counterterrorism

An armed police officer patrols on a platform at Milton Keynes station after the terror threat level was raised to critical following a suicide bombing in Manchester.

White House budget slashes program to fight violent extremism at home

Communities keeping an eye out for people at risk of radicalization — that's helpful to counterterrorism efforts around the world. This week, President Trump proposed cutting the US version of the program.

White House budget slashes program to fight violent extremism at home
Paris Police

What we know about the foiled terror plot in Paris

What we know about the foiled terror plot in Paris
Mohammed Ahamed waits at a money-transfer business in Minneapolis to send money to his ex-wife in Somalia. About 40 percent of all Somali families rely on remittances from another country.

Somali Americans fight to save their lifeline of cash for relatives back home

Somali Americans fight to save their lifeline of cash for relatives back home
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron walks to Parliament after leaving Number 10 Downing Street in London on September 1, 2014. Cameron announced new laws on Monday to try to stop radicalized Britons returning from Syria and Iraq launching attacks on Br

Britain could strip citizenship from those who join Islamic extremists in Iraq and Syria

Britain could strip citizenship from those who join Islamic extremists in Iraq and Syria
Armed police officers pose for the media on Downing Street, in central London, on August 29, 2014.

The number of British Islamist fighters rises, and so does the UK's threat level

The number of British Islamist fighters rises, and so does the UK's threat level
A burnt vehicle belonging to Iraqi security forces is pictured at a checkpoint in east Mosul on June 11, 2014, one day after radical Sunni Muslim insurgents seized control of the city.

ISIS is moving to the 'top of the list' of counterterrorism worries

Move over, al-Qaeda: The militants of ISIS are becoming a huge concern for counterterrorism officials as they gain battlefield experience and recruit new jihadis from as far away as Europe and the United States.

ISIS is moving to the 'top of the list' of counterterrorism worries