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Marco Rubio Designates Juárez Cartel and Los Viagras as Foreign Terrorist Organizations

The Trump administration expanded its use of terrorism authorities against Mexican criminal organizations on Thursday, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio announcing that the Juárez Cartel and Los Viagras have been designated as both Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) and Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs).

Latin Times

Pakistan still a base for terrorists targeting India, says US report

Pakistan is grappling with a severe surge in terrorist violence, with terrorism-related deaths skyrocketing to 4,001 in 2025, the highest in over a decade. The report highlights the nation as a hub for numerous armed groups, many designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations, with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan bearing the brunt…

The Times of India

Why the DOJ Has Stopped Describing Maduro as the Head of a Literal Drug Cartel

That embarrassing mistake highlights the slipperiness of Trump's attempts to justify legally dubious policies by invoking the specter of "foreign terrorist organizations."

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Anti-fascist groups named as US terror threats ‘barely exist’, experts say

Designation of groups from Italy, Germany and Greece labelled ‘ridiculous’ as experts say no active threat posed

The Guardian - US

Trump Goes After Mexico by Designating Drug Cartels Terrorist Organizations

Designating cartels as terrorist organizations could allow the feds to prosecute people who pay protection money—and might pave the way for undeclared war.

Reason

Ireland worried US labelling Real IRA as terrorists would help recruitment

Irish and British authorities acknowledged that adding the Real IRA to the US list would also have benefits.

Evening Standard

Air India orders 34 trainer aircraft for upcoming Amravati training school

The order includes 31 single-engine aircraft from Piper Aircraft in the United States and 3 twin-engine aircraft from Diamond Aircraft in Austria. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Biden redesignates Iran-backed Houthi rebels as terrorists, second US ship attacked

Learn about the Biden administration's decision to designate Iran-backed Houthi rebels as terrorists and the implications of this new designation. Find out...

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Biden ‘playing with fire’ by re-designating Yemen’s Houthis as ‘terrorists’

Advocates say labelling Houthis a ‘global terrorist group’ risks worsening already dire humanitarian crisis in Yemen.

Al Jazeera

Bombing Mexican Cartels Won't Stop Fentanyl

A Republican-sponsored resolution would authorize the president to "use all necessary and appropriate force" against foreigners involved in fentanyl trafficking.

Reason

U.S. lawmakers want terrorist designation for Russia's Wagner Group

A group of Democratic and Republican senators said on Wednesday they would try again to pass legislation that would require the State Department to designate Russian mercenary company Wagner Group as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO).

Reuters

Safety first: DGCA asks flying schools to install high-resolution cameras in 90 days & do proper flight monitoring

NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has given flying training organisations (FTO) 90 days to install high resolution cameras to maintain strict vigil for ensuring high standards of safety, quality of training and fairness of exams being conducted there.

The Times of India

Biden Says he Would Keep IRGC on Terrorism List

US President Joe Biden said he would use force as a last resort to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon as he began a trip to the Middle East. Speaking in an interview with Israel's Channel 12 TV that was recorded before he left Washington on Tuesday but aired…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Rise of Arab-Israel axis spurs Iran to redouble nuclear talks push

The spectre of an emerging Arab-Israeli bloc that could tilt the Middle East balance of power further away from Iran is driving the Islamic Republic to pursue nuclear talks with world powers with renewed determination, officials and analysts said.

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US official defends Iran deal but says return ‘tenuous at best’

US envoy for Iran tells lawmakers if Iran wants IRGC ‘terror’ label removed, it must offer non-nuclear concessions.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Palestinian Authority Demands that Washington Remove PLO from Terrorist Lists

The Palestinian Authority (PA) on Tuesday called on the US administration to remove the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from its lists of terrorist organizations. “The PA called on the US administration, in an official letter, to remove the PLO from the lists of terrorism,” Hussein al-Sheikh, member of the PLO’s…

Al Jazeera

US removes ultranationalist Israeli group from ‘terror’ list

State Department revokes ‘terrorism’ designation of Kahane Chai and four other groups, saying they have been inactive.

The Independent UK

US removes 5 groups from terror blacklist, retains al-Qaida

The United States has removed five extremist groups, all believed defunct, from its list of foreign terrorist organizations

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How US blacklisting of IRGC is stalling Iran nuclear deal revival

Iran wants its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps removed from US ‘terror’ list, a demand Biden is reluctant to grant.

Reuters

Analysis-Politics, not substance, seen guiding U.S. and Iran on terror listing

One of the last obstacles to reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal - Tehran's demand to remove its Revolutionary Guards from a U.S. terrorism list - is more an issue of politics than substance, analysts said.

Asharq Al-Awsat

President Raisi Says Iran Will Not Retreat from 'Nuclear Rights'

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on Saturday Tehran would not give up its right to develop its nuclear industry for peaceful purposes, and all parties involved in talks to revive the 2015 nuclear accord should respect this. Eleven months of indirect talks between Iran and the United States in Vienna…

Al Jazeera

Can Iran and the US finalise their nuclear talks?

Iran and the US continue to push each other to make concessions as they face internal pressure.

The Conversation

US has taken FARC off its terrorist list, giving insight into Biden's foreign policy

The Biden administration has signaled how it will use its power to designate different groups as terrorists as part of its foreign policy efforts.

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