Terrorism

A growing number of Albanian crime figures are finding refuge and laundering money in the United Arab Emirates, knowing that authorities in Albania and elsewhere in Europe will struggle to secure their extradition.

Turkey condemned the attack carried out by the "supporters of the terrorist organization" at the "April 23 International Children's Festival" in Basel, Switzerland.

The perpetrators of the recent attacks in Turkey's Istanbul and Bursa provinces were identified as members of subcontractor organizations of the PKK terror group, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said on April 22.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will hold a phone talk with his Israeli counterpart, Isaac Herzog, following Israeli interventions on Palestinian worshippers at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque last week, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on April 19.

An inscription reading 'Islamic State, State of Raqqa, Islamic Services Commission, Unified Taxation Office' painted on a wall of a destroyed building in Raqqa, Syria. Photo: EPA-EFE/AHMED MARDNLI

The Foreign Ministry "rejected the unfounded allegations" about Turkey in the 2021 Human Rights Report published by the U.S. Department of State on April 12.

A gunman who allegedly killed two people in Tel Aviv and sent the city into lockdown died Friday in a shootout with Israeli security forces who hunted him all night, police said.

With Albania in the final stages of drafting a new strategy for tackling violent extremism, experts say authorities must do more to address the online propaganda that is helping to radicalise some Albanians.

At a moment of deep polarisation in Montenegro, authorities are being urged to address online extremism in the country's new counter-terrorism strategy.

ISIS continues to rely on “logistical hubs” inside Turkey for its finances, the U.S. Treasury said in January 2021