIS) cell, Australian network ABC reported. On Sunday, Naveed Akram, 24, and his father, Sajid Akram, 50, murdered 15 people when they opened fire at a Hanukkah celebration marking the first night of the Jewish festival. Naveed remains in hospital under police guard after his father was shot dead in an exchange of gunfire with police. Heavily armed officers raided the family’s home in Bonnyrigg, south-west Sydney, and an AirBnB in Campsie where the men had...

The plot to blow up a passenger jet was launched by al-Qaeda leaders in Yemen who apparently sewed bomb materials into the suspect's underwear.The suspect had more than 80 grams of PETN, a compound related to nitro-glycerin. Yesterday's bomb failed because the detonator may have been too small or was not in "proper contact" with the explosive material.Abdulmutallab made contact via the internet with a radical imam in Yemen who then connected him with al-Qaeda leaders. The suspect lived with the al-Qaeda leader in Yemen for about a month and was not allowed to leave as he was trained in...