Tunisia says it has dismantled 150 militant cells in past 6 months
Tunisian police forces have dismantled about 150 militant cells in the past six months, a spokesman for the National Guard said on Saturday. He added...
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New law ‘could label anyone a terrorist’, dissenting MPs say
The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a law on combatting terrorism, harmonising with a relevant EU directive over which Cyprus had earlier been warned...
Chief Paris attacks suspect Abdeslam says he killed no-one
Salah Abdeslam, the main suspect in a jihadist rampage that killed 130 people in coordinated attacks across Paris in November 2015, on Wednesday told a...
India, Russia warn against terror groups operating from Afghanistan
India and Russia believe that foreign militant groups operating from Afghanistan pose a threat to central Asia and to India and agreed to deepen anti-terrorism...
NZ PM urges Australia to ‘do the right thing’ over terror suspect’s citizenship
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Tuesday accused Australia of abdicating its responsibilities by “unilaterally” cancelling the citizenship of a woman detained in Turkey...
Man in custody over terrorism related offences
A 24-year-old foreign national was remanded in custody for eight days in Limassol on Monday in connection with terrorism related offences. The man was arrested...
Man arrested for suspected terrorist activity
A 37-year-old man who was in Cyprus illegally was arrested by the counter-terrorism unit on Wednesday for threatening President Nicos Anastasiades online. Police confirmed to...
House president offers condolences to Austria and France after terrorist attacks
House president Adamos Adamou on Thursday sent letters to the presidents of the Austrian federal and national councils Andrea Eder-Gitschthaler and Wolfgang Sobotka and to...
Trial of suspected Charlie Hebdo attack accomplices begins
Fourteen alleged accomplices to the Islamist gunmen who attacked the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo went on trial on Wednesday, as the country recalled, five...
UK police say they have shot man in south London in terrorism-related incident
Police shot a man in south London on Sunday after several people were believed to have been stabbed in what police described as a terrorism-related...
