Terror attacks in France and Austria bring home Europe’s violent extremism problem
Terrorism has once again reared its proverbial ugly head in Europe. While all eyes were fixed on the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, a...
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Terrorist attack on Burkina Faso mosque wounds six people
An unknown assailant threw a flammable bottle into a mosque in Burkina Faso's capital, wounding six people, the government spokesman said Sunday. Investigations into the...
Eleven Islamic State terror suspects arrested in northwestern Turkey
At least 11 suspects have been arrested in northwestern Turkey in an operation against Daesh/ISIS terror group. Anti-terror teams of police in Bursa province conducted...
London police authorities to increase armed patrols due to severe terrorist threat
More armed officers will appear on the streets of London in the coming days as the UK raises its terrorist threat level to ‘severe’, following...
Austrian authorities closed mosque and religious association for radicalization of presumed Vienna attacker
Austrian authorities have decided to close two religious facilities that contributed to the extremist views of the hardline Islamist accused of the Vienna attacks. The...
Man from Algeria sentenced to life in prison after failed church bombing attack in France
A Paris criminal court sentenced a 29-year-old Algerian man Thursday to life in prison for killing a woman and trying to bomb a church near...
Austrian authorities to do intelligence reforms after failure to thwart Vienna terrorist attack
Austria’s leader called Thursday for more legal options to fight Islamic extremism and for an overhaul of the country’s domestic intelligence agency in the wake...
Terrorist and one civilian killed in encounter raging overnight in Jammu and Kashmir
The disputed Jammu and Kashmir region reported a total of 206 terrorism-related incidents between 5 August of last year, when its statehood was abrogated, and...
Islamic State terrorist attack killed four and injured three people in Iraq
At least four people, including a police officer, were killed and three others injured in two separate attacks Thursday by the Daesh/ISIS terror group in...
Swiss politicians call for relaxation of gun laws after the terrorist attack in Austria
Right-wing Swiss politicians have called for Switzerland’s gun laws to be relaxed in the wake of the Vienna terrorist attack. With the second-highest gun ownership...
Islamic State terrorists executed an UNDP engineer in Iraq
ISIS executed an Iraqi engineer working for the United Nations Development Organization (UNDP) in the outskirts of Al-Rutba district, 300 km west of Ramadi. On...
Afghanistan terror violence jumps to 50 percent amid the peace talks
Violent attacks in Afghanistan have surged by 50 percent over recent months, even as the Kabul government and the Taliban launched unprecedented peace talks in...