Sweden

Swedish security police arrest terror plot suspect

Swedish security police have arrested one person suspected of planning a terror attack.

13/12/2018

World News

Terrorism deaths down but far-right attacks are rising, says report

The number of deaths from terrorism is down for the third consecutive year, the Global Terrorism Index 2018 says. But the far-right political terrorism is on the rise, it adds.

05/12/2018

France

Euroviews. French anti-terror laws are robbing people of their freedom | View

By concentrating power in the hands of the [French] government - completely outside of the normal criminal justice system - administrative [anti-terrorist] control measures are open to abuse and discriminatory application, including toward Muslims.

22/11/2018

World News

Where are the 'safest places' to go on holiday, according to new data?

In some categories, European and American destinations were shown to pose more of a risk to travellers than areas in the Middle East and North Africa, according to data collated by Which? Travel.

07/11/2018

World News

Watch: Interpol film shows how to recognise homemade explosives

An award-winning film by Interpol shows first responders how to recognise possible homemade explosives

01/10/2018

World News

Iran diplomat arrested over ‘plot to attack’ opponents in France

The diplomat is among a group of people arrested over an alleged plot to bomb a weekend rally by an exiled Iranian opposition group in France, where US President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani was in attendance.

03/07/2018

Sweden

Sweden's solution to vehicle rampage attacks

Following the fatal truck attack in 2017, Sweden is rolling out a technology to prevent acts of vehicle terrorism.

31/05/2018

France

Release of 40 radicalised inmates is 'major risk' to France

Authorities need to take action concerning the upcoming release of 40 radicalised inmates from French jails, says leading counter-terrorist prosecutor Francois Molins

29/05/2018

World News

Euroviews. Big tech must do more to protect vulnerable from radicalisation | View

Efforts to combat radicalisation in our institutions should go hand-in-hand with strategies to fight it in virtual spaces, writes counter-extremism expert David Ibsen.

13/04/2018

Italy

Moroccan terror suspect detained in Italy

Italian police detain a 19-year-old Moroccan man in the latest in a string of terror-related operations.

30/03/2018

United Kingdom

Far-right terror threat ‘growing and underestimated’ in UK – police ch

The outgoing head of UK counter-terrorism policing reveals that four right-wing extremist terror plots were thwarted in the past year, along with 10 Islamist conspiracies.

26/02/2018

Turkey

How you whistle, text and even bank can land you in jail in Turkey

Nine forms of expression that have landed Turks in trouble with the law.

21/02/2018

United Kingdom

London prepares for New Year's Eve fireworks show amid heavy security

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to line the River Thames to see the first moments of 2018 arrive

30/12/2017

World News

Homes evacuated in UK anti-terror raids

Four men have been arrested in anti-terror raids in Sheffield and Chesterfield in the UK. Army bomb disposal experts were sent in to one house, while local residents were evacuated

19/12/2017

Russia

CIA confirms it helped Russia foil a terror attack in St.Petersburg

Trump and Putin seize on the positives after 'rare show of cooperation' between Moscow and Washington over terror plot

18/12/2017

Russia

CIA 'helped foil terrorist attack in Russia'

A statement on the Kremlin's website says President Vladimir Putin called U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday to thank him for information provided by the CIA.

17/12/2017

Belgium

Euroviews. View: It’s high-time liberal democracies tackled "non-violent" Islamis

We need to stop appeasing Islamists and begin empowering progressive liberal-democratic Muslims, writes Roberta Bonazzi

12/12/2017

United Kingdom

Two men in court over plot to kill UK prime minister

Two men are facing terrorism charges over an alleged plan to attack Downing Street and kill British Prime Minister Theresa May

06/12/2017

United Kingdom

UK security service might have "prevented" Manchester suicide attack

A UK government report claims the Manchester Arena suicide bombing could have been stopped if MI5 acted upon intelligence received months before the attack.

05/12/2017

Iraq

Iraqi forces claim to have re-captured Rawa, the last town held by ISIL in Iraq

ISIL is in full retreat in Iraq and Syria, where its last urban centre, al-Bukamal, is under seige.

17/11/2017