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“The terrorist cell in Germany had been raising funds for attacks on US forces stationed there. Nikita Malik, director of the Centre on Radicalisation and Terrorism at the Henry Jackson Society, has given a warning that more terrorists could be using the pandemic to cross the continent and is...

“Far-right extremists leaked email addresses and passwords belonging to employees of the Gates Foundation, World Health Organization, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and a virology center in Wuhan, China. The data is not a new, but rather a compilation of previous data leaks,...

“Pakistan has removed thousands of names from its terrorist watch list in what the country says is an effort to meet its obligations ahead of a new round of assessments by a global anti-money-laundering watchdog. The so-called proscribed persons list, which is maintained by Pakistan’s...

“The Taliban have killed at least 23 Afghan troops and nine civilians, officials said Monday, as a fresh wave of violence grips Afghanistan despite a deal with the US and a worsening coronavirus crisis. Under the terms of the US-Taliban deal, the Afghan government and the insurgents were by...

“The Taliban says it has released a second group of Afghan security forces it has been holding captive as part of a delayed swap considered key to paving the way for peace talks between the two sides. Suhail Shaheen, the spokesman for the Taliban’s political office in Qatar, said on...

“Federal agents arrested a western Massachusetts man and accused of him trying to blow up a Jewish assisted living facility — but he instead left his DNA on the failed explosive, authorities alleged Wednesday. John Michael Rathbun, 36, of East Longmeadow was charged with two counts of...

“Hezbollah is stepping up a campaign to place allies at the heart of Lebanon's financial authorities as the US seeks to disrupt the armed group's financial networks, four senior Arab financiers said on Thursday. The outcome of the political battle could extend Hezbollah's reach to the nerve...

“The Saudi-led coalition backing Yemen’s internationally recognised government accused Houthi rebels of breaking a ceasefire on Monday. The insurgents breached the truce, which came into effect last Thursday, 241 times over the past 48 hours, the coalition said. It said the rebels "used...

“The United States has offered up to $10m for information on Hezbollah commander Sheikh Mohammad al-Kawtharani, who was an associate of slain Iranian General Qassem Soleimani. Kawtharani was branded a “global terrorist” by the US in 2013, accused of funding armed groups in Iraq...

“Senior PKK terrorist Fadil Ekinci in charge of the terrorist group's activities in Iraq's Zap region and listed in the blue category of Turkey's wanted list was killed in an anti-terror operation in coordination with National Intelligence Organization, reports said Wednesday. Ekinci was...