Eye on Extremism: October 9, 2025
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Reuters: US to livestream Army firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter, Pentagon says
The US will livestream the Army’s upcoming firing squad execution of a gunman who killed 13 people at the Fort Hood military base in 2009, the Pentagon said, in what would be an unprecedented broadcast of a US execution.
National: EU parliament calls for Muslim Brotherhood terror listings
The European Parliament backed proposals on Thursday to “counter the influence” of the Muslim Brotherhood and list some of its supporters as terrorists. The resolution passed by a vote of 381 to 167, and asks the EU's member states to add people and organisations linked to the Brotherhood to the bloc's joint list of terrorists.
Analysis
National: Test shows AI models likely to give advice for terrorist attacks
All but two of 134 leading large language artificial intelligence models gave information useful to launching a mass casualty attack or building deadly weapons, in a test of the industry's safety measures.
United States
Financial Times: Donald Trump says US ‘will not be attacking Iran’ before midterm elections
US President Donald Trump has said Washington will not strike Iran ahead of the US midterm elections, as the Islamic republic steps up attacks on commercial ships trying to transit the Strait of Hormuz.
ABC News: Leader of extremist ‘764’ network pleads guilty to sexually exploiting children: DOJ
The leader of the “764” network, which seeks to exploit minors online, pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy to sexually exploit minors. For nearly four years, Prasan Nepal, 21, also known by the online moniker “Trippy,” led the network, which operated as “a nihilistic violent extremist network” and “engaged in a wide range of criminal conduct across the United States and abroad — including coordinated efforts to exploit minors, extort vulnerable victims, and inflict psychological harm as part of an organized ideology promoting chaos and societal destabilization.”
Dr. Sebastian Gorka, President Donald Trump’s top counterterrorism adviser, outlined the administration's three biggest terrorist threats, its campaign against Iranian networks, and the challenges of deradicalizing Gaza on i24NEWS’ American View.
Yo! Venice: Venice Shorts: Jewish billboard defaced by pro-Gaza messaging
A billboard promoting the safety and security of Jewish students has been defaced and desecrated by a pro-Palestinian message, simply stating, “Free Gaza.” The billboard is located here in the neighborhood, at the corner of Lincoln Boulevard and Venice. It was purchased by Jew Belong (www.jewbelong.com), a New York–based, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that combines Jewish outreach with a highly visible campaign against antisemitism.
Reuters: Trump online: A burst of anti-Somali and anti-Muslim rhetoric
In a burst of anti-Somali and anti-Muslim rhetoric, President Donald Trump cast the Somali American community as a threat to Minnesota on Thursday, hours after he labeled Muslim US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed a radical extremist.
France
RFI: France confirms talks with Taliban to deport Afghans considered security risk
France has confirmed it is holding talks with the Taliban authorities in Afghanistan to facilitate the deportation of Afghan nationals who are in the country illegally and considered a security threat.
United Kingdom
A British man charged with murdering a former British minister and later charged with a terrorism offence targeting Reform UK leader Nigel Farage was motivated by an extreme left-wing mindset and hostility to Reform, prosecutors said on Friday.
BBC News: Two men deny Iran-backed surveillance of Jewish and Israeli sites in London
Nematollah Shahsavani, 41, and Alireza Farasati, 22, are accused of engaging in conduct likely to assist a foreign intelligence service under the National Security Act 2023. Prosecutors allege the pair carried out hostile reconnaissance at several locations between 9 July and 15 August last year. Targets allegedly included the Israeli embassy and consulate, a woman said to be of interest to Iran, a college, and Britain's oldest synagogue.
Deutsche Welle: UK: Two Latvian men arrested for breaking into RAF base
The men were arrested for breaching a perimeter fence at a UK air base that houses US and NATO intelligence operations. The incident comes after an alleged terror plot at another air base in England was foiled recently.
BBC News: Gardaí allowed cars to be taken into NI for terrorist activity, Omagh inquiry hears
An Garda Síochána (Irish police) allowed cars to be taken into Northern Ireland for terrorist activity, the Omagh Bombing Inquiry has heard.
Poland
Reuters: Polish police arrest multiple teens over ‘Bloody Friday’ school attack threats
Polish police have arrested a string of young people, mainly for making threats related to school attacks, they said on Friday, as authorities sought to calm fears spurred by rumours online of a “Bloody Friday” after two stabbing sprees in as many days.
Russia
Guardian: Founder of Russian war blog Rybar arrested in Montenegro
A leading pro-Kremlin Russian military blogger with reported ties to Russia’s intelligence services has been arrested in Montenegro, after warnings of attempts to destabilise the Balkan country, officials have said.
Afghanistan
Pakistan on Friday rejected Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi’s allegations that Islamabad has links to ISKP, saying security in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan and Nuristan provinces is the Taliban’s responsibility.
Afghanistan International: ISIS-K Remains One Of Islamic State’s Strongest Branches, Says UN
UN Assistant Secretary-General Alexander Zuev says Islamic State- Khorasan remains one of Islamic State’s most powerful branches and that its activities in Afghanistan threaten security across the region.
Gaza Strip/West Bank
Reuters: Palestinians set to delay legislative elections due to worsening conditions, letter says
Palestinian Vice President Hussein Al Sheikh has informed France that a Palestinian legislative election planned for November 28 will be postponed, possibly until September 2027, because of worsening conditions throughout the Palestinian territories, according to a letter seen by Reuters.
Israeli settlers have planted dozens of Israeli flags at the entrance of a streetside Palestinian cafe in the occupied West Bank, obscuring it from one side in what its owner described as a blatant act of intimidation.
Rioters from the extremist ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem faction shut down a Shas party event attended by chairman Aryeh Deri and MK Michael Malkieli in the ultra-Orthodox central West Bank settlement of Modiin Illit today, Haredi media reports.
Iran
Iran International: Iranian security forces face wave of deadly attacks in restive southeast
At least five Iranian military and police personnel were killed and several others wounded in four armed attacks across southeastern Iran within 24 hours, local rights group Haalvsh reported, as violence targeting security forces continued across the area.
Israel
Israel's Southern District Attorney’s Office filed indictments on Thursday against three Negev residents accused of supplying weapons to the terrorist who carried out the October 2024 attack on the Beersheba Central Bus Station, killing 19-year-old Border Police officer Shira Chaya Suslik and wounding several others.
The Shin Bet internal security service, in a Thursday report, detailed an alleged plot by citizens of the Bedouin town of Segev Shalom to form a “military battalion in the town” in the style of West Bank “terrorist battalions.”
Prosecutors on Thursday charged a 22-year-old pharmacology student at the Palestinian al-Quds University in East Jerusalem with planning to manufacture explosives and chemical weapons to kill Jews, starting with an attack on law enforcement, in revenge for parking tickets given to members of his mosque.
Yemen
Reuters: Houthi strikes on Riyadh airport killed three Saudis as war escalates
Thursday’s attacks on Riyadh airport killed three people, Saudi authorities said on Friday, as Yemen’s Houthi group stepped up missile strikes on the kingdom and tried to shut down its airspace in an escalating war triggered by the US-Iran conflict.
Australia
Daily Telegraph: Hanson pledges to shut down Islamic extremist prayer halls
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson wants sweeping new powers to shutter Islamic prayer halls where hatred is preached and deport foreign religious extremists who incite violence.
Africa
Nation: Nigeria, Burkina Faso deepen collaboration against terrorism, organised crime
Nigeria and Burkina Faso have resolved to deepen their cooperation against security, violent extremism and transitional organised crime as part of efforts to address security challenges in the two countries.
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