January 9, 2018 German court temporarily stops terror suspect deportation Germany's top court has halted the deportation of a Turkish man convicted of supporting terrorism, saying a lower court didn't properly consider whether he could be tortured if sent to Turkey.
January 9, 2018 Bitcoin can help terrorists secretly fund their deadly attacks As a high-tech money laundering device, bitcoin is a terrorist’s dream come true.
January 9, 2018 Case against Palestinian teen spotlights her activist family Israel's hard-charging prosecution of a 16-year-old Palestinian girl who slapped and kicked two Israeli soldiers has trained a spotlight on her activist family and its role in what Palestinians call "popular resistance," the near-weekly protests against Israeli occupation staged in several West Bank villages.
January 8, 2018 Jordan says it foiled 'massive' terror plot linked to IS Jordan's state news agency says the country's intelligence service has foiled a "massive" scheme of simultaneous attacks on military installations, shopping centers and other targets by a cell linked to Islamic State extremists.
January 8, 2018 Defendant in Istanbul bombing trial asks to be set free Turkish media say a suspect accused of organizing a suicide bomb attack that killed 12 Germans has requested his release from jail, arguing that he needs to take care of his children who he says are at risk of joining the Islamic State group.
January 7, 2018 Christians in Egypt celebrate Christmas after year marred by violence Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Christians—joined by President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi—packed into the heavily fortified Christ’s Nativity Cathedral for Christmas Eve mass Saturday after a violent year in which they were repeatedly targeted by Islamic State.
January 7, 2018 France's Macron leads tribute 3 years after Charlie Hebdo attacks French President Emmanuel Macron has paid respects to the 17 people killed when Islamic extremists attacked satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo and a kosher supermarket three years ago, in the first of several attacks to rock France.
January 5, 2018 Pakistan expresses disappointment at US aid cutoff A senior Pakistani senator expressed disappointment Friday at the U.S. decision to suspend military aid, saying it will be detrimental to bilateral relations, while the government itself said it was too early to gauge the effects of the decision.
January 5, 2018 ISIS offshoot declares war on Hamas in video showing execution of alleged collaborator An Islamic State group offshoot in Egypt has officially declared war on Gaza-based Palestinian terror group Hamas, releasing a 22-minute video purporting to show the execution of an alleged collaborator.
January 5, 2018 US designates al-Shabab deputy leader as 'global terrorist' The United States government has designated the deputy leader of the Somalia-based al-Shabab extremist group a "global terrorist."
