World news about “Terrorism” published by euronews.
Prime suspect in Turkey car bombing detained Turkish police have the man they believe to be the prime suspect in the double car bombing which killed more than 50 people near the Syrian border in… 17/05/2013
Egypt: Militants planned French and US embassy attacks, reports suggest An Al Qaeda-linked militant cell has reportedly been planning suicide attacks on French and US embassies in Egypt. The claim comes after authorities… 16/05/2013
US Attorney General questioned over AP phone records seizure America’s Attorney General has been grilled by lawmakers over the secret seizure of phone records from the Associated Press news agency. Eric Holder told… 16/05/2013
Nigeria: State of emergency declared in northeastern states Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has declared a state of emergency in three northeastern states. More troops have been ordered in following a series of… 15/05/2013
Leak that prompted AP phone records seizure put ‘American people at risk’ The US Justice Department has come out in defence of its actions to seize phone records of The Associated Press. The seizure is believed to be linked to an… 15/05/2013
Body of suspected Boston marathon bomber eventually buried After being refused burial at several sites in Massachusetts, the body of suspected Boston marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev has been laid to rest. Police… 09/05/2013
Six ETA members arrested in France Six alleged members of the Basque separatist group ETA have been arrested in France. This comes after their suspected leader, who is considered a terrorist… 07/05/2013
Anti-biochemical terrorism exerciseA man using his phone walks past South Korean soldiers wearing protective gears during an anti-biochemical terrorism exercise at a subway station in Seoul… 07/05/2013
Three more arrests in connection to Boston bomb attacks Police investigating the Boston bomb attacks last month say they have arrested three more people. Unconfirmed reports say those being held are not… 01/05/2013
Boston bomb suspect transferred to prison facility from hospital The Boston Marathon bombing suspect has been transfered from hospital to a prison facility. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been undergoing treatment for gunshot… 26/04/2013
Boston Marathon attack amputee ‘focuses on recovery’As investigations continue into the Boston Marathon bombings the victims injured in the blasts are making a slow recovery from serious shrapnel… 26/04/2013
New York may have been next target after Boston marathon bombing The suspects in the Boston marathon bombing were on their way to New York to carry out another attack, according to police. The two men planned on using a… 25/04/2013
Mother of Boston bomb suspects berates US authorities The parents of the Boston suspects have denied that their sons planted the bombs, believing they were framed. Appearing together in the Russian region of… 25/04/2013
Boston marathon bombing shines light on different forms of terrorism The Boston marathon bombing brought terrorism back into the minds of many Americans. Experts are warning that less traditional methods are increasingly… 24/04/2013
Thousands attend memorial for murdered Boston policeman Sean Collier A Boston police officer shot dead allegedly by the marathon bombing suspects has been remembered at a memorial ceremony attended by the … 24/04/2013
Canada terrorist suspect says police conclusions based on ‘appearances’ Two men accused of plotting an attack on a passenger train that links Toronto and New York have appeared in separate courts. Chiheb Esseghaier, a Tunisian… 23/04/2013
Spain holds two on suspected terrorist links Spanish police have arrested two men for suspected links to al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. One of the men was held in Zaragoza. The Interior Ministry… 23/04/2013
Iran denies involvement in Canadian train plot Iran’s government has rejected any link to an alleged al-Qaeda plot to derail a passenger train in North America. Canadian authorities say there are no… 23/04/2013
Spain arrests two for suspected al Qaeda links Spanish police have arrested two men with suspected links to al Qaeda in the Maghreb. Spain’s Interior Ministry alleges both men were radicalised by… 23/04/2013
‘France will never give in’ – foreign minister on embassy attack Images have emerged of the explosion outside the French Embassy in the Libyan capital of Tripoli. The blast from a suspected car bomb injured two guards and… 23/04/2013
Canadian police foil al-Qaeda linked terror plot Canadian police have arrested and charged two men with plotting to attack a passenger train in the greater Toronto area which they said could have resulted in… 23/04/2013
Canada thwarts train terror plot Canadian security forces have charged two residents they say were involved in an al Qaeda-linked plot to “carry out a terrorist attack” against a passenger… 22/04/2013
Canada thwarts train terror plot on line linking Toronto with New York Canadian security forces have charged two residents they say were involved in an al Qaeda-linked plot to “carry out a terrorist attack” against a passenger… 22/04/2013
Watertown residents recall lockdown drama People living in the Boston suburb of Watertown – the scene of the dramatic shoot-out between police and bombing suspects – have been recalling their… 22/04/2013
FBI seeks motive for Boston bomb attack Investigators are trying to establish a motive for the Boston Marathon bombings. Specialist teams are waiting to interview Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the 19… 21/04/2013
Extra security as London marathon goes ahead Hundreds of extra police officers are on duty at the London Marathon following the Boston bombings. More than 35,000 runners will pound the streets of… 21/04/2013
Boston bombing suspect remains in hospital The suspect in Boston’s marathon bombing lies in hospital in what the Governor of Massachusetts Deval Patrick describes as a “stable, but serious condition”… 21/04/2013
Mother of Boston bombers says sons were ‘set-up’ by FBI The mother of the Tsarnaev brothers has pleaded her sons’ innocence saying they have been framed for the marathon bombings in Boston. She said neither of… 20/04/2013
Boston capture of Marathon bomber After four days of living in fear, the people of Boston expressed their relief as the second suspect of the marathon bombings was driven away, bleeding, in an… 20/04/2013
Czech Ambassador: Chechnya Is Not Czech RepublicThe ambassador of the Czech Republic to the United States stressed Friday that his country is different from Chechnya, the region with which one of the Boston… 20/04/2013
Obama praises people of Boston as bombing suspect is caught Captured alive but wounded and described “as bleeding and in a serious condition”. The suspect in the Boston marathon bombing, Dzharkhov Tsarnaev, is being… 20/04/2013
Russian analyst explores Boston suspects’ Caucasus connections The Tsarnaev brothers come from a Chechen family which once lived in the Russian region of Dagestan where the authorities are battling an Islamist… 20/04/2013
US terrorism probes study infamous dates The possibility of intentional causes is not being ruled out at the chemical fertiliser factory in Texas. Until more is known, the town of West is designated… 18/04/2013
European markets at close: 16.04.2013 The New York Stock Exchange floor observed a moment of silence to honor those killed and wounded in blasts that rocked the Boston Marathon a day earlier. 16/04/2013
Syrian rebel group Al-Nusra allies itself to al-Qaeda In Syria, al-Nusra has pledged allegiance to al-Qaeda. The jihadist group fighting in Syria confirmed its links with but distanced itself from a full merger… 10/04/2013
‘The Weekend’ reunites ex-terrorist’s friends and family After 18 years in prison, former terrorist Jens Kessler is being released. His sister organises a welcome home weekend with old friends – among them his… 10/04/2013
Life sentence for ‘The Jewish Terrorist’ A Jerusalem court has given a life sentence to a man dubbed ‘The Jewish Terrorist’ for killing two Palestinians in 2007. Yaakov ‘Jack’ Tytell, 40, who moved… 09/04/2013
UK govt stumbles again in Qatada deportation case The British government has had yet another legal setback in its long-running attempt to have the radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada thrown out of the UK. In… 27/03/2013
Belgium: military equipment found in dead terror suspect’s flat Belgian authorities searching the home of a terror suspect who was shot dead after a high-speed pursuit say they found incriminating paraphernalia at his flat… 27/03/2013
German defence minister visits troops in Mali German Defence Minister Thomas de Maiziere German troops in Mali on Monday, who have been sent to support French soldiers fighting Islamist rebels. Germany… 18/03/2013
Islamic extremist group in Nigeria announce deaths of kidnapped foreigners An Islamic extremist group in Nigeria calling itself Ansaru has announced on its website that it killed seven foreigners kidnapped in the northern part of the… 09/03/2013
Al Qaeda’s north Africa wing head ‘killed in Mali’ The leader of the north African wing of al Qaeda, Abdehamid Abou Zeid, has reportedly been killed. Abou Zeid died fighting French forces in the… 01/03/2013
Mali: Douentza celebrates liberationA boy holds a homemade French flag in the recently liberated town of Douentza, Mali. REUTERS/Joe Penney 30/01/2013
Mali: Diabaly after the battle – nocomment French ground troops and Malian army soldiers have been securing locations recaptured from rebels. At Diabaly, a town of mud-brick homes 350 km north of… 24/01/2013
French troops on the ground in BamakoA French soldier peers into the barrel of a tank at a Malian air base in Bamako as France hit Islamist rebels in Mali with fresh air strikes and deployed… 16/01/2013
Is Europe safe from ‘lone wolf’ terrorism? After a string of recent cases in Europe and across the world, ‘lone wolf’ attacks have been identified as one of the most worrying terrorism trends today… 14/11/2012
South Korean military drills – nocomment South Korea conducted a security drill simulating a toxic gas attack and civilian kidnappings. It comes amid high tensions on the peninsula after recent… 25/10/2012
US Security Chief ‘never satisfied’ With the United States under constant threat of attack, not many people have a job as challenging as Janet Napolitano, the Homeland Security Secretary. In… 12/10/2012
Pakistanis hold vigil for activist Malala Yousufzai – nocomment Candlelit vigils were held for the young activist in both Islamabad and Karachi on Thursday night, while Christians in the capital city held a special prayer… 12/10/2012
The September 11 attacks, 11 years laterThe 9/11 Memorial can be seen from the 90th story of One World Trade Center in New York. The addition of iron columns to the 100th story pushed the height of… 11/09/2012
Munich Olympics disaster in 1972 The Munich games in 1972 were the first organised in Germany nearly three decades after the Second World War. The Germans wanted a pacifist event, unlike the… 05/09/2012
US has ‘depleted’ al-Qaeda’s ranks by killing deputy leader The United States claims to have killed one of al- Qaeda’s “most experienced and versatile leaders” after successfully targeting the group’s deputy head Abu… 06/06/2012
US kill al-Qaeda second-in-command The deputy leader of al-Qaeda has been killed by US missiles according to the White House and Pakistani officials. Abu Yahya al-Libi was in a hideout in… 06/06/2012
Cyber crime and the threat of virtual terrorism Crime in the cyber world is booming. It is said to be even more lucrative than the global drugs trade. While authorities struggle to tackle that they are… 02/05/2012
Tokyo’s Sky Tree terrorism drill – nocomment Japanese police, fire fighters and military officials deployed attack dogs and bomb disposal units to test how they would protect Japan’s Sky Tree tower from… 01/05/2012
Tariq al-Hashimi, Iraqi Vice-President: ‘Iran is behind sectarian strife’ Tariq al-Hashimi, Sunni Vice-President of Iraq, is fighting for political survival after being accused of having links to terrorism, an allegation he… 25/04/2012
MEP’s vote in favour of data agreement Personal information about passengers flying on airlines between Europe and the United States will be stored by the US. The Passenger Name Record, or … 19/04/2012
British embassy under attack in KabulAn Afghan government defender looks for attackers who fired a rocket-propelled grenade into a house used by British diplomats in Kabul city centre… 16/04/2012
France: suspected Islamist militants arrested – nocomment April 4: French police arrested 10 suspected Islamist militants in several cities, including Marseille. 05/04/2012
How to tackle terrorism in the 21st century? It could not be further removed from the streets of Toulouse. It was on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan that Mohamed Merah trained in… 23/03/2012
Shootout drama in Toulouse – nocomment A series of loud explosions and gunfire signalled the start of a police assault on an armed Islamic extremist in Toulouse, France. Mohammed Merah, suspected… 23/03/2012
Did France fail to spot terrorist threat? The Toulouse shootings suspect Mohamed Merah has refocused fears that there are dozens of so called ‘Lone Wolf’ terrorists in Europe. Like Anders Brevik in… 22/03/2012
The danger of the ‘Lone Wolf’ “How is it possible that an extremist, known to the security services, can be out there without being arrested? Our Paris correspondent Giovanni Magi put… 22/03/2012
Toulouse murder suspect known to French intelligence for years The low-rise apartment block where the main suspect in France’s drive-by school murders and paratrooper shootings was surrounded by security forces filled… 21/03/2012
Anti-terrorism drill in South KoreaA South Korean soldier attends an anti-terrorism drill held in preparation for the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit as primary school students walk past at a… 09/03/2012
South Korean special forces show their stuff – nocomment South Korea’s special forces demonstrated their response to a possible security alert at a conference centre in the capital, Seoul. 07/03/2012
Bomb near Turkey PM’s office – nocomment A percussion bomb exploded in Ankara close to the offices of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. One person was slightly injured. 05/03/2012
Should Europe fear Islamic extremists? With EYP – the European Youth Parliament Masha from France: I’d like to know if Muslim extremism is a real issue in Europe. Michaël Privot, Director of… 06/01/2012
Radical Islam in Europe With ISPI – the Institute for International Political Studies ispi Victor, from Fontainebleau in France, asks: I’d like to know if the countries of the… 01/12/2011
Oslo bomb attack: four months after the blast Everyday life in Oslo four months after the bomb blast(Filmed in Oslo (filmed by Naser) 22/11/2011
Protest march against terrorism in Izmir Hundreds protest against extremism in Izmir, western extremity of Anatolia (filmed by Oguz Coskun). 26/10/2011
ETA prisoner questions in Spanish elections ‘Goodbye ETA’ the newspaper headlines read. The days immediately following the decision by the armed separatist band in Spain to stop using violence to push… 24/10/2011
ETA’s end to violence stirs strong feelings in Spain For my family, it is too little, too late. That is the feeling of Cati Romero, who lost her husband in ETA’s reign of terror. News that the group has now… 22/10/2011
ETA finally accepts ‘nunca mas’ “Our democracy will be without terrorism but it will not forget.” This was Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero’s response to the promise by… 21/10/2011
Madrid boycotts San Sebastian ETA meeting ETA, which stands for “Basque Homeland and Freedom” in the Basque language, last set off a bomb in 2006, killing two people at Madrid’s Barajas airport… 17/10/2011
Amanpour on post-9/11 world Journalist Christiane Amanpour gives her views on some of he effects of 9/11 on the eve of the tenth anniversary. She has covered a great many of the world’s… 09/09/2011
9/11 Attacks: 10:28 EDT – nocomment The North Tower of the World Trade Center takes nine seconds to collapse to the ground, one hour and 41 minutes after the impact with flight 11. Around 2,600… 09/09/2011
9/11 Attacks: The aftermath – nocomment Firefighters and police begin the process of clearing 1.5 million tonnes of debris from “Ground Zero”, where the Twin Towers once stood. Eleven people were… 09/09/2011
9/11 Attacks: 09:02 EDT – nocomment United Airlines flight 175 hits the World Trade Center’s South Tower between floors 77-85 at a speed of around 950 km/h. All 65 passengers and crew were… 09/09/2011
9/11 Attacks: 09:43 EDT – nocomment The immediate aftermath of American Airlines flight 77 hitting the Pentagon. 64 passengers and crew and 125 Pentagon personnel are killed. 09/09/2011
9/11 Attacks: 09:59 EDT – nocomment The South Tower of the World Trade Centre takes 10 seconds to collapse, 56 minutes after the collision with flight 175. 09/09/2011
Day of Infamy, 9/11 In Manhattan, at just past a quarter to nine on 11 September, 2001, an American Airlines passenger jet hits the North Tower of the World Trade Center, at a… 06/09/2011
New York Muslims recall 9/11 backlash Freedom of religion is a constitutionally guaranteed right in the US, a principle of government for hundreds of years. While this principal has been subjected… 05/09/2011
Counting the cost of 9/11 Ken George, in his house in New York’s Long Island, takes 32 pills a day. He was a 9/11 emergency worker (first responder) and as a result of that, he has… 02/09/2011
Christie Coombs, 9/11 widow Christie Coombs lost her husband Jeff in the 9/11 attacks. He was a passenger on the plane that hit the World Trade Centre’s North Tower. She told euronews’… 02/09/2011
Post 9/11: the cost of the ‘War on Terror’ 225,000 lives and up to four trillion dollars. That is, in its most simplistic terms, the cost so far of the so-called ‘War on Terror’, triggered by the 9/11… 30/08/2011
Turkish PKK attacks ‘just the beginning’After the deaths of nine soldiers near the town of Cukurca in south-east Turkey on Wednesday, Turkish warplanes bombarded PKK bases in Northern Iraq. The… 18/08/2011
Afghanistan: Taliban attacks NATO supply trucks – nocomment Firefighters spray water on fuel tankers which were set ablaze in Logar province, south of Kabul. 04/08/2011
Norway massacre: Oslo flower memorial cleared – nocomment The enormous amount of flowers, cards and other tributes remembering those killed in Norway’s attacks has been cleared from outside Oslo Cathedral. 03/08/2011
Europe Weekly: action against terrorists The tragic events in Norway and the wider risk of far right extremists is this week’s big story on Europe Weekly. In the search for answers the EU Council… 29/07/2011
Norway reviews security after Oslo attacks – nocomment Oslo’s central station was evacuated early after a suspicious suitcase was discovered on a bus, and all train and bus services were halted. 28/07/2011
The Network debates Afghanistan A symbol of Afghanistan’s post-Taliban rebirth in flames and under fire. Insurgents attacked the Intercontinental Hotel in the capital Kabul during a… 21/07/2011
Europol’s Rob Wainwright – how safe are we? In the aftermath of Osama Bin Laden’s death and in the perspective of the on-going crises in Northern Africa, Ali Sheikholeslami of Euronews talked to the… 06/07/2011
EU’s ‘Mr Anti-Terrorism’ on how to keep Europe safe The fight against terrorism is the subject of the latest edition of I talk, presented by Alex Taylor. I-Talk gives you, the viewer, the chance to quiz those… 03/06/2011
Return of the airport body scanners Body scanners could be coming to an airport near you. Rejected three years ago, the EU parliament has now done a U-turn and said the controversial equipment… 24/05/2011
Do we need to adopt a “disaster-readiness attitude”? These are some of the questions you asked Valérie November: 1- Do risk management programmes reduce the impact of disasters? 2- Do we need to adopt a… 09/05/2011
Bin-Laden: signs of a US domestic offensive? Barack Obama launched the operation to eliminate Osama bin Laden by uttering the codeword “Geronimo”. In doing so, he also fired off a salvo in the battle… 03/05/2011
Little sympathy for bin Laden in Yemeni and Afghan capitals In Yemen pro-democracy activists have urged protesters not to display banners of Osama bin Laden, to avoid giving the government an excuse to crack down. It… 03/05/2011
US expects eventual al-Qaeda counter attack American police patrols have increased in major US cities, but on a five-point scale for terrorist threats the military remained hovering around three –… 03/05/2011
Muslims react to al Qaeda leader’s death There has been a mixed reaction among Muslims around the world to the news of the death of Osama bin Laden. They range from deep suspicion to relief. Read… 03/05/2011
