Latest Counterterrorism News

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....

Top UN official tells Security Council that Islamic State group, affiliates gaining power in Africa

Aug. 08, 2024 12:37 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A top U.N. counterterrorism official told the Security Council on Thursday that a vast stretch of Africa could fall under the control of the Islamic State group and affiliated terrorist organizations. There was no known link between an alleged plot to attack...

US hands over its last military base in Niger to the ruling junta

Aug. 06, 2024 21:36 PM EDT

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The U.S. handed over its last military base in Niger — one of two crucial hubs for American counterterrorism operations in the country — to local authorities, the U.S. Department of Defense and Niger’s Ministry of Defense announced in a joint statement on Monday. ...