Counterterrorism

A man held over the alleged murder of Reform UK spokesman Ann Widdecombe has been re-arrested under terror laws.

The new White House Counterterrorism (CT) Strategy document looks to seize the initiative from terrorists and criminal cartels by taking aggressive action against hostile regimes, keeping America’s borders secure to minimize threats at home, and pushing malign foreign influence out of the Western Hemisphere. 

Joe Kent’s resignation from his national security post over opposition to military action against Iran follows earlier public statements in which he warned about threats posed by the country and supported striking its ballistic missile and nuclear capabilities.

President Donald Trump’s opposition in the media and political class are celebrating Joe Kent’s resignation as the director of the National Counterterrorism Center over the war in Iran.

Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi said his nation is ready to enter into a full security and economic partnership with the United States, arguing that it occupies what he called “perhaps the most strategically positioned territory in the region” — positioned along a maritime corridor that carries 30 percent of global container traffic, with abundant critical minerals and a stable, pro-Western foothold in a volatile corner of the world.

Sen. Lindsey Graham urged a formal U.S.–Israel defense pact, arguing that U.S. aid delivers “tenfold” returns in intelligence, counterterrorism, and advanced technology.

ICE has launched a new national campaign titled Defend the Homeland aimed at bringing in thousands of new agents and officers by the end of the year.

During an interview on the Alex Marlow Show, Deputy Assistant to President Donald Trump and Senior Director for Counterterrorism Dr. Sebastian Gorka detailed what is being done to stop terrorism and protect the American people, explaining how terrorists do not typically act on large scale projects.

The U.S. National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC) revealed that a faction of Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) based in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, was murdering pregnant women to harvest their organs and sell their children to U.S. couples.

The Senate voted 52-44 to confirm former special operations soldier Joe Kent to serve as the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC).

Dr. Sebastian Gorka, President Donald Trump’s Senior Director for Counterterrorism at the National Security Council in the White House, told Breitbart News exclusively about inside details of the operation to capture the mastermind of the Abbey Gate terrorist attack at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, in the summer of 2021.

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WASHINGTON — Dr. Sebastian Gorka, the White House’s Senior Director for Counterterrorism on the National Security Council and a Deputy Assistant to President Donald Trump, took Breitbart News viewers inside both the Oval Office and the White House Situation Room with exclusive inside details of President Trump’s decision to eliminate an ISIS terrorism less than two weeks into his second term as president.

Incoming National Security Advisor Mike Waltz told Breitbart News exclusively that every intelligence NSC official under outgoing President Joe Biden will be expected to vacate the premises by 12:01 p.m. Eastern on Inauguration Day.

Taylor Swift’s concerts at Wembley Stadium in London later this month are set to go ahead as planned – with probable added security measures specifically deployed to foil potential terrorists.

October 7 was not a mere terror attack but a “full-scale invasion” of Israel by an enemy state, according to retired United States Army Major and urban and subterranean warfare expert John Spencer.

A leader within Japan’s Yakuza crime syndicate is accused of trafficking nuclear materials, including uranium and weapons-grade plutonium.

London police launched an appeal to find three women wearing print-outs of terrorist paragliders sellotaped to their clothes.

Northern Ireland Police seized weapons from New IRA terrorists that reportedly came to the country from the frontlines in the war in Ukraine.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) said that the Taliban has “been reasonably effective in counterterrorism” and “reasonably responsive to Western needs to have signals and human intelligence about counterterrorism threats.” But they have

Police officers in Belgium arrested eight people during counterterrorism raids across the country aimed at thwarting possible attacks.

During an appearance on FNC’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) said he had proof the FBI targeted parents who protested COVID policies at public schools even though Attorney General Merrick Garland that it did not happen.

On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Your World,” Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said that ISIS-K, “particularly in Afghanistan, is trying to re-constitute. They are trying to grow their capability.” And that while America does have over-the-horizon counterterrorism

French Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly expressed her government’s growing frustration with the Mali junta on Tuesday, railing that the junta’s reluctance to permit elections on schedule was jeopardizing counterterrorism efforts in the volatile region and disrespecting the sacrifices made by French soldiers.

On Monday’s “CNN Newsroom,” Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) said he isn’t confident the U.S. will be able to keep track of what’s happening in Afghanistan and has a solid counterterrorism plan for the country and predicted that “the country is

Australian Special Air Services Regiment (SAS) veteran Ben Roberts-Smith, the most decorated living Australian service member, opened his defamation case on Monday against the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, and the Canberra Times for libeling him with allegations of war crimes committed during his tours in Afghanistan.

The British government has confirmed that the nation’s terror threat has been increased from ‘substantial’ to ‘severe’, following a string of violent Islamist incidents in France and the Islamist terror attack in Vienna, Austria, on Monday.

Google frequently passes the personal data of “far-right” users to American counterterrorism authorities, according to leaked documents reported in the Guardian. 

Ezra Cohen-Watnick, a defense intelligence veteran and former Trump National Security Council aide, is headed back to the Pentagon to serve as deputy assistant secretary of defense for counternarcotics and global threats.

Emergency legislation that will stop the automatic early release of convicted terrorists in the UK is set to become law.

President Donald Trump has widened his so-called ‘travel ban’ in an effort to force foreign governments to tighten up their security checks on travelers. 

Italy has repatriated a radicalized Moroccan imam who posted antisemitic and anti-Christian messages on social media as well as praising the Islamic State terror group.

New U.S. counterterrorism sanctions on a “wide range of terrorists and their supporters” were announced Tuesday night on the eve of Sept. 11 terror attack commemorations.

Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu has said that British Muslims should not feel that they have to “assimilate” into British society and that “bullying, racism, [and] bigotry” could be to blame for some people being vulnerable to terror recruitment. 

China is using its clout over the United Nations to promote and legitimize its so-called “re-education” centers in Xinjiang where communist authorities are subjecting Uighurs and other Muslim minorities to extrajudicial incarceration, torture, forced political indoctrination, the renunciation of their faith, and other human rights abuses, Chinese state media revealed on Monday. 

The Iraqi court that has now sentenced four French citizens to death for being members of the Islamic State terrorist group has jurisdiction to rule in the case, France confirmed on Monday.