World / Crime & Legal Nov 12, 2020
The arrests followed raids, some by heavily-armed special units, which hit 13 locations in six German states.
The arrests followed raids, some by heavily-armed special units, which hit 13 locations in six German states.
U.S. removes shadowy group blamed by China from terrorist list
The United States said Friday it had removed from its list of terror groups a shadowy faction regularly blamed by China to justify its harsh crackdown in the Muslim-majority Xinjiang region. In a notice in the Federal Register, which publishes new U.S. laws and rules, ...
Until the deadly shooting in the heart of the Austrian capital Vienna on Monday night, the country had in recent decades been spared the shock and mayhem wreaked by major terrorist attacks — but experts say the horrific events shouldn't have come as a ...
Gunman on the run after Vienna 'terror attack' leaves two dead
A huge manhunt was under way Tuesday after gunmen opened fire at multiple locations across central Vienna, killing at least two people and wounding several more in what Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz describes as a "repulsive terror attack." One of the gunmen was shot dead ...
A total of six people are being held for questioning to understand if they were linked to the Tunisian man alleged to have carried out the knife rampage early Thursday.
As election looms, U.S. authorities seek to separate bluster from threats
Law enforcement, which has warned of potential violence around the Nov. 3 vote, must prepare for a range of potential threats, officials say.
Terror attacks in France demand statesmanship, not demagoguery
What leaders say at moments like these matters. And all the more so now because too many leaders have recently been unable or unwilling to say the right things.
Latest terror attacks leave France embattled at home and abroad
A terror attack that killed three people in Nice on Thursday left France increasingly embattled at home and abroad, as the government called for toughening measures against Islamist extremism, amid rising tensions with Muslim nations. A knife-wielding assailant left two people dead in Nice’s towering ...
Continued surveillance sought for Aum-linked groups in Japan
Three groups, comprising some 1,650 members, are active across 15 of the country's 47 prefectures.
Arab states should avoid an arms race with Iran
The best way for the Saudis and other Arab states to respond to an armed Iran is to work with the U.S. to create an effective secondary sanctions regime.
'We are not afraid': France rallies after beheading of teacher
Tens of thousands of people rallied in Paris and cities across France on Sunday in solidarity with a teacher beheaded for showing pupils cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. Demonstrators on the Place de la Republique held aloft posters declaring: "No to totalitarianism of thought" and ...
Michigan plot highlights U.S. right-wing militias as a growing threat
The arrest of 13 men in a plot to kidnap the governor of Michigan and "instigate a civil war" placed a fresh spotlight on the growth of armed, right-wing extremist "militias" under the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. The FBI says such groups constitute ...