Latest Terrorism News

Israeli-Moldovan rabbi living in UAE is missing. Israeli officials fear he may have been kidnapped

Nov. 23, 2024 20:34 PM EST

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Israeli-Moldovan rabbi living in the United Arab Emirates has gone missing, with Israeli authorities raising the suspicion Saturday he may have been kidnapped as tensions remain high with Iran. Israeli media citing unnamed security sources...

Turkey removes two more pro-Kurdish mayors from office for links to banned group

Nov. 22, 2024 14:02 PM EST

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey on Friday ousted two more elected pro-Kurdish mayors from office and replaced them with state-appointed administrators, citing terrorism-related charges against them. With their ouster, the number of elected mayors that have been sacked since October...

House passes bill that would allow Treasury to target nonprofits it deems to support terrorism

Nov. 22, 2024 04:21 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House passed legislation Thursday that would give the Treasury Department unilateral authority to strip the tax-exempt status of nonprofits it claims support terrorism, alarming civil liberties groups about how a second Trump presidency could invoke it to punish...

Thai court dismisses activist's suit against Israeli spyware producer over lack of evidence

Nov. 21, 2024 23:02 PM EST

BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai court on Thursday threw out a lawsuit brought by a pro-democracy activist which alleged spyware produced by an Israeli tech firm had been used to hack his phone. The Civil Court in Bangkok said Jatupat Boonpattararaksa had failed to provide sufficient proof...

Belarus opposition figure extradited from Vietnam faces terrorism charges, possible death penalty

Nov. 21, 2024 14:18 PM EST

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Belarusian opposition figure was detained in Vietnam and extradited to Belarus, where he is facing charges of terrorism and possibly a death penalty, the opposition said Thursday. The arrest of Vasil Verameichyk, 34, is the latest in an unrelenting...

Police in Finland arrest five suspects over separatist violence in southeast Nigeria

Nov. 21, 2024 10:58 AM EST

HELSINKI, Finland (AP) — Police in Finland said Thursday they had detained five suspects in connection with deadly violence in southeastern Nigeria and were seeking a court extension of the detentions. The police did not identify the suspects, only saying that a dual...

A New York man who threatened to 'shoot up a synagogue' gets sentenced to 10 years

Nov. 21, 2024 10:48 AM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York man who threatened in a social media post to “shoot up a synagogue” has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for possessing a firearm as part of a planned terror attack. Christopher Brown, of Aquebogue on Long Island, was arrested at Manhattan's Penn...

Suicide car bomb kills 12 troops at a security post in northwestern Pakistan

Nov. 20, 2024 08:56 AM EST

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber killed 12 members of the security forces and wounded several others after detonating an explosive-laden vehicle at a security post in northwestern Pakistan, officials said Wednesday. The attack, one of the deadliest in recent months,...

Belarus police launch sweeping anti-riot drills ahead of January's election

Nov. 19, 2024 15:36 PM EST

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian police on Tuesday launched sweeping anti-riot drills ahead of January’s election in which authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko is seeking a seventh term, a signal from the authorities that they wouldn't tolerate any protests. Interior...

Myanmar airstrikes indiscriminately target civilians a rights group says in a new report

Nov. 15, 2024 13:38 PM EST

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar's military has consistently targeted civilians and their communities as a form of collective punishment in the country’s southeast since the army seized power in early 2021, a rights group said in a report released Friday. Documented airstrikes on villages...