Stewart Bell

4 days ago | globalnews.ca | Stewart Bell

On May 9, Russian troops paraded their tanks, armoured vehicles and missiles through Red Square, past the man who sent them to war in Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin. The Victory Day procession in Moscow also showcased, for the first time, the military drones that have proven indispensable to Putin's invasion. But Russian drones are not really Russian on the inside.

2 weeks ago | globalnews.ca | Stewart Bell

The number of terrorism charges laid in Canada jumped 488 per cent last year amid rising youth radicalization, the RCMP wrote to the public safety minister. The RCMP's ministerial briefing binder, posted on a government website this week, said violent extremism remained "a prominent national security threat.""Canadian police have foiled six terrorist plots in the last 12 months alone, with arrests spanning from Edmonton to Ottawa to Toronto," the briefing said.

3 weeks ago | globalnews.ca | Stewart Bell

A Yemeni arrested as he was allegedly trying to leave Canada to join a Middle East terrorist group has been released on bail to live under house arrest at a Toronto mosque. A copy of an Ontario judge's release order obtained by Global News shows Husam Taha Ali Al-Sewaiee was ordered to "reside at the mosque" in Toronto's North York district.

3 weeks ago | globalnews.ca | Stewart Bell |Catherine McDonald

An Islamic State financier from Toronto has admitted he used online fundraising platforms to collect tens of thousands of dollars for the terrorist group’s fighters overseas. At the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on Monday, Khalilullah Yousuf pleaded guilty to terrorist financing and participating in terrorist group activity.

4 weeks ago | globalnews.ca | Stewart Bell

A former director general in Iran’s roads ministry appeared before the Immigration and Refugee Board on Thursday as Canadian officials continued efforts to expel top-ranking regime members from the country. Afshin Pirnoon is one of 20 alleged senior Iranian officials caught living in Canada since Ottawa launched a crackdown against them in 2022 due to their involvement in a regime that flouts human rights and supports terrorism.