Dutch prosecutors want life sentence for the tram terrorist Gokmen Tanis
Dutch prosecutors on Thursday asked judges to hand down a life sentence against a man who admitted to gunning down four people in a tram...
Month: March 2020
European parliamentarians slam Pakistan for harbouring terrorists
European parliamentarians Ryszard Czarnecki and Fulvio Martusciello have slammed Pakistan for harbouring militants, with one of them saying terrorists who carried out attacks in India...
U.S. Treasury Department designates Hezbollah associated companies and officials as global terrorists
On February 26, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated three individuals and 12 entities—all based in Lebanon—as Specially Designated Global...
Iraqi court sentences Islamic State rapist to death
An Iraqi court on Monday sentenced to death a former Islamic State militant who repeatedly raped a Yazidi captive. The case marks a landmark transition...
Tensions between Greece and Turkey rise over migrant clashes
Greece countered accusations from Turkey Wednesday that it was responsible for the death of a migrant, as its border authorities strove for a sixth day...
The EU strongly rejects Turkey’s use of migrants at the Greek border
The EU has advised the 12,500 migrants gathered at the Greek border that "illegal crossings will not be tolerated." France's top diplomat accused Ankara of...
Syrian Kurds worry that Islamic State terrorists could riot in the al-Hol camp
Fears of a breakdown in security in al-Hol camp, which houses tens of thousands of families of Islamic State fighters, are growing amid a continuing...
Dozens of Islamic State terrorists surrender to the Afghan Security forces
Dozens of ISIS terrorists in eastern Kunar province surrendered to Afghan Security forces, the Ministry of Interior said in a statement. “A group of 46...
Russia’s Federal Security Service detained international terrorist group’s cell in the Rostov Region
The cell’s ringleader was a citizen of Afghanistan who was recruiting residents of the Rostov Region into the ranks of international terrorist structures active in...
Metropolitan Police officer arrested on suspicion of being member of group linked to terrorism
A serving Metropolitan Police officer has been arrested on suspicion of being a member of a proscribed organisation linked to right wing terrorism, the force...
Islamic State cells killed a civilian in Al-Shuhayl east of Deir Ezzor
Islamic State cells opened fire on a civilian in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor. The victim, who works in “the Civil Council” of Hajin...
UK authoritiees freed 42 terrorists in year before law to detain extremists for longer
More than 40 convicted terrorists were released from prison in the year before emergency legislation was introduced to keep jailed extremists locked up for longer,...