Terrorism

The Central Intelligence Agency added two new stars to its Memorial Wall at the agency’s headquarters in Langley, Va., on Monday, signifying for the first time that two agency officers were killed in the line of duty over the past year. In a press release, the CIA said it...

In the aftermath of a white supremacist killing 10 Black people in Buffalo, U.S. Senate Republicans on Thursday (May 26) blocked a bill that would have enhanced federal resources to prevent domestic terrorism. In a 47-47 split along party lines, the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2022 came up short...

A federal judge on Wednesday questioned a Federal Bureau of Prisons official about the accuracy of the bureau's response to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the man sentenced to death for killing four people in April 2013 in connection with the Boston Marathon bombing, and who is now challenging his prison conditions. Tsarnaev,...

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s foreign minister said Friday that Sweden and Finland must now take “concrete steps” to alleviate his country’s security concerns to overcome Ankara’s objections to their NATO membership bid. Delegations from the two Nordic countries have returned home with documents detailing...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked a bill that would require federal agencies to monitor domestic terrorism incidents, including those potentially related to white supremacy. The failure of the Senate procedural vote showed again how difficult it is for Congress to agree on any response to U.S. gun violence. It followed a racist […] The post U.S. Senate Republicans block bill requiring agencies monitor domestic terrorism appeared first on Idaho Capital Sun.

U.S. Senate Republicans were poised on Thursday to block a bill aimed at combating domestic terrorism that Democrats see as a response to this month's white supremacist mass shooting in New York state and a potential gateway to a gun control bill. Two days after another mass shooting that killed...

Terrorist attacks are highly responsive to local funding availability, and financial counter-terrorism can, thus, be effective in reducing terrorism casualties, according to new research by Nicola Limodio (Department of Finance, Bocconi University) forthcoming in Econometrica. There have been a record number of terrorist attacks in the past decade. Many scholars...

The failure of the Senate procedural vote showed again how difficult it is for Congress to agree on any response to U.S. gun violence. Senate Republicans blocked a procedural vote Thursday to advance a House-approved bill to combat domestic terrorism. The Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act was passed in the House...

As some US schools attempt to heal from violence on their campuses, others are implementing drills in hopes of keeping students safe if the worst happens. But even the drills can cause anxiety, experts say.

A protester arrested at a demonstration where officers were accused of heavy-handed tactics has been been cautioned for terrorism offences. Campaigners said police "went berserk" with pepper spray at last months' pro-Kurdish event at Sheffield Town Hall. A 44-year-old man has since been cautioned for displaying an article suggesting membership...

The Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act — passed by the House of Representatives after the white supremacy-fueled Buffalo mass shooting — failed to move forward to debate Thursday after a 47-47 vote in the Senate.  The legislation needed 60 votes to pass the cloture vote and move on to debate – a lofty goal for any bill looking to pass the evenly-split Senate.  No Republicans had been expected to side with their Democratic colleagues on Thursday, after several GOP senators criticized the legislation over government monitoring, leaving it a so-called “show vote” by Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York.  Supporters say...

YAOUNDÉ, CAMEROON — Officials from Gabon and Cameroon have agreed to retrace their nearly 300-kilometer border and to stop frequent clashes between border communities. At a meeting in Cameroon's capital Thursday night, the two sides also agreed to jointly deploy their militaries to stop arms trafficking across the border.

The British Transport Police have become the first force in the UK to arm volunteer officers with Tasers.It comes after the Home Secretary last week unveiled plans to give special constables powers to use the weapons, which temporarily incapacitate a person by delivering an electric current through two small-barbed darts.From Friday, some British Transport Police volunteer officers are carrying Tasers while on duty across England and Wales.The first cohort of 22 have completed a three-day course on using the devices – the same training that regular officers receive.Special Chief Officer Ben Clifford said the force’s special constables “are exposed to...

ISTANBUL, May 26 (Reuters) - Turkey's current and future military operations on its southern borders do not target its neighbours' sovereignty but are necessary for Turkish security, the country's National Security Council (MGK) said on Thursday. The MGK statement followed President Tayyip Erdogan's declaration on Monday that Ankara would soon...

A university graduate has been jailed for three years for being a member of banned terror group National Action (NA).David Musins, 36, admitted his involvement with the extreme right-wing organisation after it was proscribed by the Government in December 2016.On Friday, he was sentenced at the Old Bailey to three years in prison with a further year on extended licence.Judge Anthony Leonard QC had rejected his plea for a suspended sentence, saying: “You had a good education, you are a graduate and have held a responsible job as an operations manager.That you left the group voluntarily is particularly significant, but...

Democrats’ first attempt at responding to the back-to-back mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas, failed in the Senate Thursday as Republicans blocked a domestic terrorism bill that would have opened debate on difficult questions surrounding hate crimes and gun safety. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. tried to...

Ukrainian soldiers captured by Russian forces after the three-month siege of the Azovstal steel plant are being held in “satisfactory” conditions, according to the unit commander’s wife, amid uncertainty over the fate of the prisoners. Denys Prokopenko, commander of the Azov battalion, was able to briefly call...

JERUSALEM, Israel – President Biden has reportedly decided to keep Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on the Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) list. While the White House has not confirmed the report, observers view this as a diplomatic triumph for Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. A report in Politico,...