Booby-trapped Islamic State flag wounds Iraqi Kurdish security members
At least two members of the Kurdish security forces were wounded on Saturday by an explosion near Bardarash village, southeast of Sulaimani city, in Iraqi...
Terrorism
French authorities thwarted two Islamist plots in 2020 though five attacks weren’t prevented
Authorities foiled two Islamist plots last year, France's top counter-terrorism official has said. The country suffered five high-profile terrorist attacks in 2020, including the murder...
Pakistani Shiites rally against killing of coal miners by Islamic State terrorists
Hundreds of Pakistani minority Shiites blocked a key highway Monday on the outskirts the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta for a second straight day to...
US authorities blame Taliban terrorists for plotting Afghan assassinations
The United States has directly accused the Taliban of being behind a recent wave of high-profile assassinations in Afghanistan, urging the insurgent group to stop...
Israeli security forces neutralized terrorist in attempted stabbing attack in West Bank
The Israel Defense Forces shot and killed a would-be Palestinian assailant who attempted to attack them with a knife at the Gush Etzion junction in...
European Union vows to tackle extremism as attacks continue in 2020
Europe has faced a series of terror attacks on its soil during 2020, prompting the European Union to pledge a crackdown on extremism both online...
Taliban carrying out campaign of terror in Afghan capital ahead of peace talks
In a video, five turbaned fighters stand in a row, wearing flak jackets and sneakers, assault rifles at the ready. One declares in Pashto that...
Pompeo weighs plan to place Cuba on US terrorism sponsor list
State Department officials have drawn up a proposal to designate Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, a final-hour foreign policy move that would complicate...
Terrorist stabbed three people to death and injured three more in park in less than a minute
A "ruthlessly efficient" terrorist stabbed three people to death and injured three more in a Reading park in less than a minute, a court has...
Federal judge upholds conviction for subway bomber Akayed Ullah
A federal judge upheld a Manhattan jury’s conviction of a Bangladeshi immigrant for blowing up a pipe bomb in a crowded subway tunnel in Times...
Boko Haram terrorists killed three vigilantes in northern Cameroon
Three members of a self-defense group were shot dead on Monday by suspected members of the Islamist group Boko Haram in the north of Cameroon....
Taliban infiltrator killed six security forces in Ghazni
A Taliban infiltrator among the Afghan security forces’ ranking, has cowardly killed his six comrades after poisoning them in the central Ghazni province, sources said...