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Extremism News Roundup

June 17, 2025

Eye on Extremism: June 17, 2025

Israel and Iran attacked each other for a fifth straight day on Tuesday, and U.S. President Donald Trump urged Iranians to evacuate Tehran, citing what he said was the country's rejection of a deal to curb nuclear weapons development. Trump was due...

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June 16, 2025

Eye on Extremism: June 16, 2025

Iran has told mediators Qatar and Oman that it is not open to negotiating a ceasefire with the U.S. while it is under Israeli attack, an official briefed on the communications told Reuters on Sunday. Israel's military, which launched the attacks on...

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June 13, 2025

Eye on Extremism: June 13, 2025

Iran’s highest-ranking military officer, the head of its elite Revolutionary Guards Corps and its air force and a former national security chief have all been killed in Israel’s unprecedented Operation Rising Lion. CNN: Israeli strikes kill some of...

Extremism News Roundup

June 12, 2025

Eye on Extremism: June 12, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday U.S. personnel were being moved out of the Middle East because "it could be a dangerous place," adding that the United States would not allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon. Reuters reported earlier on...

Extremism News Roundup

June 11, 2025

Eye on Extremism: June 11, 2025

President Donald Trump’s point person for Syria says the administration is concerned that Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa’s efforts to promote inclusive governance and engage with the West could make him a target for assassination by disaffected...

Extremism News Roundup

June 10, 2025

Eye on Extremism: June 10, 2025

A gunman killed at least nine people at a secondary school in the southern Austrian city of Graz on Tuesday, in the worst school shooting in the country's modern history.Police said the attacker also died and that they were working on the assumption...

Extremism News Roundup

June 9, 2025

Eye on Extremism: June 9, 2025

In the space of just a few months, the al-Qaeda affiliate has overrun major cities in Burkina Faso and Mali, carried out the deadliest-ever attack on soldiers in Benin and expanded its hard-line Islamist rule across the region. No one knows when its...

Extremism News Roundup

June 6, 2025

Eye on Extremism: June 6, 2025

Israeli air strikes pummelled the southern suburbs of Lebanon's capital late on Thursday, sending thousands of people fleeing on the eve of a Muslim feast day and prompting accusations by top Lebanese officials that Israel was violating a ceasefire...

Extremism News Roundup

June 5, 2025

Eye on Extremism: June 5, 2025

President Donald Trump on Wednesday resurrected a hallmark policy of his first term, announcing that citizens of 12 countries would be banned from visiting the United States and those from seven others would face restrictions. The ban takes effect...

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June 4, 2025

Eye on Extremism: June 4, 2025

Two Chinese nationals have been charged with allegedly smuggling into the U.S. a fungus called "Fusarium graminearum, which scientific literature classifies as a potential agroterrorism weapon," the Justice Department said Tuesday. Yunqing Jian, 33...