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TheCable
April 30, 2018
Garba Shehu, senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, says the administration of Barack Obama, former president of the United States, failed to give Nigeria the required support in the fight against insurgency. The Obama administration had given $35 million worth of military andÃâà...
Tuscaloosa News
April 30, 2018
It's official. The world is being run by morons. Terrorists are using trucks and vans to kill a lot of people. None of our so-called leaders, no military personnel, no progessors know what to do and are just wringing their hands. I have an idea. Install a sensor on the bumper of each vehicle that, when the bumperÃâà...
Galesburg Register-Mail
April 30, 2018
About this column: The Register-Mail published its first edition April 1, 1927, after the merger of the Republican Register and the Evening Mail. Columnist Talbot Fisher thought it would be interesting to look at major news events each year since then through the eyes of The Register-Mail. In 1972, AmericanÃâà...
ABC Local
April 30, 2018
A man charged with committing a terrorist attack in Sydney wanted to be a martyr, egging on police to shoot him after he stabbed his neighbour with a hunting knife, the Supreme Court has heard. Ihsas Khan, 22, was charged with committing a terrorist act with the intent to influence the AustralianÃâà...
Vanguard
April 30, 2018
WASHINGTON—THE Presidency yesterday lamented that Nigeria did not receive the deserved support from the former President of the United States of America, Mr. Barrack Obama, in the fight against terrorism. It stated this as President Muhammadu Buhari arrived Washington DC aboard Nigeria AirÃâà...
WBUR
April 30, 2018
Canadian police declined to call his attack terrorism, and if you deem that word to mean politically motivated violence, Minassian falls outside the definition. But a Brookings Institution analyst suggested that fretting over words is beside the point, to wit: "Violent subcultures on the web are no longer theÃâà...
Egypttoday
April 29, 2018
Moreover, the Spanish professor claimed that Qatar is currently financing terrorism in Spain and Europe: “Qatar is supporting terrorism more than we expected ... “The only solution to fighting terrorism and the expansion of violent extremism is to stop Qatar's suspicious funding to spread terrorism,” he ended.
Vanguard
April 29, 2018
Speaking from Blair House, the Senior Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu noted that the meeting between Presidents Trump and Buhari will center on security especially on the fight against terrorism among others. Malam Shehu enthused that the relationshipÃâà...
Los Angeles Times
April 29, 2018
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Jubeir shake hands during a news conference in Riyadh on Sunday. (Fayez Nureldine / Getty Images). Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, on his first trip to the Middle East as America's top diplomat, sought to muster support Sunday for aÃâà...
The Nation
April 29, 2018
ISLAMABAD - Former PPP Senator Farhatullah Babar has called for launching “Civilian Terrorism Victims Rehabilitation” Project based on a full disclosure about the Pakistanis killed in drone strikes and other operations in Fata. Moreover, disclosure of the status of detainees in the internment centres underÃâà...
The Nation
April 29, 2018
Acting Secretary General of Islamic Military Alliance Lt Gen Abdulelah bin Usman Al Saleh says Pakistan support has strengthened Saudi Arabia's resolve to fight against terrorism, reported by Radio Pakistan. In an interview with APP, he said every citizen of Saudi Arabia has great respect for Pakistan'sÃâà...
ITV News
April 28, 2018
Police investigating a collision which injured two men outside a mosque in Birmingham now say they do not believe it was terror-related. Officers say the men are believed to have been the victims of a targeted attack. They are still trying to find a silver-coloured car which did not stop at the scene of the crashÃâà...
The Japan Times
April 27, 2018
In a final declaration, they agreed to “fully criminalize” financing of terrorism through effective and proportionate sanctions “even in the absence of a link to a ... The two-day event was convened by French President Emmanuel Macron to coordinate efforts to reduce the threat of terrorism in the long term.
Lawfare (blog)
April 27, 2018
Ultimately, however, the responses detailed by Facebook and YouTube are another iteration of a decade-long strategy, as the government continues to delegate online counter-terrorism responsibilities to private industry. As a former congressional staffer, a member of the intelligence policy community, andÃâà...
Daily Telegraph
April 26, 2018
Police and six paramedic units rushed to the scene, near the corner of Abercrombie St, which police do not believe was an act of terrorism. A NSW Ambulance spokeswoman said one woman, who they believe to be 19-years-old, has been taken to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital with a serious pelvis injury.
KUTV 2News
April 26, 2018
(KUTV) - Park City is taking extra measures to help prevent an attack like the one with just saw in Toronto. That incident left 10 people dead and 14 injured on Monday when a suspect drove a van through a crowd of people. When there's an event going on in Park City, specifically in the lower Main Street area, officialsÃâà...
Globalnews.ca
April 26, 2018
A now-deleted Facebook post appears to link suspect Alek Minassian with the misogynistic “incel” movement, but experts aren't sure this connection with an online, alt-right, subculture group puts the attack within the modern definition of terrorism. From the 2014 attack on Parliament Hill and the 2017Ãâà...
Cyprus Mail
April 26, 2018
The counter terrorism unit on Wednesday held a drill at the marina in Limassol to test its readiness to respond to incidents similar to those that took place in Europe recently. The scenario involved a van ploughing into pedestrians at the marina and followed by an exchange of fire with police officers.
gulfnews.com
April 26, 2018
New York: The UAE has urged United Nations' agencies and member states to take collective action to identify countries that support and finance terrorism and hold them accountable. This call was made at the UN High-Level Meeting on Peacebuilding and Sustainable Peace by Zaki Nussaibeh, Minister ofÃâà...
Newsweek
April 26, 2018
Fox News' Tucker Carlson, who has embraced the populist rhetoric of the far-right since President Trump took power, told his audience of over three million people Tuesday evening that terrorism is largely an immigrant-caused phenomenon. The statement, which repeats comments made by Trump on theÃâà...
Greensboro News & Record (blog)
April 26, 2018
You may have read or heard about the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala. If you haven't, maybe you should. We have a place in it. The new outdoor exhibit commemorates each state and county where acts of home-grown American terrorism – the lynchings of black people – tookÃâà...
New Statesman
April 26, 2018
In 1997, when the internet was young and far more innocent, a woman called Alana built a text-only site as a community for people who were – as she termed it – “involuntarily celibate”. She was a virgin in her mid-twenties and felt lonely and isolated, afraid that she would be alone forever. She told herÃâà...
MyCentralJersey.com
April 26, 2018
The New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness (NJOHSP), in conjunction with the Jersey City/Newark Urban Areas Security Initiative (USAI), worked with an array of municipal, county and state agencies in a series of drills and exercises to test operational coordination and response toÃâà...
The Atlantic
April 26, 2018
The place to start, in distinguishing between these attacks, is by defining terrorism. The word has been politicized like few others, used as a rhetorical tool to demonize society's villains du jour. Even within academic and policy circles, there is dispute over its precise meaning. Within the U.S. government,Ãâà...
Sudan Tribune
April 25, 2018
April 24, 2018 (KHARTOUM) - Britain has pledged to support Sudan's removal from US list of state sponsors of terrorism, at the end of the fifth meeting of the UK-Sudan Strategic Dialogue held in the Sudanese capital in Khartoum on Tuesday. The biannual meetings covered bilateral issues, Sudan's peaceÃâà...
Inquirer.net
April 25, 2018
BULUAN, Maguindanao – President Duterte on Wednesday blamed the West for the rise in terrorism, especially in the Middle East. “I know that Western nations were to blame for that because they went there to cause trouble. They got the oil of the Arabs and built their countries to prosperity at the expenseÃâà...
In Homeland Security
April 25, 2018
The world is a dangerous place with crimes and acts of terrorism committed every day. But are crime and terrorism the same thing? Should they be dealt with by society the same way? To answer those questions, we need to review terrorism, crime and their historical perspectives in America.
Cato Institute (blog)
April 24, 2018
Many in media and government, prompted by Minassian's mass murder, are commenting on terrorism in Canada but with little context. By using the methods employed in my recent terrorism risk analysis for the United States, I've found that terrorism is rare in Canada. Assuming that investigators willÃâà...
NPR
April 24, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that foreign corporations cannot be sued for damages in U.S. courts for aiding in terrorist attacks or other human rights violations. The vote was 5-to-4. Writing for the conservative majority, Justice Anthony Kennedy said the"courts are not well suited to make theÃâà...
Globalnews.ca
April 24, 2018
Deliberate act vs. terrorism. What is the difference? Toronto police are calling Monday's van attack a deliberate act, but haven't said if terrorism has been ruled out as a motive at this time. Former national security analyst Stephanie Carvin explains the difference between the two descriptions. more.
Deccan Herald
April 24, 2018
In a veiled attack on Pakistan, India today said that terrorism is an enemy of the basic human rights and the fight against it should also identify States that "encourage, support and finance" the menace and "provide sanctuary" to terror groups. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, during her address atÃâà...
Worcester Telegram
April 24, 2018
TORONTO — A rented van plowed down a crowded Toronto sidewalk Monday, killing 10 people and injuring 15 before the driver fled and was quickly arrested in a confrontation with police, Canadian authorities said. Witnesses said the driver was moving fast and appeared to be acting deliberately, butÃâà...
ABC News
April 24, 2018
China's defense minister said Tuesday that fighting the threat of terrorism is a top concern to be discussed by a Beijing-led group of Central Asian states at a meeting this week that highlights Chinese ambitions to dominate the Asian security agenda. Wei Fenghe told fellow defense officials from theÃâà...
Mashable
April 24, 2018
Facebook also made the unusual (dare we say editorial?) decision to define terrorism on its platform: “Any non-governmental organization that engages in premeditated acts of violence against persons or property to intimidate a civilian population, government, or international organization in order toÃâà...
Ottawa Citizen
April 24, 2018
TORONTO, ON - APRIL 23: People lay candles and leave messages at a memorial for victims of a crash on Yonge St. at Finch Ave., after a van plowed into pedestrians on April 23, 2018 in Toronto, Canada. A suspect identified as Alek Minassian, 25, is in custody after a driver in a white rental van collidedÃâà...
LobeLog
April 24, 2018
by Paul R. Pillar. A recent op-ed from Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO) calls for officially designating Russia a state sponsor of terrorism. Gardner offers a long indictment—a “moral case,” as he calls it—against Russia that mostly involves activities other than terrorism, such as invasions of Georgia and UkraineÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
April 24, 2018
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont Senate on Tuesday approved a domestic terrorism measure intended to hold someone accountable for taking substantial steps to plot mass killings or destruction, in response to allegations that a Vermont teen plotted a mass shooting at his former high school.
Toronto Sun
April 24, 2018
In the wake of Monday's horrific act of violence, it is entirely normal to seek out reason amidst the chaos. Why did this happen? It is also entirely human to seek out someone to blame. Who did this to us? Who, beyond the obvious madman at the wheel, shares responsibility for allowing mass murder to crashÃâà...
Nikkei Asian Review
April 23, 2018
SINGAPORE -- Southeast Asian nations look to negotiate treaties covering extradition of suspects accused of planning or conducting terrorist attacks, hoping to tighten the net on Islamic militants operating in the expansive region. Officials from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will unveil a treatyÃâà...
The Stanford Daily
April 23, 2018
On Friday night, comedian and senior correspondent on The Daily Show Hasan Minhaj explained — through the vantage point of his own identity as a Muslim Indian-American — why Americans need not worry about refugees committing acts of terrorism. At the event, which was organized by the StanfordÃâà...
CNN
April 23, 2018
(CNN) Speaking in Davos this January, President Donald Trump promised that, "when it comes to terrorism, we will do whatever is necessary to protect our nation." It's a commitment we share with the President. In fact, developing and implementing lawful and effective counterterrorism strategies andÃâà...
The Independent
April 23, 2018
Security services and police are to be given tougher powers to act against terrorism suspects in communities where the threat of people being radicalised is thought to be highest. Under a new strategy, authorities will aim to identify plotters before they have finalised any plans for terror attacks.
The Daily Iowan
April 23, 2018
Authorities have accused two Cedar Rapids men of terrorism and harassment towards a Burge resident. Christopher Brown, 25, is suspected of terrorism, tampering with a witness/juror, and first-degree harassment on April 16. Perrion Scott, 21, is suspected of first-degree burglary, first-degree harassment,Ãâà...
Telegraph.co.uk
April 23, 2018
... become "accustomed" to the reams of data, and therefore an officer with real world experience is useful to flag up issues which could be of interest. Mr Anderson, the independent reviewer of terrorism until 2017, last year reviewed the police and MI5's response to the four terror attacks between March andÃâà...
The National Interest Online (blog)
April 23, 2018
A recent op-ed from Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO) calls for officially designating Russia a state sponsor of terrorism. Gardner offers a long indictment—a “moral case”, as he calls it—against Russia that mostly involves activities other than terrorism, such as invasions of Georgia and Ukraine and informationÃâà...
Geopoliticalmonitor.com
April 23, 2018
In the long run, terrorism will be eradicated, and the proof is Daesh, the wealthiest terrorist organization ever. It has been chased away from Iraq and Syria, where they were occupying 40% of the territory; the group has been weakened. However, and I don't want to sound pessimistic, but I believe that, in theÃâà...
Roll Call
April 23, 2018
Terrorist groups are thriving online — recruiting followers, disseminating propaganda, planning attacks. While lawmakers are looking at the dangers that lurk on the internet, from Russian interference to Facebook data scrapes, they should be paying more attention to countering terrorism in the digital realm.
Kent Online
April 21, 2018
Counter terrorism officers have now left a house they were searching in Medway after a man was arrested on suspicion of terror-related offences earlier this week. Police have revealed this afternoon that officers left the home of Lewis Ludlow in Warren Wood Road, Rochester, last night. Ludlow, 26, wasÃâà...
WJXT News4JAX
April 21, 2018
MARION COUNTY, Fla. - Sky Bouche, 19, is now charged with terrorism in the school shooting at Forest High School on Friday that left one student wounded. Marion County investigators said the suspect put on a tactical vest and gloves in the bathroom and initially planned to do the shooting on Friday theÃâà...
Cointelegraph
April 20, 2018
The story is not about the [encryption] keys and terrorism [...] Pavel Durov has decided to become the new Mavrodi (Russian financial fraudster). Having launched his own crypto, we will get a completely uncontrolled financial system in Russia. And this is not Bitcoin for the marginalized, it will be simple,Ãâà...
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