Showing posts with label Terrorism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Terrorism. Show all posts
Monday, 4 March 2019

Will Terrorism Continue To Ebb in 2019?

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Lost in the headlines, rapidly accelerating news cycles and the pervasive fear generated by terrorist threats is the fact that terrorist ...
Tuesday, 4 December 2018

Nigeria, Russia Sign Treaty To Tackle Terrorism, Other Crimes

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The Nigerian government has signed a treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters with Russia.
Thursday, 7 September 2017

Analysis: Boko Haram – The Fear, Conspiracy Theories, And The Deepening Crisis

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The fear is palpable in northeast Nigeria as Boko Haram intensifies its war on civilians. The military’s regular claim that the jihadists...
Tuesday, 28 March 2017

WhatsApp Encryption Helps Terrorists Hide, Says UK Home Secretary

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The United Kingdom Home Secretary, speaking on the Andrew Marr show, said that encrypted platforms give terrorists “a secret place for te...
Wednesday, 7 December 2016

Countering Violent Extremism: Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, and YouTube Collaborate to Remove ‘Terrorism Content’

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Social media giants -  Facebook, Twitter Microsoft, and YouTube are collaborating on a project to counter violent extremism by limiting t...
Tuesday, 9 August 2016

Viewpoint: When Terror Is Not Terrorism – Ex CIA Director

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Terrorism isn't just an act of violence -- it's a political statement, the politically motivated killing of innocents, writ...
Thursday, 7 April 2016

Who Will Become a Terrorist? Research Yields Few Clues

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WASHINGTON — The brothers who carried out suicide bombings in Brussels a while ago had long, violent criminal records and had been regard...
Tuesday, 22 March 2016

The Brussels Attacks and the New Normal of Terrorism in Western Europe

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As emergency services are still digging through the rubble of Zaventem Airport and Maelbeek Metro Station in Brussels, it is clear that...
Wednesday, 9 March 2016

US Special Forces Capture ISIS Chemical Weapons Expert

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United States special forces have captured the head of the Islamic State  militant group’s effort to develop chemical weapons in a raid l...
Monday, 29 February 2016

Conflating Terrorism And Insurgency

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Editor's Note: What if most terrorism isn’t really terrorism? In past decades, much of what we call terrorism today would have been s...
Saturday, 20 February 2016

European Spy Agencies To Boost Intelligence Sharing on Potential Terrorists

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European intelligence agencies plan to boost their fight against Islamic militants by creating a virtual network to share information amo...
Thursday, 4 February 2016

Google To Render 'Adwords' To Counter Terrorism, Radicalization

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Internet search engine giant - Google, will bring up 'AdWord' messages that seek to combat extremism when potential jihadis look ...
Sunday, 3 January 2016

ISIS Dominates Headlines, But Boko Haram Kills More Than Ever

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One terror group killed nearly 11,000 people in 2015 — and it wasn't ISIS. While the Sunni militants in Syria and Iraq dominated the ...
Saturday, 28 November 2015

Canadian Takes Fight Against Boko Haram To The Airwaves To Counter Sect's Narratives

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A Canadian broadcaster, Mr. David Smith, has set up a radio station focused at combating Boko Haram insurgency and its ideology. The radi...
Wednesday, 25 November 2015

Terrorist Financing: France Targets Prepaid Debit Cards In Fight Against Terrorism

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French Finance Minister Michel has announced new curbs on the use of prepaid credit and debit cards in the wake of the November 13 Pari...
Monday, 16 November 2015

How Belgium Became a Terrorism Hotbed

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For the past year, terrorist plot after terrorist plot has been tied back to Belgium. How did this tiny nation become ground zero?
Saturday, 14 November 2015

Terrorists Hit Paris: Shootings And Explosions Leave At Least 158 Dead

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At least 158 people have died in Paris in a seemingly coordinated wave of gun and suicide bomb attacks, prompting the French presiden...
Sunday, 18 October 2015

Cyberterrorism: Hacker's Kill List Reveals ISIS 'Crowdsourcing Terrorism'

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The case of a hacker who allegedly provided ISIS with a "kill list" Americans — ranging from diplomats to lowly bureaucrats...
Saturday, 3 October 2015

Gun Violence Killed 428 Times More Americans Than Terrorism Over The Last 10 Years

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And that's using a narrow definition of gun violence, which includes homicides but excludes suicides, accidents and other kinds...
Friday, 2 October 2015

Islamic State Ties Widens Reach of Boko Haram

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Nigeria predicts that Boko Haram will soon be defeated, but the militant group's ties with Islamic State mean that would probably...