Gulf countries severed diplomatic relations with Qatar, opening up prospects for Israel

Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE, Egypt and Yemen have announced the severance of diplomatic relations with Qatar, accusing this state of supporting terrorism. Doha called this decision unreasonable, RFI reports. The countries of the Persian Gulf explained the break in diplomatic relations with Qatar by the fact that this country ...

Study: Islamic terrorism will never be eradicated completely

Islamic terrorism will never be completely eradicated, and its threat to the United States is very real. This is evidenced by the results of a new study by the American Peace Institute on the origins and evolution of jihadism. The study was conducted by 20 experts of various political persuasions and follows ...

Mississippi resident tried for joining ISIS

A court in Oxford, Mississippi, sentenced local resident Jelyn Delshon Young to 12 years in prison on charges of attempting to join the Islamic State terrorist organization. According to investigators, the 20-year-old girl, together with her husband, 22-year-old Mohammed Dakhlalla, intended to go…

In the US, on charges of terrorism first arrested policeman

Transport police officer in the Washington metro, Nicholas Young, was arrested on Wednesday, August 3, on charges of materially supporting the Islamic State terrorist organization. He was arrested at the Washington metro headquarters and is the first US police officer to be detained by ...

Netanyahu called Israel a superpower saving the world from terror

Thanks to the work of the Israeli special services, dozens of terrorist attacks were prevented in the world. According to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the country's special services, which have extensive experience in the fight against terror, provide operational information to their colleagues in many countries of the world, the Israeli news agency Sursorinfo writes. “Israel is ...

Brazilian police arrest 10 potential terrorists at the Olympics

Brazilian police have arrested a group of people on suspicion of plotting terrorist attacks during the Olympic Games. Reported by CNN. Ten people are in custody. They are accused of having links with the Islamic State terrorist organization. The interim president of the country, Michel Timer, said that ...

Scientists from Florida have found a link between terrorist attacks and social networks

Researchers at the University of Miami, Florida have created a mathematical model to study the patterns of behavior of radical groups, including terrorists, on social networks. According to researchers who published an article in the journal Science, this model can be used to predict terrorist attacks by tracking user activity. The authors of the work created their own ...

Russians Aleksandrov and Yerofeyev sentenced in Kiev to 14 years of imprisonment for terrorism

The Kiev District Court sentenced Russian citizens Alexander Alexandrov and Yevgeny Yerofeyev, who were detained in Donbass in 2015, and accused of assisting in the activities of a terrorist organization and carrying out a terrorist act, to 14 years in prison. Immediately after the arrest of Aleksandrov and Erofeev, who can now ...

Russia plans to ban departure from the country convicted of extremism

The Russian State Duma plans to consider a number of anti-terrorist bills with a view to introducing new restrictions on leaving the country. Reportedly, the ban will affect Russian citizens who have an unexpunged or outstanding conviction for extremism. First of all, we are talking about criminal articles related to ...

How to perceive terrorism in the US and the world

Residents of the United States consider international terrorism to be the main threat to the nation. These are the data of a survey conducted by Gallup in early 2016. 79% of Americans immediately express fears in connection with terrorist attacks. The greatest resonance over the past year was caused by attacks on the French capital Paris, whose victims ...

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