Latest Counterterrorism News

London counterterrorism police arrest 6 people suspected of links to a banned Kurdish party

Nov. 27, 2024 10:51 AM EST

LONDON (AP) — British counterterrorism officers arrested six people Wednesday as part of an investigation into activity linked to the banned Kurdistan Workers Party known as the PKK, police said. Four men and two women arrested in London were detained under the Terrorism Act of...

NYPD gets a new top cop after months of turmoil. Jessica Tisch is the 2nd woman to lead the force

Nov. 20, 2024 13:45 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Moving to stabilize an administration roiled by investigations, resignations and his own indictment, New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday appointed sanitation chief Jessica Tisch as police commissioner. A city government stalwart and ex-NYPD official, she'll be just the...

UK leader tells Interpol meeting world must 'wake up' to threat from people-smugglers

Nov. 04, 2024 08:32 AM EST

LONDON (AP) — People-smuggling gangs sending migrants across the English Channel in small boats are a serious threat to global security and should be treated like terror networks, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told an international law-enforcement conference on Monday. ...

US and Cyprus launch a strategic dialogue to bolster security

Oct. 23, 2024 06:48 AM EDT

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — U.S. and Cypriot officials on Wednesday launched a strategic dialogue they said would bolster security and stability in a crisis-wracked region through initiatives including counterterrorism training of personnel from Middle Eastern countries and fighting sanctions evasion....