Tag: terrorist

German terrorist assessment high but unchanged after Russian attack

The assessment of the threat from Islamist terrorism to Germany remains high but is unchanged since the attack on a concert venue near Moscow, dpa learned from state security authorities on Monday. Interior Minister Nancy Faeser told the German daily Süddeutsche Zeitung that the authorities were working on the assumption that Islamic State – Khorosan […]

Spain recalls Madrid terrorist bombings 20 years ago

Thousands of people in Spain attended events on Monday to mark the 20th anniversary of the worst terrorist attack in the country’s history, when 10 bombs went off on full commuter trains in the Madrid region, killing 193 people and injuring almost 2,000. “This date unites us in a memory that is both personal and […]

Vietnam lists overseas dissident groups as ‘terrorist organisations’

HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam has listed two political groups operating in the United States as “terrorist organisations”, accusing them of orchestrating attacks and promoting a secessionist agenda, its internal security agency said on Wednesday. The groups include North Carolina-headquartered Montagnard Support Group Inc (MSGI) and Montagnard Stand for Justice (MSFJ), which was established in Thailand, […]

Police end search of Berlin building where former RAF terrorist lived

Officers have finished searching a block of flats in Berlin where Daniela Klette, the former far-left terrorist from the Red Army Faction (RAF) lived, with more weapons found, police said on Thursday. Klette, 65, was arrested in the flat on Monday evening, where she was living under a false identity. Berlin police posted on X, […]

Weapons found in Berlin building where former German terrorist lived

Weapons have been found in the block of flats in Berlin where Daniela Klette, the former far-left terrorist from the Red Army Faction (RAF) lived, police said on Wednesday. After the police had removed grenades and a suspected mortar round in the evening, another possibly dangerous object was to be removed from the seven-storey building […]

Russia adds Ukraine’s military intelligence chief, Navy, Air Force commanders to ‘terrorist’ list

Russia included Kyrylo Budanov, the chief of Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR), Navy Commander Oleksii Neizhpapa, and Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk on its list “terrorists and extremists,” Russian media reported on Feb. 7. Others included on the list of “terrorists and extremists” include three of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s lawyers and Georgian-Russian writer Boris […]

U.S. re-designates Houthis as ‘terrorist’ group after 3rd strike on Yemen’s militants. Here’s the latest on the unfolding conflict.

The Biden administration announced on Wednesday it has decided to re-classify the Houthis in Yemen as a “specially designated global terrorist.” News of the decision to add the financial penalties comes as the U.S. continues to launch strikes against the Houthis in response to the Iran-backed militant group’s attacks on commercial shipping in the Red […]