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Shining a light on the Dark Net

Want a fake passport? How about an arsenal of guns? Or just click online and with anonymity assured you could be dealing in drugs. It’s all there in

Argentina

Argentine President Fernandez plans to dissolve spy agency

Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez plans to disband the country’s intelligence agency amid speculation that rogue agents could have been behind

My Europe Series

Europe Weekly: Europeans still reeling from Paris terror attacks

In this week’s edition of Europe Weekly: Belgian police storm a suspected jihadist hideout in eastern Belgium; EU officials unveil new planned

Belgium

EU pushes for quick decision on new anti-terror law

The EU wants a quick decision on a new law that will force governments to share air passenger data. The draft bill, first proposed in 2011, is being

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France

Valls pledges extra police and spies in France anti-terror boost

France is to recruit thousands of extra police, spies and investigators to boost national security and intelligence, Prime Minister Manuel Valls announced on Wednesday, two weeks after 17 people were

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Greece

Greek court to decide on Belgium extradition request

A court it Greece is considering a request to extradite an Algerian man accused of being linked to a foiled islamist plot to attack police in the

Belgium

EU pledges better cooperation with Muslim countries in the fight against terror

“We are determined to do what is necessary to keep Europe safe from the terrorist threat,” said British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond on Monday

World News

Belgium says suspects detained in Greece not linked to its terror probe

Authorities in Belgium say four people detained in Greece are not linked to their investigations into terror attacks. Police in Athens had earlier

USA

Obama pushes for tougher cyber security laws following hack attacks against Sony and US military

While on a tour of the Department of Homeland Security US President Barack Obama has unveiled proposals to strengthen cyber security laws after

Europe News

Le Pen seeks return to internal EU border controls

The leader of France’s Front National has called for border controls to be reinstated in Europe. Some internal EU border controls started to be

USA

US counter intelligence warns against complacency in the fight against terror

Security at so-called soft targets such as train stations may have been stepped up in France following the Paris attacks but in the US it’s the norm

France

Key questions around the Charlie Hebdo killings go unanswered

The Charlie Hebdo massacre has raised a number of questions in France pertaining not so much as to the why but as to the how ; how could such an

France

'Zero tolerance on terror', urges Israel's Naftali Bennett

As France comes to terms with two deadly attacks in Paris, international leaders converged on the capital to march in solidarity with the victims

France

Between fear and defiance: Parisians reflect on terrorist attacks

The City of Light has experienced some of the darkest days in its recent history. A police cordon remains in place around the supermarket in Porte

France

US warns its citizens abroad to maintain vigilance

The United States has urged its citizens abroad to “maintain a high level of vigilance” after the terrorist attacks in France. Travellers have been

France

Terrorism evolving, defying protection efforts

Jihadist-inspired local groups or individuals are increasingly challenging traditional security protection against evolving terrorism methods. In

Italy

Italy launches probe after mass police "sick leave" on New Year's Eve

The Italian government has threatened disciplinary action after 83 per cent of police in Rome called in sick for work on New Year’s Eve. An inquiry

Spain

Spain: Atocha station in Madrid closed over fake bomb alert

Memories of a horrendous terrorist attack came flooding back when Madrid’s main railway station was closed over a bomb alert that turned out to be

Afghanistan

President Ashraf Ghani completes security transition to Afghan forces

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has marked the country’s transition to full sovereignty on Thursday after the formal end of the 13-year