Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Wednesday freed the crew of a commercial vessel, the Galaxy Leader, that they hijacked 14 months ago as part of their campaign of attacks in the Red Sea to support Hamas in its war against Israel. The decision is consistent with an announcement made on Sunday by the rebel group, which […]

President Trump’s call for the State Department to start the process of designating certain cartels as global terrorists and foreign terrorist organizations could give his administration more power to impose economic penalties, travel restrictions and potentially even take military action inside foreign nations. In the executive order he issued on Monday, Mr. Trump named two […]

President Trump’s executive order designating Mexican cartels and other criminal organizations as foreign terrorists could force some American companies to forgo doing business in Mexico rather than risk U.S. sanctions, according to former government officials and analysts — an outcome that could have a major effect on both countries given their deep economic interdependence. The […]

Britain faces a new and dangerous form of extremism, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Tuesday, warning that loners and misfits were being radicalized by “a tidal wave of violence freely available online.” In a speech at Downing Street, Mr. Starmer said that unlike the terrorist threat posed by organized groups like Al Qaeda, where […]

After his expulsion, Mr. Rudakubana was enrolled at the Acorns School in Lancashire, which caters to children with special needs, and at Presfield High School and Specialist College. But he struggled to integrate, the safeguarding agency said, a situation that worsened after the pandemic began in 2020 and schools closed. Despite professionals’ efforts to engage […]

Israel is due to release more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners over the course of the 42-day initial cease-fire, according to the terms of the agreement, beginning with at least 90 on Sunday in exchange for three Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. Israelis say that many of the prisoners are terrorists and murderers. Many […]

President Biden will remove Cuba from a list of state sponsors of terrorism, U.S. officials announced on Tuesday, as a part of a deal that is expected to free protesters jailed during a sweeping 2021 crackdown on dissent by the Communist government. Removing Cuba from the list would typically raise expectations of improved relations between […]

Italy’s justice minister has requested the revocation of the arrest of an Iranian man sought by the United States for allegedly providing material used in a drone attack that killed three American soldiers, the Italian government announced on Sunday. Mohammad Abedini Najafabadi, 38, was arrested last month in Milan and the U.S. Justice Department had […]

In October, we traveled to the Cabo Delgado Province in northern Mozambique to understand how terrorists who claim an affiliation with the Islamic State have gained a foothold and wreaked havoc on Muslims and Christians alike. Officials in the region and in the West say they are deeply concerned that if the Islamic State affiliate […]

The Lebanese prime minister on Saturday headed to the Syrian capital, Damascus, for the first official visit to meet with the new government there, after clashes along the countries’ shared border left several Lebanese soldiers wounded last week. The prime minister, Najib Mikati, spoke with Ahmad al-Shara, the leader of the new Syrian government, on […]