Latest Counterterrorism News

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....