radicalization
Boredom opens the door to isolation, depression, and terrorism
Opinion
January 27, 2021
Boredom opens the door to isolation, depression, and terrorism
When governments talk about how to reduce the risk of terrorism, the most oft-voiced policies are security-based: detecting and cracking…
Protesters against German neo-Nazi rally gather in Kassel
World
July 21, 2019
Protesters against German neo-Nazi rally gather in Kassel
Some 8,000 people took to the streets of Kassel to protest against a neo-Nazi rally in the western German city.…
German ‘Islamic State’ bride jailed for 5 years
Middle East
July 5, 2019
German ‘Islamic State’ bride jailed for 5 years
A 32-year-old German woman on Friday was sentenced to five years in prison for being a member of the “Islamic State”…
Australia repatriating 8 youth from Islamic State families
Egypt
June 24, 2019
Australia repatriating 8 youth from Islamic State families
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Eight Australian offspring of two slain Islamic State group fighters had been removed from Syria in…
A month after IS ‘caliphate’ defeated, challenges aplenty
Middle East
April 22, 2019
A month after IS ‘caliphate’ defeated, challenges aplenty
Sleeper cells, prisons teeming with jihadists, camps crammed with their wives and children — perils abound in Syria, nearly a…
Pakistan seizes religious schools in crackdown on militants
Middle East
March 7, 2019
Pakistan seizes religious schools in crackdown on militants
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan intensified its crackdown against Islamist militants on Thursday, with the government announcing it had taken control…
German prisons: 150 dangerous Islamists need deradicalizing, say police
World
February 21, 2018
German prisons: 150 dangerous Islamists need deradicalizing, say police
German jails are struggling to cope with scores of radical Islamist extremists. Their number is expected to grow following the…
UK to unveil new tech to fight extremist content online
World
February 13, 2018
UK to unveil new tech to fight extremist content online
The British government is unveiling new technology to remove extremist material from social media. It says that the system uses…
Belgium lowers terror threat level to pre-attacks status
World
January 23, 2018
Belgium lowers terror threat level to pre-attacks status
Belgium has reduced its terror threat level after three years on high alert. Prime Minister Charles Michel said there will…
Austrian teen charged with plotting terror attack with 12-year-old in Germany
World
January 8, 2018
Austrian teen charged with plotting terror attack with 12-year-old in Germany
The Austrian teen was reportedly radicalized in prison before plotting with a 12-year-old German-Iraqi to bomb a Christmas market in…