ANKARA (AA) – Australian police have announced that the attack on police in the northeastern state of Queensland in December 2022 was a “terrorist” attack motivated by the extremist ideology professed by a Christian. Police Deputy Commissioner Tracy Linford stated in a statement that Queensland’s Counter-Terrorism Investigati...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The Somali army has killed over 200 rebels with ties to the al-Qaeda-affiliated militant group al-Shabaab during military operations that took place in three states and liberated large swaths of territory from the group, a senior government official has said. Somalia’s Information Minister Daud Aweis said at a news co...
Geneva, Switzerland (AFP): Poverty and the prospect of better-paid work, rather than religious ideology, are what fuel recruitment to violent groups in Africa, the United Nations said Tuesday. The conclusion debunks the preconceived notion that religious doctrine is the main lure for joining groups like Boko Haram, al-Shabaab and the Al-Qaeda-...
LONDON (AA) – A British citizen who was kept in custody and tortured at the infamous Guantanamo Bay detention center has dedicated his life to rehabilitation of other detainees and protection of their rights after his release. Moazzam Begg was kept in the Guantanamo Bay detention center by the US government for two years in […]
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA/AFP) – Hundreds of protesters gathered late Thursday in the Somali capital to protest against al-Qaeda-affiliated group, al-Shabaab, in a demonstration organized by the federal government. The protest at the Eng-Yarisow football stadium amid tight security was attended by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and senior ...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – The Nigeria air force killed more than 200 Boko Haram fighters in an air raid with the Super Tucano light fighter jet in the Sambisa Forest in the northeastern state of Borno, a military expert told Anadolu Agency on Friday. There has been no official confirmation from the military but Zaga […]
BRUSSELS (AA) – The European Court of Justice on Wednesday dismissed the PKK’s request seeking its removal from the EU’s terror list. The EU General Court, a constituent court of the EU Court of Justice, announced its decision in the lawsuit filed by the group last year. The decision, in which the terms “terrorist act” [&hell...
ANKARA (AA) – A Paris court Tuesday sentenced eight defendants in the 2016 Nice terror attacks to prison sentences of two to 18 years, local media reported. The attack on July 14, 2016 – Bastille Day – in Nice, southern France left 86 people dead and more than 400 others injured. The driver of a […]
Jakarta, Indonesia (AFP): One of the bombmakers in the Bali blasts that killed more than 200 people two decades ago was released on parole on Wednesday after serving half of his sentence, an Indonesian official said, despite protests from Australia. Umar Patek was a member of an Al Qaeda-linked group that detonated devices at a […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US said Wednesday that security cooperation with Türkiye is of “paramount importance” after lawmakers dropped provisions from the annual defense spending bill that made sales of F-16 fighter jets to Ankara contingent on a series of conditions. Asked by reporters about the issue, State Department spokesman Ned Price ...
