Latest in: Counterterrorism
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Suicide bombing kills 26 in Lahore
Twenty six people including seven members of anti-riot police and a woman were killed and another 40 injured when a bomb exploded near abandoned Fruit and Vegetable market on Monday afternoon. According to Police, the bombing...July 24, 2017 1725 0 -
Tech giants form Internet Forum to counter terrorism
The world’s leading four tech companies including Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube are forming a Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism with the objective to make their hosted consumer services hostile to terrorists and violent extremists....June 27, 2017 9815 0 -
Britain is treating attack on Muslims as terrorism
An aerial view of the site of thee attack in Finsbury Park, London Photo: Screenshot/BBC Britain is treating attack on people outside a mosque as an act of terrorism directed toward Muslims, with the top political...June 19, 2017 1362 0 -
London attack: PM May urges changing mindset; denying Internet space to extremist ideology
Photo: Screenshot/BBC British Prime Minister Theresa May has said defeating terrorism effectively requires changing mindset of extremists who inflict violence by perverting Islam, as Police arrested 12 people after a van and stabbing attack in London...June 4, 2017 1410 0 -
Trump vows to fight terror in cooperation with Muslim world
Photo: Screenshot/ABC News President Donald Trump has appealed to leaders of Muslim countries excluding Iran to partner with the United States in stamping out terrorism but also emphasized that the fight against terror is not a...May 21, 2017 1261 0 -
Why is cultural diversity under attack in so many countries?
By DIAC images (Harmony Day celebration of diversity in Australia) via Wikimedia Commons These are chaotic times with democratic norms and diversity becoming big victims in the face of political stereotyping, xenophobic policies, exclusionary otherness, nationalism,...May 21, 2017 1494 0 -
As US crafts new strategy, Pakistan says peace in Afghanistan high priority
Photo: Screenshot/Official White House video U.S.-Pakistan relations and peace in Afghanistan were among key subjects that Pakistan’s ambassador Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry National Security Adviser HR McMaster discussed at a White House meeting this week. According to...May 6, 2017 1322 0 -
Trump to seek broader alliance against terror; explore ME peace
Photo : Screenshot/White House official YouTube video President Donald Trump will visit Saudi Arabia, Israel and Rome – centers for followers of three monotheistic faiths – in a major move seeking to forge common cause in...May 4, 2017 1276 0 -
Taliban militant details how India funded terror in Pakistan
Pakistani solciers in Swat, Photo Credit: Al Jazeera English via Wikimedia Commons An infamous Tehreek-e-Taliban spokesman, who has surrendered himself toPakistani security forces, has detailed in a confessional statement how India backed the TTP terror attacks...April 26, 2017 1631 0 -
US, Pakistan discuss economic cooperation, efforts to curb terrorist financing
The United States and Pakistan discussed strengthening cooperative ties as Treasury Secretary Steven Munchin and Finance Minister Ishaq Dar with economic development and efforts to choke terrorist financing figuring in the talks. Highlighting major economic achievements...April 25, 2017 1340 0