Counter Terror

Unmanned systems 2014 - The Nigerian government has asked the U.S. to provide it with drones, to aid in the search efforts for the...

According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the greatest danger to nuclear security comes from terrorists acquiring sufficient quantities of plutonium or highly...

The threat of bioterrorism is a major concern of the 21st century. As part of its counterterrorism practice, the U.S. government uses air and...

Articles and issues discussed in this episode: New video covers the first flight test of the Black Knight Transformer, a flying, unmanned truck. New York hosts...

Israel has alerted Indian intelligence services of a renewed terror risk against Jewish tourists and at Jewish and Israeli sites, the UK’s Daily Mail...

Statistics show that despite years of action to counter its growth, terrorism is increasing. The world was victim to 9,707 terrorist attacks in 2013, resulting...

New York trains for shooting incidents. Law enforcement officers descended on One World Trade Center a few day ago for a special day of...

Meir Elran , Alex Altshuler Home Front Defense Minister Gilad Erdan’s letter of resignation and his recommendation that the ministry be closed and its powers...

Last September, al Shabaab gunmen attacked a shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, killing more than 70 people. In response, the FBI secured operational resources...

Saudi terror cells which aided the perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks were never shut down, and are still a national security threat. The terror network...

An amazing testimony given at a Manhattan federal courthouse: This is how an al-Qaeda training base operated out of an agricultural farm in Oregon. An...

A new British Government campaign: “Muslim women, prevent your sons from volunteering to fight in Syria.” The British government recently launched a large-scale public campaign...

By ICT’s Jihadi Websites Monitoring Group This report summarizes notable events discussed on jihadist Web forums during the second half of January 2014. Following are...

British government report: British volunteers who joined the ranks of terrorist organizations in Syria are a security threat. British police and intelligence services are tracking...

The New York police unit in charge of collecting intelligence among local Muslims was shut down. The New York Police Department shut down a special unit operating...

Hundreds of non-Arab volunteers from Asia have joined Syrian rebels, including members of Al-Qaeda and the global Jihad. Rebel forces in Syria, fighting against Assad's...

Efforts are intensifying to keep the most deadly and powerful sniper rifles on the market out of the hands of terrorists to protect Illinois...

In the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, terrorism risk insurance quickly became either unavailable or very expensive. Congress reacted by...

Countries do not report stolen or lost passports to Interpol * “This is a threat to civilian aviation security”, according to U.S. DHS experts. Many...

The Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) contracted L-3 Security & Detection Systems to supply its high-speed eXaminer XLB explosives detection systems. The total value...

Interview with Uzi Rubin, former director of the Israel Missile Defense Organization, on Israel's missile defense systems.

By Yoram Schweitzer , Benedetta Berti , Shlomo Brom Last month’s escalation in rocket attacks against Israel originating from Gaza began as a Palestinian Islamic...