NSA whistleblower Snowden talks of surveillance inefficiency in Paris attacksDespite extremely invasive surveillance system in France, the law enforcement authorities could not prevent the recent terror attacks in Paris, former NSA analyst Edward Snowden said on Thursday in an interview to the Dutch NPO 2 news channel.12:01 22.01.2015
Five Russians detained in France on suspicion of planning terrorist attackFive Russian nationals were arrested in France on Tuesday on suspicion of plotting a terrorist attack, says French prosecutor Yvon Calvet.17:10 20.01.2015
Four suspects in French hostage crisis to be charged on TuesdayParis prosecutors have formulated charges for four accomplices of Amedy Coulibaly, the man who killed four hostages in a kosher grocery in eastern Paris.15:32 20.01.2015
EU to appeal court decision removing Hamas from terror listThe Council of the European Union is launching an appeal against last month’s EU court ruling that the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas be removed from its terrorist list for procedural reasons.13:23 19.01.2015
Ukraine accuses LUKOIL of terror financingThe Security Service of Ukraine, the SBU, suspects companies of the LUKOIL group and the East European Energy Company (VETEK) of terror financing.14:58 16.01.2015
Trial of last Aum Shinrikyo sect leader begins in TokyoThe trial of the last of the three principal Aum Shinrikyo sect leaders, Katsuya Takahashi, who escaped justice for 17 years, has begun in a Tokyo district court.10:50 16.01.2015
Another Russian national arrested for joining Hizb ut-Tahrir cellOn January 14, a court in Russian city of Samara issued a warrant to arrest a resident of the region on charges of being a member of the international organization Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is designated as a terrorist organization and prohibited in Russia.12:39 15.01.2015
Ukrainian PM demands separatist republics to be declared terroristPrime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk has demanded that the Justice Ministry and the Prosecutor General’s Office designate the formations known as Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics as terrorist organizations.15:33 14.01.2015
Boston Marathon bomber's friend to plead guiltyKhairullozhon Matanov, a legal immigrant from Kyrgyzstan who is accused of lying to investigators of the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013, is expected to change his plea to guilty.10:50 13.01.2015
Two more members of extremist Islamic organization sentenced in TatarstanThe Supreme Court of Tatarstan, a predominantly Muslim republic in Russia, has handed down guilty verdicts on two members of an extremist Islamic group.14:50 30.12.2014
Russia adds Islamic State, Jabhat al-Nusra to terrorism listRussia's Supreme Court has ruled on Monday behind closed doors to put the Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra on a terrorism blacklist.13:01 29.12.2014
Russian national sentenced to 11 years for joining terrorist group in TatarstanThe Supreme Court of Russia's republic of Tatarstan has sentenced Rais Shaidullin to eleven years in prison for having joined a terrorist group and abetting terrorism.15:06 26.12.2014
Russian senator proposes 10-year sentence for abetting terrorismKonstantin Dobrynin, member of the upper house of Russian parliament, or Federation Council, has proposed introducing criminal punishment of up to 10 years in prison for officials whose negligence fails to prevent terrorist attacks.10:38 22.12.2014
EU Court removes Hamas from terrorist list on procedural groundsThe General Court of the European Union has announced on Wednesday that the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas should be excluded from the European Union's terrorist list.12:27 17.12.2014
Criminal case over Moscow theater hostage siege that left 130 dead reopenedRussian authorities have reopened investigation into a deadly hostage crisis at the Dubrovka theatre in Moscow in October 2002 that left 130 dead, following the arrest of one of the suspected organizers of the attack, Khasan Zakayev.11:00 17.12.2014
Russian nationalist suspected in high-profile killings to remain in detentionThe Moscow City Court on Tuesday upheld the detention of Ilya Goryachev, who is charged with involvement in a notorious extremist movement and complicity in the murder of lawyer Stanislav Markelov.14:12 16.12.2014
Russian Supreme Court upholds sentences for four Hizb ut-Tahrir membersRussia’s Supreme Court has upheld the verdicts for members of Islamic terrorist organization Hizb ut-Tahrir, who received long prison sentences for an attempt to seize power in Russia.16:35 11.12.2014
Ukraine initiates proceedings against Russia in ICJ - officialPrime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk announced that the country initiates proceedings in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Russia for alleged violation of a UN convention on terrorism.15:30 09.12.2014
Russia's FSB says 59 terrorist acts foiled in 2014Russia’s security services have prevented 59 terrorist crimes this year, including eight terrorist attacks, TASS reports from the yearend meeting of the National Antiterrorism Committee chaired by Federal Security Service (FSB) Director Alexander Bortnikov.12:08 09.12.2014