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Extremism News Roundup
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...
Extremism News Roundup
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...
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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...
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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...
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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
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...
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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...
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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
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...
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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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