Australia raises official terror threat level to 'probable'

People enter Flinders Street Station in Melbourne on Aug. 5, 2024. Australia raised its terrorism threat level on Aug. 5 to "probable," with the country's top intelligence official citing a homegrown rise in "extreme ideologies."

Australia has raised its official terror alert level to "probable" amid community tensions over the war in Gaza, with the nation's intelligence services believing that the domestic and global security environments have become more volatile