Australia

Following the exposure of a fake degree racket in India, a political storm erupted in Australia, with Senator Malcolm Roberts linking this racket to the Australian government's systemic failures in preventing fake degree holders from entering the country and securing jobs.

The ISIS magazine claims the attack proves online radicalisation works, downplays formal responsibility, celebrates antisemitic bloodshed in Australia, and mocks Western intelligence, while urging decentralised jihadist violence against Jewish and Christian communities beyond Australia worldwide.

Police say the father and son of Pakistani origin, Naveed Akram and Sajid Akram, used legally owned weapons at a crowded Jewish celebration, while investigators probe intelligence gaps, IS symbolism, explosive threats, and whether existing counter terrorism frameworks failed to prevent one of Australia’s deadliest attacks.