World news about “Terrorism”, including breaking news and archival articles published by euronews.
Obama defends 9/11 suspects NY trial Domestic issues dominated Barack Obama’s last day in China. Forced to defend the US government’s decision to move… 19/11/2009 - tags: Terrorism, Guantanamo, Barack Obama
Mauritania’s battle with a new wave of terrorism … the spread of terrorism, launched … fight against terrorism. … of an anti-terrorism battle. Then … 06/11/2009 - tags: Mauritania, Terrorism, Islamists
Terrorism threat in Mauritania … triangle of terrorism. So it … of stopping terrorism that … to fight terrorism, saw a … in the arms of terrorism. … 28/10/2009 - tags: Mauritania, Terrorism, Politics
Iranian exiles in Europe and Iraq The exiled People’s Mujahedin of Iran — opposed to religious rule — has been seeking public attention in Europe for… 26/06/2009 - tags: Iraq War, Terrorism
US to try 9/11 suspects close to Ground ZeroThe Obama administration’s decision to try the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and four others in a civilian… 14/11/2009 - tags: Terrorism, Guantanamo, Justice
Passports of al Qaeda suspects found in PakistanThe Pakistani army has found the passports of Saïd Bahaji, wanted in connection with the September 11 attacks in New… 30/10/2009 - tags: Pakistan, Terrorism
US police arrest two in Danish terror plotA newspaper in Denmark which published cartoons about Islam is believed to have been the intended target of a terrorist… 28/10/2009 - tags: Denmark, Terrorism
Afghan opium fuelling ‘perfect storm’ of drugs and terrorAfghanistan is fuelling a 43 and a half billion euro heroin and opium market serving 15 million addicts according to a… 22/10/2009 - tags: Afghanistan, Drugs, Terrorism, Economy
Pakistan pushes on with Taliban offensiveDay five of Pakistan’s offensive against Taliban bases in southern Waziristan. Pakistan military have been… 22/10/2009 - tags: Pakistan, Terrorism, Army, Taliban
Attacks force closure of Pakistani schoolsThe Pakistani authorities are no taking no chances following the suicide bombings at Islamabad’s Islamic University… 21/10/2009 - tags: Pakistan, Terrorism, education
Blasts rock Islamabad universityTwo suicide bomb blasts at an Islamic university in Islamabad have killed at least six people and wounded 20 others… 20/10/2009 - tags: Pakistan, Terrorism, Bomb blast, Attack
Paris & Madrid welcome ETA seizuresFrench and Spanish police are congratulating each other after a dawn raid in Britanny captured the suspected head of… 19/10/2009 - tags: France, Terrorism, Basque country, ETA
Conflicting claims as Pakistan battles the TalibanPakistan claims to have killed at least 60 Taliban fighters on the second day of its assault on South Waziristan. The… 19/10/2009 - tags: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Terrorism, Taliban, Attack
Growing US doubts over KarzaiAmerica has admitted its growing worries over Afghanistan, by questioning the credibility of President Hamid Karzai… 19/10/2009 - tags: Afghanistan, Terrorism, USA, Taliban
Ground offensive “imminent” says IslamabadAnother Pakistani police station has been attacked, this time in the northwestern provincial capital of Peshawar. It is… 16/10/2009 - tags: Pakistan, Terrorism, Taliban, Attack
Pakistani police hold frontline as army preparesThe Pakistani police have again come under fire today after yesterday’s deadly wave of attacks. At least 11… 16/10/2009 - tags: Pakistan, Terrorism, Attack
Spanish police arrest Basque separatist leaderThe Basque separatist leader Aranaldo Otegi has been arrested on the orders of Spain’s super judge Baltasar Garzon… 13/10/2009 - tags: Terrorism, ETA
Paris metro bomb plotter loses appealThe Algerian Rachid Ramda has lost his appeal against a life sentence for plotting the Paris Metro bombings. In… 13/10/2009 - tags: Terrorism, Paris, France, Justice
Libyan Man Loses Hand In Italian Barracks AttackA Libyan man has lost one of his hands, as well as suffering injuries to his face, after he set off a bomb at an… 12/10/2009 - tags: Italy, Terrorism, Bomb blast
French police arrest two ETA suspects at arms dumpPolice in the French city of Montpellier have arrested two men suspected of being members of the Basque separatists… 12/10/2009 - tags: France, Terrorism, ETA
ETA investigators claim triple breakthroughSpanish and French police say they have made three breakthroughs in the last 24 hours in their decades-long effort to… 11/10/2009 - tags: France, Terrorism, ETA
Policeman killed in Chechnya bomb blastA bomb attack in the Russian province of Chechnya last night has left one policeman dead and 14 other people injured… 10/10/2009 - tags: Terrorism, Chechnya, Bomb blast
Arrested al-Qaeda suspect worked for CERN It has been revealed that one of two people arrested in France this week accused of having links to al-Qaeda worked at… 09/10/2009 - tags: France, Terrorism, Al-Qaeda
Terror warning on new form of suicide bombsAirports across Europe are being warned about a new form of terror attack. French experts have raised concerns about… 06/10/2009 - tags: Airlines, Terrorism
Bomb hits UN offices in PakistanFive people have been killed after a suicide bomber attacked the UN World Food Programme offices in the Pakistani… 05/10/2009 - tags: Pakistan, Terrorism, United Nations, Bomb blast
Italian lawyers seek jail for CIA agentsPublic prosecutors in Italy have urged a court in Milan to jail 26 Americans for the kidnapping of a terrorism suspect… 01/10/2009 - tags: Italy, Terrorism, USA, Justice
Video threats to Germany on eve of electionGerman intelligence services say they’ are taking seriously threats made by Islamist extremist groups as the country… 26/09/2009 - tags: Security, Terrorism, Al-Qaeda, German elections
New Osama Bin Laden VideoAl-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has urged European nations to withdraw their troops from Afghanistan in an new audio… 25/09/2009 - tags: Germany, Terrorism, Al-Qaeda, German elections
Jordanian arrested for Dallas bomb plotThe FBI has arrested a 19 year old Jordanian, accused of trying to bomb a skyscraper in central Dallas, Texas… 25/09/2009 - tags: Security, Terrorism, USA
Police question suspected terrorist in USFederal agents in the United States are involved in an intensive investigation into a suspected terrorist cell in… 20/09/2009 - tags: Terrorism, USA, Justice
Six Italians troops among 16 killed in Kabul blastSix Italian soldiers and at least 10 Afghan civilians have been killed in a suicide car bombing in Kabul. The Taliban… 17/09/2009 - tags: Afghanistan, Terrorism, Bomb blast
Turkish police arrest six al Qaeda suspectsTurkish police have detained six people in connection with the 2003 al Qaeda bombings in Istanbul, which killed 63… 17/09/2009 - tags: Terrorism, Al-Qaeda, Istanbul, Turkey
US kills al Qaeda militant in SomaliaOne of east Africa’s most wanted al Qaeda militants, Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, is thought to have been killed by … 15/09/2009 - tags: Somalia, Terrorism, Al-Qaeda
Liquid bomb plotters jailed for more than 100 yearsThree British Muslims who plotted to murder hundreds, possibly thousands, of people by blowing up transatlantic flights… 14/09/2009 - tags: Terrorism, Justice, United Kingdom
Has the war on terror worked?After the 9/11 attacks on the United States, Washington declared al-Qaeda the ultimate threat facing the country and… 11/09/2009 - tags: Afghanistan, Terrorism, Al-Qaeda
9/11 museum ‘on track’ for 2011 openingManhattan still bears the scars of the 9/11 attacks, a constant reminder to New Yorkers of the catastrophe eight years… 11/09/2009 - tags: Terrorism, Anniversary
US remembers the 9/11 attacksEight years after nearly 3000 people died in the attacks on New York’s World Trade Centre, dramatic unseen footage has… 11/09/2009 - tags: Terrorism, Anniversary
9/11: eight years on but the pain continuesIt has been exactly eight years since the simple date September 11 became an horrific watershed moment for America and… 11/09/2009 - tags: Terrorism, Anniversary
British terror trio planned to kill thousands… Police's Anti-terrorism unit believes … counter-terrorism division, gave … 08/09/2009 - tags: Terrorism, United Kingdom
Libya to contest IRA victims’ compensation claimsLibya will challenge any compensation demands from relatives of IRA victims who say the terror group used explosives… 07/09/2009 - tags: Libya, Terrorism, IRA
Three British men guilty of aircraft bomb plotThree British citizens have been found guilty of plotting to kill thousands of people by blowing up transatlantic… 07/09/2009 - tags: Terrorism, USA, United Kingdom
Bomber kills Afghan intelligence chief.A suicide bomber in Afghanistan has killed the country’s deputy intelligence chief and around two dozen civilians… 02/09/2009 - tags: Afghanistan, Terrorism, Attack
Afghan officials killed by suicide bomberThe deputy head of Afghanistan’s intelligence agency has reportedly been killed in a suicide attack. The Taliban… 02/09/2009 - tags: Afghanistan, Terrorism, Bomb blast
Greek bombers target stock exchangeGreece has been hit by two separate bombings. The biggest blast occurred outside the stock exchange in Athens early… 02/09/2009 - tags: Greece, Terrorism, Athens, Bomb blast
French find more ETA armsAnother cache of buried weapons linked to the Basque separatist group ETA is dug up by French police. Thirteen such… 26/08/2009 - tags: France, Terrorism, ETA
Chechen bomber defies MoscowA suicide bomber has killed himself and four police officers in Chechnya. Another has been seriously injured. The… 25/08/2009 - tags: Terrorism, Chechnya, Bomb blast
Bus bombings kill 20 in IraqAt least 20 people have been killed and another 10 injured in two minibus bombings south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad… 24/08/2009 - tags: Iraq, Terrorism, Bomb blast
Britain denies deal on Lockerbie releaseThe British Government is under pressure after allegations of an alleged trade deal behind the release of Lockerbie… 22/08/2009 - tags: Libya, Terrorism, Justice, Diplomacy, United Kingdom
Outrage over Iran’s ‘wanted’ manInterpol has confirmed that the man set to become Iran’s new Defence Minister is on a list of men wanted in connection… 22/08/2009 - tags: Argentina, Iran, Terrorism
More ETA arms caches found in FranceThree more terrorist arms dumps have been found in southwestern France, bringing the total to at least six in the past… 22/08/2009 - tags: France, Terrorism, ETA
Hero’s homecoming for Libyan Lockerbie bomberFar from his prison cell in Scotland, the convicted Lockerbie bomber has been given a hero’s welcome as he arrived back… 21/08/2009 - tags: Terrorism, Justice, Scotland, Lockerbie
Spotlight on ETA after huge arms find in FranceLarge amounts of hidden weapons and explosives believed to belong to ETA have been unearthed in southern France… 21/08/2009 - tags: France, Terrorism, ETA
Lockerbie bomber heads homeThe only man ever convicted for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing has been granted compassionate release from his prison in… 20/08/2009 - tags: Libya, Terrorism, Justice, Scotland, Lockerbie
Relatives anger over Lockerbie releaseThe possible imminent release of the Lockerbie bomber is straining relations between Britain and the … 20/08/2009 - tags: Libya, Terrorism, Justice, United Kingdom
Scots to reveal Lockerbie bomber decisionThe Scottish government will reveal later today whether it will release Abdul Basset Al Megrahi – a Libyan convicted of… 20/08/2009 - tags: Libya, Terrorism, Justice, United Kingdom
Just who are the Taliban?Most Taliban members are Pashtuns, a people who for centuries dominated a vast territory straddling Pakistan and… 19/08/2009 - tags: Afghanistan, Terrorism, Taliban
Iraqi ‘security’ leaves 100 deadOn one of the bloodiest days in Baghdad this year, around a hundred people have been killed and around 600 wounded in a… 19/08/2009 - tags: Iraq, Terrorism, Attack
Three alleged ETA members arrestedA joint French-Spanish operation has led to the capture of three men suspected of being key members of the armed Basque… 19/08/2009 - tags: Terrorism, ETA
Suicide bomber kills 20 in IngushetiaA suicide bomber has inflicted the deadliest attack on the Russian republic of Ingushetia in five years. At… 17/08/2009 - tags: Russia, Terrorism, Bomb blast
Police targeted in deadly Ingushetia bombingIslamic rebels are being blamed for a bomb attack in the Russian republic of Ingushetia that has left at least 18… 17/08/2009 - tags: Russia, Terrorism, Bomb blast
Lockerbie bomber drops second appealThe man jailed for carrying out the Lockerbie bombing has reportedly withdrawn his second appeal against his… 14/08/2009 - tags: Libya, Terrorism, Justice, United Kingdom
Further violence in Russia’s unstable southern regionGunmen have shot dead Ingushetia’s Construction Minister Ruslan Amerkhanov at point blank range. The local interior… 12/08/2009 - tags: Terrorism, assassination, Ingushetia
Minister murdered in IngushetiaAnother assassination has taken place in the unstable Caucasus region of southern Russia. The Ingushetian construction… 12/08/2009 - tags: Terrorism, Ingushetia
Indonesia anti-terror raid misses main manIndonesian police, who announced they had killed a major terrorist mastermind at the weekend, now say he is still at… 12/08/2009 - tags: Indonesia, Terrorism
Confessions in German terror trialFour suspected Islamist militants on trial in Germany have begun confessing their planned crimes in court. Police say… 10/08/2009 - tags: Germany, Terrorism, Justice
Spanish police step up hunt after triple bomb blastForensic scientists are continuing their investigation into a triple bombing on the Spanish island of Majorca. There… 10/08/2009 - tags: Terrorism, Basque country, Attack, ETA
Eta claims responsibilty for police killingsThe Majorca bomb attacks came on the day Eta admitted carrying out a series of recent bombings in Spain, including one… 09/08/2009 - tags: Terrorism, ETA
Bomb attacks on beachfront bars in MajorcaA bomb has gone off in a beachfront bar in the capital of the Balearic island of Majorca and two more devices have been… 09/08/2009 - tags: Terrorism, Attack, ETA
Bomb explodes in Majorca beachfront barA bomb has gone off in a beachfront restaurant and bar in the capital of the Balearic island of Majorca. Spanish… 09/08/2009 - tags: Terrorism, Attack, ETA
Eta claims responsibilty for recent bombingsThe Basque separatist group Eta has admitted carrying out a series of recent bombings in Spain, including one in which… 09/08/2009 - tags: Terrorism, ETA
ETA says it carried out the Mallorca bombingThe Basque separatist organisation ETA has claimed responsibility for the July 30 car bomb attack on the Spanish Island… 09/08/2009 - tags: Terrorism, ETA
Indonesia claims al-Qaeda leader killedIndonesian police are claiming that two raids in the west and centre of the country have killed three suspected… 08/08/2009 - tags: Indonesia, Terrorism
Indonesia’s deadliest terror suspect believed deadIndonesian police in central Java say they have killed the man thought to be the mastermind behind last month’s hotel… 08/08/2009 - tags: Indonesia, Terrorism
Taliban sources confirm death of leader MehsudThe Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud has been killed in a US missile attack, a close aide has confirmed… 07/08/2009 - tags: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Terrorism
Wanted Taliban chief reported deadWanted Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud has been killed in an American drone missile attack, according to Pakistani… 07/08/2009 - tags: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Terrorism
Australia fears al-Qaeda attacksThe arrest in Australia of four men suspected of plotting suicide attacks at a Sydney army base has prompted fears that… 04/08/2009 - tags: Australia, Terrorism
Australia shocked by terror arrests… the effects of terrorism. 95 of its … counter terrorism level, which … 04/08/2009 - tags: Australia, Terrorism, Attack
Alleged suicide attack plot sparks Australia arrestsIn a major anti-terror operation, Australian police have arrested four men they say were planning a suicide attack on… 04/08/2009 - tags: Australia, Terrorism, Attack
Thousands turnout across Spain to reject violenceThousands on the Spanish island of Majorca held a rally and clapped their hands to show their rejection at what is… 01/08/2009 - tags: Terrorism, Demonstration, ETA
ETA’s show of strength… the history of terrorism in Spain. The … against terrorism," said Prime … 29/07/2009 - tags: Terrorism, Basque country, ETA
Police link Jakarta blasts to Jemaah IslamiahTwo days after terror returned to Indonesia’s capital, police have confirmed Friday’s deadly attacks bear all the… 19/07/2009 - tags: Indonesia, Terrorism, Jakarta bombing
Indonesian President visits hotel blast sceneAs Indonesians struggle to come to terms with Friday’s deadly hotel bombings, the country’s President has visited the… 18/07/2009 - tags: Indonesia, Terrorism, Jakarta bombing
Tension on Bali after Jakarta bomb blastsFriday’s suicide attacks in Jakarta have revived fears of terrorism on Bali, where security has been tightened… 18/07/2009 - tags: Indonesia, Security, Terrorism, Jakarta bombing
Malaysian suspected over Indonesia blastsAs Indonesia tries to identify those behind Friday’s deadly hotel blasts, the finger of blame is being pointed at a… 18/07/2009 - tags: Indonesia, Terrorism, Jakarta bombing
UN condemns Indonesia blastsPolice say the bombers who struck at two hotels in the Indonesian capital Jakarta had checked in as guests. That’s how… 18/07/2009 - tags: Indonesia, Terrorism, Jakarta bombing
Indonesia hotel blasts kill nineIndonesia says suicide bombers were behind twin blasts that killed at least nine people in two luxury hotels. … 17/07/2009 - tags: Indonesia, Terrorism, Jakarta bombing
Jemaah Islamiyah blamed for Jakarta bombingsIndonesia has made great strides in containing terrorism recently, arresting several high-level suspects of Jemaah… 17/07/2009 - tags: Indonesia, Terrorism, Jakarta bombing
Bomb blasts the work of terrorists, Indonesia saysIndonesia has said the explosions that ripped through two luxury hotels in Jakarta were the work of terrorists. But… 17/07/2009 - tags: Indonesia, Terrorism, Jakarta bombing
Twin bomb blasts hit hotels in Jakarta — foreigners reported deadA least nine people including some foreigners have been killed by two near simultaneous bomb blasts in the Indonesian… 17/07/2009 - tags: Indonesia, Terrorism, Jakarta bombing
Twin bomb blasts hit hotels in Jakarta-foreigners reported deadA least nine people including some foreigners have been killed by two near simultanous bomb blasts in the Indonesian… 17/07/2009 - tags: Indonesia, Terrorism, Jakarta bombing
6 dead in Jakarta bomb attacksTwin bomb attacks in the Indonesian capital Jakarta has killed at least 6 people and dozens injured. Explosions… 17/07/2009 - tags: Indonesia, Terrorism, Jakarta bombing
White supremacist jailed for plotting terror attacksA white supremacist, who planned to fight a racist war against what he termed the “non-British” has been convicted in… 16/07/2009 - tags: Terrorism, United Kingdom
Calls for investigation after Cheney secrecy claimsThere have been calls for an investigation after claims that former US Vice President Dick Cheney ordered the CIA not… 13/07/2009 - tags: Terrorism, USA, CIA
NYT: “Cheney kept CIA programme secret”The former American Vice President Dick Cheney has been accused of keeping a CIA counter-terrorism programme secret… 12/07/2009 - tags: Terrorism, USA, CIA
Bombers target Basque socialistsA bomb has exploded outside the Socialist Party headquarters in Spain’s Basque country. No-one was injured but 40… 10/07/2009 - tags: Terrorism, Basque country
ETA suspects among “most active” – Spanish gov’tThree suspected members of the Basque separatist group ETA detained on Saturday are likely to have been in one of the… 05/07/2009 - tags: France, G8, Terrorism, Basque country
US troops meet Taliban resistance in Helmand offensiveUS marines, backed by British and Afghan troops are continuing to patrol Afghanistan’s Helmand Valley. They have… 03/07/2009 - tags: Afghanistan, Terrorism, USA, Military
US launches major Afghan assaultThe United States says it has launched a major offensive against the Taliban in the southern Afghan province of… 02/07/2009 - tags: Afghanistan, Terrorism, USA, Military
N.Ireland: UVF disarms, UDA says struggle is “over”The two main pro-British paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland have claimed they have decommissioned or have begun… 27/06/2009 - tags: Terrorism, Politics, Northern Ireland
