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Extremism News Roundup

May 8, 2025

Eye on Extremism: May 8, 2025

The Israeli embassy was the target of a terror plot linked to Iran, The Times has learnt. A group of Iranian men are suspected of planning an atrocity at the embassy in Kensington, west London. Counterterrorism officers, supported by the military...

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May 7, 2025

Eye on Extremism: May 7, 2025

India said early Wednesday that it had conducted several airstrikes on Pakistan, hailing a victory in the name of vengeance for the terrorist attack that killed 26 civilians in Kashmir last month. But evidence was also growing that the Indian forces...

Extremism News Roundup

May 6, 2025

Eye on Extremism: May 6, 2025

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday an expanded offensive against Palestinian militant group Hamas would be "intensive" after his security cabinet approved plans that may include seizing the Gaza Strip and controlling aid...

Extremism News Roundup

May 5, 2025

Eye on Extremism: May 5, 2025

Israel is set to retaliate to the Houthi missile launch at Ben-Gurion Airport on Sunday, following a decision made at the security cabinet later in the day. Following the Houthi missile strike, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video that...

Extremism News Roundup

May 2, 2025

Eye on Extremism: May 2, 2025

Germany's spy agency on Friday classified the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) as "extremist", enabling it to step up monitoring of the country's biggest opposition party, which decried the move as a "blow against democracy". A 1,100-page...

Extremism News Roundup

May 1, 2025

Eye on Extremism: May 1, 2025

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called senior officials in India and Pakistan in an effort to defuse the crisis that followed last week’s deadly attack in Kashmir, the State Department said. Rubio urged Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif...

Extremism News Roundup

April 30, 2025

Eye on Extremism: April 30, 2025

Israel’s latest airstrike on what it called a Hezbollah missile storage facility in Beirut’s southern suburbs came during increasing pressure for the Lebanese militant group to disarm. The disarmament of what has been the region’s most powerful non...

Extremism News Roundup

April 29, 2025

Eye on Extremism: April 29, 2025

The head of Israel's Shin Bet domestic intelligence agency has resigned. Ronen Bar made the announcement that he would leave his position on 15 June at a memorial event for Shin Bet members who have died in service. It came after he had been engaged...

Extremism News Roundup

April 28, 2025

Eye on Extremism: April 28, 2025

At least 11 people aged between 5 and 65 were killed and dozens injured when a man with a history of mental health issues rammed an SUV through a crowd at a Filipino community festival in the western Canadian city of Vancouver, police said on Sunday...

Extremism News Roundup

April 25, 2025

Eye on Extremism: April 25, 2025

Iran's ambassador to the Netherlands was summoned on Thursday after the Dutch intelligence agency said it suspected Tehran of being behind two assassination attempts in Europe, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said. The Dutch general intelligence...

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

Fact:

On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility. 

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