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‘Words simply fail’: McConnell offers solace, avoids solutions after Texas shooting

WASHINGTON — Mitch McConnell recounted the still emerging details of how the horror transpired. He solemnly described the characteristics of the 10-year-old victims. And he invoked a Bible verse to offer comfort to the brokenhearted families.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Indian court sentences Kashmiri leader to life in prison

An Indian court has sentenced a Kashmiri separatist leader to life in prison after declaring him guilty of terrorism and sedition, triggering a clash between protesters and police and a partial shutdown of businesses in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir

The Independent UK

Lynn Schmidt: These days, even domestic terrorism is swept into election politics

On Memorial Day, Americans remember those who gave their lives fighting for the freedoms we enjoy. Those we lost had joined all their other military brethren in swearing an oath to the Constitution. While the U.S. Constitution is just a document, it is the values for which it stands that…

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Sweden Says It’s Not Providing Money, Military Aid to Kurds

Sweden on Tuesday denied that it was providing any "financial assistance or military support" to Kurdish groups or entities in Syria - claims that Turkey's using to back its opposition to Sweden's and neighboring Finland's historic bids to join NATO. The denial came as delegations from Sweden and Finland were…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sweden says it's not providing money, military aid to Kurds

Sweden has denied it is providing any “financial assistance or military support” to Kurdish groups or entities in Syria — claims that Turkey’s using to back its opposition to Sweden’s and neighboring Finland’s historic bids to join NATO

The Independent UK

Islamic State group ‘trying to control’ Mali-Niger border with series of attacks

The Islamic State (IS) group appears to be stepping up attacks close to the border between Mali and Niger, with sources suggesting that the jihadists are trying to seize control of the border itself. FRANCE 24’s terrorism expert Wassim Nasr explains.

France 24

Training Courses on Counter-Terrorism Kick off in Rabat

The Rabat-based UNOCT Program Office for Counter-Terrorism and Training in Africa launched on Monday a series of specialized training courses on counter-terrorism, organized in collaboration with the Australian government. This first session of a 10-week training, supervised by international experts, aims to bolster the specialized and technical capabilities of participants…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Factbox: Groups at the heart of Turkey's objections to NATO expansion

Turkey has opposed Sweden and Finland's membership of NATO, accusing them of harbouring individuals linked to the Kurdistan Workers Party militant group (PKK) and followers of a cleric Turkey accuses of orchestrating a coup attempt in 2016.

Reuters

UN Welcomes Prisoners Amnesty in Syria

United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen welcomed on Sunday the latest presidential amnesty from President Bashar Assad, aimed at freeing thousands of Syrians convicted on terrorism charges. "I was briefed in quite some detail on the latest amnesty from President Assad, and I am very much looking forward…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Cairo Hosts Int’l Conference on Confronting ‘Emerging Terrorist Organizations’

Egypt’s Interior Ministry, in collaboration with Interpol, is hosting Monday a workshop on confronting emerging terrorist organizations and phenomena in the Middle East and Africa. The workshop is hosted by the Egyptian Police Academy until May 25. The participating countries include Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Saudi Arabia,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

New York lawmaker accused of firing staffers who urged him to call out white supremacy after Buffalo shooting

Asssembly member Pat Burke – who represents Buffalo – said that he was ‘sickened’ by the ‘racially motivated’ attack and has vowed to put forward legislation to root out extremism

The Independent UK

GCSB, SIS get an extra $35m to fight terror

Counter-terror agencies get a budget boost but there are questions over oversight, reports David Williams

Newsroom.co.nz

Anti-terrorism programme must keep focus on far right, say experts

Analysts question Home Office strategy after it emerged that a review of its Prevent programme was pushing for it to refocus on Islamist threats

The Guardian - UK

Former royal bodyguard reveals threats facing Queen's Platinum Jubilee

Former royal bodyguard Simon Morgan knows well the kind of pressures that come with protecting the Queen and her family and has shared his thoughts on the threats facing the Platinum Jubilee weekend in June

Daily Mirror

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Should 18-year-olds be allowed to buy semi-automatic rifles? State and courts debate

Efforts by states to to raise the minimum age for buying a long rifle have been challenged in court by gun rights activists.

Evening Standard

Man who had ‘extremely harmful’ ISIS terrorist manuals jailed

Nuh Raheel was jailed for three-and-a-half years on May 20

The Conversation

Togo looks like West Africa’s new frontier of violent extremism

The threat of violent extremism across West Africa has been on the rise in recent times.

Evening Standard

Two teenagers arrested by Metropolitan Police on suspicion of terrorism offences

Met Police said there was a ‘concerning upward trend in police action against younger people for terrorism-related matters’

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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.

Reuters

U.S. says Cuba not cooperating fully against terrorism, inflaming tensions

The Biden administration on Friday once again placed Cuba on a short list of countries the United States alleges are "not cooperating fully" in its fight against terrorism, further inflaming tensions with its long-time rival.

The Guardian - UK

British boy, 14, who downloaded bombmaking guides avoids jail

Fourteen-year-old from Darlington thought to be youngest person in UK charged with terrorism offences

Salon

Harsh sentence for Dakota protester

The activist is appealing a district court’s ruling applying a “terrorism enhancement" to her sentence

Al Jazeera

PKK central to Turkish opposition to Sweden, Finland joining NATO

Turkey views the PKK – and all its affiliates – as security threats, complicating its relationship with Sweden, Finland.

The Guardian - US

FBI failing to address white supremacist violence, warns former special agent

Michael German, who infiltrated white supremacist groups in the 1990s, says the FBI continues to underplay the scope of the threat

Edinburgh Live

Suspended terror cop will not face prosecution over 'inappropriate touching' complaints

The Temporary Assistant Chief Constable was referred to the Crown Office after a complaint was made against him following a cyber conference in Edinburgh

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