Funding halt may lead to regrouping of extremist networks, weakening disengagement and reintegration programs JAKARTA/SINGAPORE (MNTV) – The suspension of U.S. foreign aid, following President Donald Trump’s executive order on Jan. 20 to reevaluate and realign assistance programs, is raising concerns over its impact on counterterrorism efforts...
The suspect in a Munich car-ramming attack had terror motives but no links to extremist networks, German authorities said. The 24-year-old Afghan, who arrived in Germany as an asylum-seeker in 2016, drove his Mini Cooper into a labour union protest on Thursday, injuring 36 people. Two victims remain in critical condition. Police arrested him a...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – The Australian government announced Monday that it has imposed sanctions on the white supremacist terrorist network Terrorgram. Foreign Minister Penny Wong released a statement concerning the online network, which promotes white supremacy and racially motivated violence, local broadcaster SBS News reported. It ma...
President Donald Trump has ordered the establishment of a 30,000-person migrant detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Speaking at the White House, Trump said the move would help detain what he described as “the worst criminal illegal aliens” and prevent them from returning. A presidential memo directs Defense Secretary Pete H...
President Joe Biden is removing Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. The move, coordinated with the Catholic Church under Pope Francis, follows assurances that Cuba has not supported terrorism in the past six months and would not in the future. Biden will also waive parts of a 1995 law tightening the U.S. […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – ISIS and other violent groups will not find a “safe harbor” in the US, President Joe Biden said following deadly New Year’s Day attacks. “We’re going to continue to relentlessly pursue ISIS and other terrorist organizations where they are, and they’ll find no safe harbor here,” Biden ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US authorities are investigating a potential link between a Cybertruck explosion at the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas and a pickup truck attack in New Orleans, President Joe Biden said Wednesday. In an address from the White House, Biden confirmed that his administration is also monitoring the explosion outside...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – With at least 685 fatalities, 2024 was a deadly year for Pakistani security forces, the Center for Research and Security Studies said in a report. Security forces killed 934 suspected militants. The violence took the heaviest toll on the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, followed by southwestern Balochistan provi...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – At least five people were killed and three injured in a border clash between Pakistan and Afghanistan, according to local media reports. The Afghan Defense Ministry confirmed the clash in a statement posted on X, claiming that its forces conducted attacks inside Pakistani territory targeting “miscreants’ hideouts.&...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called for improved relations with Afghanistan and urged Kabul to take action against violent elements living on their soil. Speaking during a Cabinet meeting, Premier Sharif said the Afghan interim government should take practical actions to eliminate militant hideouts on its s...