Terrorism

Pentagon leaders to face Congress on Afghan pullout decision
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, left, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley talk before a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Photo: AP

Pentagon leaders to face Congress on Afghan pullout decision

In their first public testimony since the US completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan, top Pentagon leaders will face sharp questions in Congress about the chaotic pullout and the...

 Sep. 28
Tackling fundamentalism and militancy needs coordinated policy

Tackling fundamentalism and militancy needs coordinated policy

Terrorism is, in the broadest sense, the use of intentionally indiscriminate violence as a means to create terror among masses of people; or fear to achieve a religious or political aim. It is used in this regard primarily to refer to violence during peacetime or in war against n...

 Oct. 12

Uganda’s president says deadly blast likely a terrorist act

Uganda’s president says deadly blast likely a terrorist act An explosion at an eatery in Uganda’s capital was an apparent terrorist act, President Yoweri Museveni said on Sunday. Museveni said three people entered the eatery in a subu...

Oct. 24

Twelve Niger soldiers killed in battle with ‘terrorists’

Twelve Niger soldiers killed in battle with ‘terrorists’ At least 12 soldiers and "dozens of terrorists" were killed in a battle in western Niger, the defence ministry announced Sunday, in the conflict-wracked "three borde...

Dec. 06