Tag: Terrorism

The United Kingdom's Home Office has updated its CONTEST counter-terrorism strategy, raising the alarm on artificial intelligence (AI) enabled terrorism and the continued threat by Islamic jihadist organizations, such as al-Qaeda and the Islamic State, who still seek to carry out attacks against the country. In a statement, UK Home...

The Israel Defense Forces announced Saturday that three of it's soldiers were shot and killed near the border with Egypt. The story as it is currently understood is that an Egyptian police officer crossed the border into Israel, apparently chasing drug smugglers, where somehow a confrontation with an IDF frontier...

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has reissued its National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Bulletin, stating that the country remains in a heightened threat environment. https://twitter.com/DHSgov/status/1661441457562026028?s=20 The bulletin states that "Lone offenders and small groups motivated by a range of ideological beliefs and personal grievances continue to pose a...

Sayfullo Saipov, the convicted terrorist that killed eight people and wounded 11 others during a truck ramming attack in New York City in 2017, has been sentenced to 10 life terms and an additional 260 years in prison. Saipov immigrated to the United States from Uzbekistan in 2010 under the...

The 2023 Global Terrorism Index has finally been released, giving in depth analysis on terrorism and its trends from 2022. You can access the full report here, but I am going to summarize some key points below.   Deadliest Terror Groups Islamic State (ISIS) al-Shabaab Islamic State - Khorasan Province (ISKP) ...

British police announced Tuesday that they have opened an investigation into a package containing Uranium after it was discovered by Border Force agents. On December 29th routine scanning at London's Heathrow Airport detected the package with small amounts of radioactive material. Officials were quick to note that the package and...