Category: Counter-Terrorism

The European Union on Thursday turned up the pressure on Internet companies, including Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc., unveiling sweeping guidelines for speedily scrubbing terrorist and other illegal content from their websites. The EU is a political and economic..

The Russian Defence Ministry has announced that its Air Force had killed 200 ISIS operatives that were heading to Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor. The city is considered a strategic base by..

A van ploughed into a crowd in Barcelona killing 13 and injuring multiple. Islamic State (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for the act. According to Spanish police, another..

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) of India has carried out multiple raids in Kashmir in connection to a terror funding case. India currently administers over 43% of Kashmir. There are multiple insurgent forces in the region that have been locked in conflict with the Indian Army for decades. A disputed election in 1987 became the…

A terrorist attack in the West African country, Burkina Faso, has resulted in the deaths of at least 20 people with many more injured. Gunmen reportedly opened fire at a Turkish..

Amber Rudd, UK’s home secretary has said that internet and technology companies should be more aggressive in combating the spread of terrorism through online.

A suicide car bomb attack took place in the Iraqi Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. The bombing was followed by a gun battle between Afghan forces and three terrorists. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) has claimed responsibility for the events that have unfolded. Landlocked and mountainous, Afghanistan..

On 24 July 2017, at least 24 people were killed and more than 40 wounded after a suicide car bomb targeted a bus carrying ministry staff in Kabul. The bus was transporting the staff of the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum, when it was attacked. The vehicle was completely destroyed, along with three other cars…

Terrorists opened fire on a bus filled with Hindu pilgrims in Jammu & Kashmir on Monday, July 10. The attack took place in Anantnag district in Jammu & Kashmir and resulted in the deaths of seven people. At least 20 others were injured. According to the..

Iraqi forces celebrated a significant military victory as it announced that it had recaptured the Grand al-Nuri Mosque from the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) in Mosul. This is a significant development as it is the same historic mosque where ISIS leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi..