Al-Qaida-linked group claims attack against Mali army position near Senegal Mali's military says armed men on Tuesday attacked a Mali community just over the border from Senegal The Independent UK · Jul 1, 2025
Palestine Action: what it means to proscribe a group, and what the effects could be The UK’s home secretary, Yvette Cooper, plans to proscribe the protest group Palestine Action under anti-terror law. This move, if approved by parliament, would criminalise the group’s existence, making it a crime to be a member of the group or to support it in any way. The Conversation · Jun 27, 2025
UK protest group Palestine Action denies Iran funding as it faces ban Home Office to bar group under anti-terrorism laws, with officials said to be investigating possible Tehran funding The Guardian - UK · Jun 24, 2025
Yemen's al-Qaida branch leader threatens Trump, Musk and others The leader of al-Qaida’s Yemen branch has threatened both U.S. President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip in his first video message since taking over the group last year The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2025
Wagner Group leaving Mali after heavy losses but Russia's Africa Corps to remain The Russia-backed Wagner Group says it is leaving Mali after more than three and a half years of fighting Islamic extremists and insurgents in the country The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2025
Extremists kill dozens of soldiers at a Mali military base, sources say Extremists have killed dozens of soldiers in an attack on a military base in Mali The Independent UK · Jun 3, 2025
US military shifts messaging in Africa, telling allies to prepare to stand more on their own The U.S. military is backing off its usual talk of good governance and countering underlying causes of African insurgencies The Independent UK · May 25, 2025
Trump envoy praises new Syrian president for ‘counter-ISIS measures’ Thomas Barrack also stresses temporary lifting of sanctions for first time since 1979 after meeting with Ahmed al-Sharaa The Guardian - US · May 25, 2025
Netflix’s ‘stellar’ new American Manhunt season has 100% on Rotten Tomatoes The third installment in Netflix's American Manhunt series is a hit with critics TechRadar · May 23, 2025
‘Now my kids have a future’: Syrians dare to dream again after years as a pariah state Promise to lift US sanctions brings closer the opportunity for fresh start that began with toppling of Bashar al-Assad The Guardian - UK · May 16, 2025
Donald Trump praises ‘young, attractive’ ex-terrorist Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa President says former al-Qaeda terrorist is ‘pretty amazing’ after historic handshake The Independent UK · May 14, 2025
Dozens killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza, including many women and children – as it happened Dead include those killed in a strike on the European hospital complex near Khan Younis The Guardian - UK · May 14, 2025
The Accidental Spy review – remarkable story of CIA operative abandoned by his handlers Anthony Wonke’s energetic documentary tells how Blerim Skoro was recruited in post-9/11 New York to become an inside man in the ‘war on terror’ The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2025
Ivory Coast is losing US aid as al-Qaida and other extremist groups are approaching The Trump administration's sweeping cuts in foreign aid have impacted programs in northern Ivory Coast to counter the spread of al-Qaida and the Islamic State group The Independent UK · Mar 16, 2025
Dynamite News · Feb 21, 2025 Trump's aide congratulates new FBI Chief in bollywood-style US President Donald Trump took a leaf out of Bollywood to congratulate Indian-origin Kash Patel after his confirmation as Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Read further on Dynamite News:
Dynamite News · Feb 21, 2025 Trump aide greets Indian-origin new FBI chief Kash Patel in 'Bollywood' style US President Donald Trump took a leaf out of Bollywood to congratulate Indian-origin Kash Patel after his confirmation as Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Read further on Dynamite News:
The Guardian - UK · Feb 15, 2025 ‘I could have been an Islamic State bride’: the story behind this year’s buzziest comic debut When Nussaibah Younis met IS brides, the peace consultant was struck by how easily she could have become one herself – sparking the idea for her darkly funny first novel
The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2025 A Tunisian extremist is on trial accused of killing 3 people in a French church A Tunisian man is on trial in France on terrorism charges over the killing of three people in a basilica in the French Riviera city of Nice in 2020
The Conversation · Feb 7, 2025 Why Americans need well-informed national security decisions – not politicized intelligence analysis The United States’ security depends on leaders who make well-informed decisions, including matters ranging from diplomatic relations around the world to economic relations, threats to the U.S., up to the deployment of military force. The nation’s intelligence community – 18 federal agencies, some military and others civilian – has the…
The Independent UK · Feb 6, 2025 Newly unsealed documents reveal more details of prosecutors' evidence in 9/11 attacks Newly unsealed documents give one of the most detailed views yet of the evidence gathered on the accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, including how prosecutors allege he and others interacted with the hijackers who carried out the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks
The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2025 Syria's interim president makes first trip abroad, heading to Saudi Arabia in likely signal to Iran Syria’s interim president has made his first trip abroad, traveling to Saudi Arabia in a move likely trying to signal Damascus’ shift away from Iran as its main regional ally
The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2025 A French journalist recounts 711 days of captivity as a hostage of Islamic extremists in Mali Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, was kidnapped by JNIM, a branch of al-Qaida in Africa's Sahel region, while on his way to interview one of the group's leaders in northern Mali
The Guardian - US · Jan 30, 2025 ‘America’s gulag’: Trump’s Guantánamo ploy tars migrants as terrorists The president wants to detain thousands of people at a site that is notorious for its secrecy and history of abuse
The Conversation · Jan 30, 2025 Biden targeted the online right-wing terrorism threat − now it’s up to Trump In the waning days of the Biden administration, the U.S. Department of State took its first major step against terrorism groups primarily focused on what is called “accelerationism” – the effort to inspire independent followers to engage in violence in ways that broadly destabilize society. The U.S. government has long…
The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2025 Axel Rudakubana: from ‘unassuming’ schoolboy to Southport killer How a chain of events apparently beginning at school five years ago led to the murder of three girls in horrific atrocity