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Baku Security Forum: tackling the threats that cross borders

In partnership with Azpromo

The Baku Security Forum brought together security and intelligence officials from different countries to discuss counterterrorism, emerging threats and stronger international cooperation.

29 September 2026

Europe News

Mystery over UK airbase scare after reports no explosives found

Iran's embassy in London has said it "categorically rejects and strongly condemns" speculation that Tehran was involved in the incident.

29 September 2026

Europe News

Trump 'surprised' as UK releases RAF Fairford suspects on bail

British counter-terrorism police are investigating whether there is a link to Iran after police found explosives on three vans near an RAF base in Gloucestershire on Sunday.

28 September 2026

World News

Trial of six French Islamic State suspects opens in Baghdad

The suspects were part of a group of 47 French nationals transferred last year from Syria to Iraq, where numerous suspected IS members were already being held.

21 September 2026

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USA

25 years on, 9/11 continues to cast a long shadow over the US

Alongside the thousands of Americans killed on 9/11, dozens of Europeans lost their lives that day — and 25 years on, some of the people accused of being behind the attacks have still not faced justice.

11 September 2026

Europe News

EU warns of new youth-led online terror menace 25 years after 9/11

AI-powered bots were also used to boost recruitment and promote terrorist ideologies, while AI-driven apps were used for research to prepare attacks.

8 September 2026

USA

9/11: Alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to face trial in 2028

The US used Guantanamo, an isolated naval base, to hold militants captured during the "War on Terror" that followed the September 11 attacks in a bid to keep the defendants from claiming rights under US law.

Syria

Al-Sharaa: US terror list removal 'shakes off dark stain' from Syria

Washington rescinded a designation in place since 1979, lifting severe economic restrictions and opening the door to private investment, as the US State Department also removed the terror designation from HTS, the group al-Sharaa led to topple Assad.

USA

US judge delays start of Lockerbie bombing trial over new evidence

The bombing, which is the deadliest-ever terror attack in Britain, killed all 259 people on board Pan Am flight 103 and 11 people on the ground in the Scottish town of Lockerbie.

Thailand

Thai PM meets security chiefs after attacks in southern provinces

As has often been the case with such incidents, no group was immediately publicly blamed or claimed responsibility for the actions.

Europe News

UK anti-terror referrals surge over 'extreme right-wing' ideology

According to the Home Office, a Prevent referral is made to police "when there are concerns that a person may be susceptible to radicalisation or could be at risk of becoming involved in or supporting terrorism."

Europe News

Spain denies confirming reports of jihadists among Ceuta arrivals

Spain's Interior Ministry has told Euronews it has not confirmed media reports claiming suspected jihadists were identified among migrants who arrived in Ceuta last week, while insisting the mass arrivals on 30 July "do not pose a threat to public security."

Nigeria

Gunmen kidnap at least 52 people in northwest Nigeria, sources say

Kidnappings have become a major source of income for armed groups in Nigeria, including jihadists in the northeast and criminal gangs known locally as "bandits."

Syria

Syria hunts down suspects in March coastal attacks, arrests IS members

Security forces lured a militia commander accused of leading one of the March 2025 assault units into an ambush near Jableh, killing him and a second suspect in an exchange of fire. IS cells were separately dismantled in Aleppo and al-Bab.

Europe News

Berlin Pride attack sparks fresh questions over EU intelligence

The Berlin Pride attack has reignited debate over whether intelligence sharing between EU member states is sufficient. The attacker was known to German authorities and had travelled to Turkey looking to enter Syria.

Europe News

No EU-wide watchlist: Berlin Pride attack highlights gaps in monitoring Islamist extremism

Despite growing concerns about cross-border security threats, no EU-wide register or official figure indicates how many people with established links to terrorism are currently under surveillance.