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NZ PM urges Australia to ‘do the right thing’ over terror suspect’s citizenship

Reuters News ServiceFebruary 16, 2021

By Reuters News ServiceFebruary 16, 20210307

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...

Crime Cyprus

Man in custody over terrorism related offences

Staff ReporterJanuary 4, 2021

By Staff ReporterJanuary 4, 202101075

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...

Cyprus

Man arrested for suspected terrorist activity

Staff ReporterNovember 11, 2020

By Staff ReporterNovember 11, 202002659

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...

Cyprus

House president offers condolences to Austria and France after terrorist attacks

Jonathan ShkurkoNovember 5, 2020

By Jonathan ShkurkoNovember 5, 20200292

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...

Europe World

Trial of suspected Charlie Hebdo attack accomplices begins

Reuters News ServiceSeptember 2, 2020September 2, 2020

By Reuters News ServiceSeptember 2, 2020September 2, 20200155

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...

Britain World

UK police say they have shot man in south London in terrorism-related incident

Reuters News ServiceFebruary 2, 2020February 2, 2020

By Reuters News ServiceFebruary 2, 2020February 2, 20200420

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...

Cyprus

Kurdish national released after friends raise money for bail

Evie AndreouJune 7, 2019

By Evie AndreouJune 7, 20190371

Authorities on Friday released Turkish Kurdish national Cerkez Korkmaz who was arrested last March on a European arrest warrant issued by Germany after his friends...

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Taliban announce annual spring offensive in Afghanistan

Reuters News ServiceApril 12, 2019April 12, 2019

By Reuters News ServiceApril 12, 2019April 12, 20190102

Taliban fighters mounted a big attack in eastern Afghanistan on Friday heralding the start of a spring offensive despite ongoing preparations for another round of...

Cyprus Featured

Kurds in Cyprus to mobilise for release of arrested compatriot

Evie AndreouMarch 28, 2019

By Evie AndreouMarch 28, 20190246

The Kurdish community in Cyprus are planning a protest next week outside the Larnaca district court and have launched a petition calling for the release...

Cyprus

Cyprus says it arrested Kurd facing prosecution for terrorism in Germany

Jean ChristouMarch 23, 2019March 23, 2019

By Jean ChristouMarch 23, 2019March 23, 20190221

Cyprus said on Saturday it had arrested, on the basis of a European arrest and extradition warrant, a Kurd with Turkish citizenship who faces prosecution...

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EU adds Saudi Arabia to dirty-money blacklist, upsets Britain

Reuters News ServiceFebruary 14, 2019February 14, 2019

By Reuters News ServiceFebruary 14, 2019February 14, 20190143

By Francesco Guarascio STRASBOURG, Feb 13 (Reuters) – The European Commission added Saudi Arabia, Panama, Nigeria and other jurisdictions to a blacklist of nations seen...

Britain World

Driver arrested for terrorism after cyclists hit outside parliament

Reuters News ServiceAugust 14, 2018August 14, 2018

By Reuters News ServiceAugust 14, 2018August 14, 2018097

A man deliberately drove a car into London pedestrians and cyclists on Tuesday before ramming it into barriers outside Britain’s parliament in what police said...

Cyprus

Cybercrime, terrorism, on agenda for EU’s official’s visit

Source: Cyprus News AgencyJuly 17, 2018August 28, 2018

By Source: Cyprus News AgencyJuly 17, 2018August 28, 20182 113

By Athanasios Athanasiou Cyber attacks, the fight against terrorism, cooperation among security and intelligence agencies in the EU are some of the issues European Union...

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Cyprus on ‘White Widow’ terrorist list, says UK paper (Updated)

Elias HazouJuly 16, 2018July 16, 2018

By Elias HazouJuly 16, 2018July 16, 201849 597

Police on Monday dismissed as inaccurate reports in the British media that Cyprus could be a possible target for terrorist attacks this summer and said...

Turkey World

Turkish court finds Cumhuriyet journalists guilty on terrorism charges

Reuters News ServiceApril 26, 2018April 26, 2018

By Reuters News ServiceApril 26, 2018April 26, 2018113 118

A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced 14 staff of the opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper to prison on terrorism charges and acquitted three, one of their lawyers...

Europe World

Italy arrests five Tunisians in anti-terror swoop

Reuters News ServiceMarch 29, 2018March 29, 2018

By Reuters News ServiceMarch 29, 2018March 29, 20180132

Italian police on Thursday arrested five Tunisians as part of what they said was a major operation against suspected supporters of Islamist terrorism in central...

Europe

Eight people held in Belgium after anti-terror raids

Reuters News ServiceMarch 5, 2018

By Reuters News ServiceMarch 5, 2018179

Belgium has detained eight people during raids linked to an anti-terrorism investigation, prosecutors said on Monday. Police raided seven homes on Sunday in the Brussels district...

Americas Global terrorism

New York charges bomb suspect; Bangladesh questions wife

Reuters News ServiceDecember 12, 2017

By Reuters News ServiceDecember 12, 20171159

New York officials on Tuesday said they charged a Bangladeshi man with terrorism, accusing him of setting off a pipe bomb a day earlier in a crowded...

Middle East

Lebanon’s president rejects terrorism suggestion

Reuters News ServiceNovember 20, 2017

By Reuters News ServiceNovember 20, 201761 173

The Lebanese president appeared to defend Hezbollah as necessary to resist Israel on Monday, after an Arab League statement accused the group of terrorism and...

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Terrorism: a sense of proportion

Gwynne DyerAugust 23, 2017August 22, 2017

By Gwynne DyerAugust 23, 2017August 22, 20176 127

By Gwynne Dyer LONDON in March: five dead. Stockholm in April: another five dead. Manchester in May: 22 dead. London again in June, this time...