Terror Alert Iraq warns Turkey it could file UN complaint against...

Iraq said on Friday it might file an official complaint to the UN Security Council if Turkey does not halt its military operations against Kurdish fighters in the north. "We reject any unilateral action that would harm our sovereignty. We started with a statement of condemnation and may resort to gathering support from the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation and could...

Terror Alert Daniel Burke: Terror charges dropped against British...

© Provided by The Independent Prosecutors have dropped terror charges against a former British Army soldier who volunteered with Kurdish fighters in Syria . Ex-paratrooper Daniel Burke originally fought against Isis with the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) between late 2017 and June 2018. No action was taken at the time, but he was prosecuted after allegedly...

Terror Alert Duterte Just Signed the Philippines’ Controversial...

The law—formally known as the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020—is ostensibly meant to heighten security in the country by giving the police and military broader powers to go after suspected terrorists. This ...

Terror Alert Philippines' Duterte signs anti-terrorism bill into law

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte signed a contentious anti-terrorism bill into law Friday that critics fear will be used to silence dissent and give the government a new weapon to target opponents ...

Terror Alert Assessment of COVID-19's Effect on Threat Detection...

LONDON--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Technavio has been monitoring the threat detection systems market and it is poised to grow by USD 68.36 billion during 2020-2024, progressing at a CAGR of over 13% during the forecast period. The report offers an up-to-date analysis regarding the current market scenario, latest trends and drivers, and the overall market environment. Technavio suggests...

Terror Alert German counter-intelligence head says right-wing...

One of the victims of the Hanau shooting was a 35-year-old Romani woman, Mercedes K. (Collage: Romea.cz) Right-wing extremism and terrorism are the biggest threat to democracy and security in Germany, according to Thomas Haldenwang, the head of the country's counter-intelligence service, who made that statement during a public hearing of the heads of German's three intelligence services...

ISIS Female Islamic State supporter jailed for plotting to...

A female supporter of Islamic State has been jailed for life after plotting to kill as many people as she could by planting a bomb under the dome of St Paul’s Cathedral. Safiyya Amira Shaikh, 36, who is thought to be Britain’s first solo female Isil bomb plotter, gave a one fingered salute used by the terror group as she was handed a life sentence with a minimum of 14 years at the Old...

ISIS Germany puts Syrian woman on trial over ISIL marriages

© [File: Julian Stratenschulte/DPA/AFP] The defendant was identified as Lorin I due to Germany's privacy law [File: Julian Stratenschulte/DPA/AFP] Germany has put a 30-year-old German-Syrian woman on trial for allegedly arranging marriages for the ISIL (ISIS) group. The defendant, identified as Lorin I due to Germany's privacy law, on Friday admitted to the court in Celle, northern...

ISIS Safiyya Shaikh: Female Isis supporter jailed for life...

© Press Association Court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook of Safiyya Amira Shaikh, 37, of Hayes, West London, who pleaded guilty to preparation of terrorist acts and dissemination of terrorist publications on Telegram, as she appears in the dock at the Old Bailey in London, during the continuation of her sentence hearing. A female Isis supporter who plotted to bomb St Paul’s...

ISIS State’s apathy towards senior citizens

Senior citizens in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan continue to yearn that the policies and legislations for their care and welfare, although inadequate, will be fully implemented. Surprisingly, none of the three major political parties seem to be serious in creating a national culture in which older people will not feel discriminated. Even in their election campaigns, plight of senior...

ISIS Italy seizes 'ISIL-made drugs from Syria' worth $1bn

© [Guardia di Finanza press office/AFP] This photo grabbed from an undated video handout shows the seized drugs [Guardia di Finanza press office/AFP] Italian police have seized 14 tonnes of amphetamine pills, allegedly produced in Syria by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) group to fund "terrorist" activities and destined for Europe's illegal drug market....

ISIS Mass grave discovered in Iraq likely contains bodies of...

Iraqi forces recaptured the prison in March 2017. IS allegedly killed up to 600 inmates in the prison, most of them Shiite detainees. According to an investigation by Human Rights Watch at the time, based on eyewitness accounts, at least 1,500 inmates were rounded up and transported to a stretch of desert. There, Sunni and Shiite inmates were separated and the latter killed.

U.S. Minneapolis City Council security costs are debated and...

A Minneapolis City Council member defended the decision of three colleagues to use private security agencies to protect them, saying the service was recommended by the city’s security experts following threats. “Anybody that’s making a threat over a policy action or statement or decision is engaging in a form of terrorism meant to suppress the democratic system through a form of intimidation...

U.S. US, Russia share a complex and bloody history in Afghanistan

FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2009, file, photo, A soldier from the U.S. Army's 118th Military Police Co., based at Fort Bragg, N.C., respond to shots fired at a combat outpost in the Jalrez Valley in Afghanistan's Wardak Province. Moscow and Washington are intertwined in a complex and bloody history in Afghanistan, with both suffering thousands of dead and wounded in conflicts...

U.S. Minneapolis City Council security costs are debated and...

© Star Tribune/Star Tribune/Glen Stubbe - Star Tribune/Star Tribune/TNS Minneapolis City Council Member Andrew Johnson, shown in 2014. A Minneapolis City Council member defended the decision of three colleagues to use private security agencies to protect them, saying the service was recommended by the city’s security experts following threats. “Anybody that’s making a threat over a...

U.S. US tries to seize Iranian gas heading toward Venezuela

MIAMI (AP) — U.S. federal prosecutors are seeking to seize four tankers sailing toward Venezuela with gasoline supplied by Iran, the latest attempt to disrupt ever-closer trade ties between the two heavily sanctioned anti-American allies. The civil-forfeiture complaint filed late Wednesday in the District of Columbia federal court alleges that the sale was arranged by a businessman, Mahmoud...

U.S. The Takeaway: Danon: Israeli annexation decision ‘should...

  The Lead: Israeli, Palestinian UN ambassadors discuss annexation, peace talks in podcast     On Al-Monitor’s On the Middle East podcast this week I spoke with both Danny Danon , Israel’s ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations, and Riyad Mansour , the ambassador and permanent observer of Palestine to the UN, about Israel’s...

U.S. China Clashes With US Over New Hong Kong Security Law

China promised Thursday to take "strong countermeasures" if the US presses ahead with tough new sanctions that target banks over infringements on Hong Kong's autonomy, after Beijing imposed a sweeping security law on the restless financial hub. Beijing has faced a groundswell of criticism from primarily Western nations over its decision to impose a law outlawing acts of subversion,...

World Prosecutor Seeks Stiff Sentence For Russian Journalist...

PSKOV, Russia -- The prosecutor in the western Russian city of Pskov has asked a court to sentence journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva to six years in prison for "justifying terrorism" in a commentary she wrote that linked a suicide bombing with the country's political climate. The prosecutor also asked the Second Western District Military Court on July 3 to bar Prokopyeva from journalistic...

World New security law: Indonesia must protect its nationals in...

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) celebrated its 23rd anniversary on July 1. In the past, the commemoration involved a protest march against the government, but from this year forth, the city will not be the same, thanks to the national security law that took effect on the eve of the anniversary. What are the implications for Indonesians living in Hong Kong and other Chinese...

World Africa: The African Union Needs to Broaden Its Role in...

Somalia's historic one-person-one-vote election, scheduled for late 2020, looks set to be postponed. Electoral commission chair Halima Ismail told the country's federal Parliament on 29 June that the much-anticipated polls could not be carried out in less than 13 months. Somalia faces multiple threats from continued terrorist attacks, increased political polarisation, incomplete electoral...

World After Hong Kong, Could the Philippines Be the Next to See...

A controversial anti-terror bill in the Philippines has been on President Rodrigo Duterte’s desk since mid-June, awaiting a signature. Duterte certified the bill as urgent, which allowed it to speed through Congress—mostly made up of his allies—but he has yet to sign or veto the bill. In the Philippines, however, a proposed law submitted by Congress will lapse into law after 30 days of...

World Africa’s independence: what will the next 60 years bring?

A wave of independence swept across Africa sixty years ago. This week it’s been the turn of Somalia and the Democratic Republic of Congo to mark their independence. But amid the celebrations there is also time to reflect, regret even mourn what has taken place since gaining self-rule. Somalia, for instance, has seen the state split, a civil war, imposition of sharia law and a rise in piracy...

World U.S. moves to seize Iranian petroleum aboard four tankers...

A U.S. judge in Washington signed a seizure warrant Thursday for Venezuela-bound shipments aboard four other tankers — the Bella, Bering, Pandi and Luna — whose deliveries were disrupted. Prosecutors estimated their cargo included 1.2 million barrels of gasoline worth nearly $50 million — the seizure of which would be a blow the U.S. government aimed at Iran’s use of third-party shippers to...

Coronavirus News D.C. police officer who died of covid-19 spent life,...

He retired in 2017 but returned under a senior officer program to help the department, and once again was assigned to a school. Williams was hospitalized with covid-19 in March and died June 4 . He is believed to be among the first of more than 150 officers on the D.C. police force to test positive for the novel coronavirus and the only one thus far to die. He was 53....

Coronavirus News Covid-19’s Impact Won’t End With a Vaccine

The effects of the coronavirus crisis are likely to be felt on the economy for years to come. For the health-care industry that isn’t entirely bad news. Economic data has improved across the U.S. in recent months, which has led to a sharp stock rally. But rising case counts of Covid-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, and the widespread rollback of state reopening plans present...

Coronavirus News EU grants conditional clearance to COVID-19 antiviral...

© Reuters/POOL New FILE PHOTO: The spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Hamburg BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Friday it had given conditional approval for the use of COVID-19 antiviral remdesivir following an accelerated review process. The EU executive said the drug, produced by Gilead Sciences Inc, was the first medicine authorised in the European...

Coronavirus News South Korean city returns to tighter social distancing as...

FILE PHOTO: High school students wearing protective masks walk after finishing their classes, as schools reopen following the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Gwangju , South Korea, May 20, 2020. Yonhap/via REUTERS/File Photo SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea reported 63 new coronavirus cases as of Thursday, most from domestic infections outside Seoul,...

Coronavirus News How This Pandemic May Change The University Experience...

Roger is a former entrepreneur who is now a general partner at  Battery Ventures  focusing on consumer-marketplace and software companies. Getty Darwinian change is coming for higher education. Even before Covid-19 hit, students and parents were questioning the skyrocketing cost of a traditional four-year degree. Now, with many universities announcing they won’t go back to...

Coronavirus News How has the coronavirus pandemic affected global poverty?

Previous economic crises have taken devastating tolls. During the global financial crisis of 2007-2008, poverty increased in some countries and the rate of poverty reduction slowed in others. Countries suffered persistent losses in output . And researchers documented close associations between spikes in unemployment and excess mortality. The coronavirus pandemic is an external...