Latest Counterterrorism News
Turkish parliamentary committee delays decision on Sweden's NATO membership bid
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish Parliament’s foreign affairs committee on Thursday opened debate on Sweden’s bid to join NATO, but adjourned the proceedings until a later date without reaching a decision. It was not immediately known when the committee would resume its...
Indonesian police arrest 59 suspected militants over an alleged plot to disrupt 2024 elections
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s elite counterterrorism police squad arrested at least 59 suspected militants in recent weeks in a nationwide crackdown as the country gears up for elections in 2024, police said Tuesday. The arrests were made in eight provinces since Oct. 2,...
France's Macron holds security meeting amid heightened alert after deadly school stabbing
ARRAS, France (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron held a special security meeting on Monday amid heightened alert against feared terror threats, as a high school where a teacher was fatally stabbed in an attack last week has been evacuated over a bomb threat. Several hundreds...
France is deploying 7,000 troops after a deadly school stabbing by a suspected Islamic radical
ARRAS, France (AP) — France will mobilize up to 7,000 soldiers to increase security around the country after a teacher was fatally stabbed and three other people wounded in a school attack by a former student suspected of Islamic radicalization, the president’s office said Saturday. ...
Blinken calls deposed Niger leader ahead of expected US declaration that his overthrow was a coup
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Niger’s deposed President Mohamed Bazoum ahead of an expected decision by the Biden administration to formally declare that his overthrow was a coup d’etat. The State Department said Blinken called Bazoum on Monday to...
An ex-investigative journalist is sentenced to 6 years in a child sexual abuse materials case
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A former investigative journalist for ABC News was sentenced Friday to six years in federal prison for possessing and transporting child sexual abuse images. James Gordon Meek, of Arlington, Virginia, pleaded guilty in July, admitting in a plea agreement that...
There's a new police superintendent in Chicago. The city council chose the ex-counterterrorism head
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago's City Council unanimously confirmed Larry Snelling as the city's police superintendent Wednesday, elevating the department's counterterrorism chief to lead a department coping with a mixed bag of crime. After the council approved Snelling by a 48-0 vote,...
France's withdrawal from Niger could jeopardize counterterrorism operations in the Sahel
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The French troops withdrawing from Niger were seen as a key line of defense for about a decade in Western efforts against jihadi violence in Africa's Sahel region, the vast arid expanse south of the Sahara Desert. As the U.S. keeps pushing for a diplomatic...
US military captures key Islamic State militant during helicopter raid in Syria
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said Monday it had captured an operator for the Islamic State extremist group during a helicopter raid in northern Syria. The operator, Abu Halil al-Fad’ani, “was assessed to have relationships throughout the ISIS network in the region,”...
An airstrike on a military airport in northern Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region kills 3 people
IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — An airstrike on a military airport in northern Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region killed three people Monday, local officials said. The region’s counter-terrorism service said in a statement that the attack on the Arbat Airport, 28 kilometers southeast of...
