Suicide bombing in southwest Pakistan kills 10 policemen
At least 10 police officials were killed and another 12 injured in Pakistan after a suicide bomber on a motorcycle rammed into a police truck...
Terrorism
Mauritania hunts four jihadists after jail break
Four jihadists have escaped from prison in Mauritania after a shootout left two national guards dead, the interior ministry said Monday, a rare event in...
Syria mission worth the risk, top U.S. general says after rare visit
The nearly eight-year-old U.S. deployment to Syria to combat Islamic State is still worth the risk, the top U.S. military officer said on Saturday, after...
U.S. Army carries out 48 operations in Iraq and Syria within a month
The United States Central Command announced it carried out 48 operations, with other partners, against ISIS terrorists in Iraq and Syria last month.
Ericsson pays US$207m DoJ fine over alleged bribery in Iraq
Swedish telecommunications equipment provider Ericsson has paid a fine of US$207 million over breaches of a deferred prosecution agreement reached with the US Department of...
Two Red Cross workers kidnapped in Mali
Two workers with the International Committee of the Red Cross were kidnapped in northern Mali on Saturday, the organisation said, the latest abduction in the...
Terror fissures
A report from the US State Department has spelt out some obvious realities. It is a source of immediate concern for the statehood of Pakistan,...
US offers up to $5 million reward for leader of DR Congo ADF militia
The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) is one of the deadliest armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a volatile region that has been plagued...
Takeaways from the State Department’s Report on Terrorism
The State Department’s annual—at least it’s supposed to be annual—report on terrorism released this past week to cover terrorism trends from 2021
Manchester Arena Inquiry: Bomber was radicalised as teenage fighter in Libya
Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi was probably radicalised while fighting as a teenager in the Libyan civil war and later received training in bomb-making in...
The Dynamics of Violent Extremism in sub-Saharan Africa
There is no better environment for the expansion of violent extremist groups than a vacuum in state authority. It provides ideal conditions for these groups...
Terror-supporting Palestinian school built by USAID spotlights worldwide problem
Three days after Khairy Alqam murdered seven people outside a synagogue in Jerusalem, the Al Umariya Secondary School for Girls in Qalqilya held a special...