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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian gave a defiant wartime address at the UN on Wednesday accusing the US of terrorism in his country and saying Iran would not "bend at the knee". But as Pezeshkian called for diplomacy, Iranian officials downplayed their talks with US counterparts on the sidelines of the gerenal assembly as "not anything new".

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has hit back at US President Donald Trump’s speech in his address to the UN General Assembly. He opened by showing images of Iranian civilians killed in US strikes, saying they demonstrated the impact of US and Israeli military action against Iran. During his speech, the US delegation walked out of the General Assembly hall. France 24 International Affairs Editor Kethevane Gorjestani has more.

India, after the Pahalgam attack last year, has maintained that Islamabad should credibly and irrevocably abjure its support for cross-border terrorism

Saudi monarch's rare condemnation hints at sense of urgency in the kingdom amid ramped-up attacks from Yemen.

The 2019 attacks were the deadliest the country had seen since the end of its civil war.

Sri Lanka is set to conclude on Tuesday the trial of 24 men accused of plotting the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, the deadliest attack against civilians in the island’s history. Suicide bombers struck three luxury hotels and three churches on April 21, 2019, killing 279 people, including 45 foreigners. Investigators blame the attack on a home-grown Islamist extremist group. One of 25 men indicted over alleged involvement in the attack – all from Sri Lanka’s Muslim minority – has died in custody,...

Co-ordinated suicide attacks killed 270 people across several churches and hotels in Colombo in 2019.

The Pakistani social media influencer’s campaign to establish fear and clout in India has spread to 14 States, leading the Home Ministry to designate his network as a terror group

O presidente da República, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, rebateu nesta sexta-feira (18) o presidente dos Estados Unidos (EUA), Donald Trump, que classificou organizações criminosas brasileiras como terroristas e disse que o Brasil não consegue enfrentar as facções.  A declaração de Lula ocorreu durante evento oficial no Rio de Janeiro, que reuniu a cúpula da segurança pública nas esferas federal, estadual e municipal. Notícias relacionadas:Rio: MPF vai à Justiça cobrar plano de redução da letalidade policial.Trump cita PCC e CV e diz que Brasil não conseguiu enfrentar facções.Operação combate infiltração do PCC no transporte público em São Paulo.O presidente defendeu retomar territórios ocupados por traficantes no Rio. “Nós precisamos ganhar do crime organizado. Eu não aceito a ideia de que as facções são terroristas, como diz o Trump”, afirmou.   Segundo Lula, “quando Trump fala em terrorismo, ele fala em terrorismo de Estado, briga pelo poder”. “Quem era isso? Era o [ex-presidente Jair] Bolsonaro tentando dar o golpe de 8 de Janeiro. Isso é terrorismo. Pensando em matar Lula, [o vice-presidente Geraldo] Alckmin e até o [ministro do Supremo Tribunal Federal] Alexandre de Moraes. Esse era o plano. Isso é terrorismo de Estado", discursou. O ex-presidente Jair Bolsonaro foi condenado, em março deste ano, a 27 anos três meses de prisão pelo Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF). Ele foi considerado culpado de diversos crimes, entre eles a ciência de um plano para matar Lula e o vice-presidente, Geraldo Alckmin.  Petróleo e terras raras Lula criticou Trump novamente ao afirmar que o país precisa reforçar a vigilância na região da margem equatorial, no norte do país, e no pré-sal, litoral do Sudeste. Nas duas regiões, há exploração de petróleo. “Nós temos que tomar conta porque o Trump está aí. O Trump está aí atrás de minerais críticos, atrás de petróleo, atrás de terra rara”. No último dia 15, em documento anual enviado ao Congresso norte-americano, Trump criticou o governo brasileiro por, na visão dele, ter falhado no enfrentamento às facções criminosas Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) e Comando Vermelho (CV). Em maio, o governo dos EUA já havia designado o PCC e o CV como organizações terroristas estrangeiras. Convênios Durante a cerimônia no Rio, foram demonstrados convênios assinados entre os governos federal, estadual e municipal, direcionados a três frentes: - Proteção integrada dos corredores logísticos, em parceria entre o Ministério da Justiça e Segurança Pública (MJSP) e o governo do estado: combate à mobilidade de criminosos e roubo de cargas, entre outros crimes. As ações acontecem nas divisas entre estados do Sudeste e importantes vias arteriais do Rio, como a Avenida Brasil, Linha Vermelha, Linha Amarela e os acessos ao Porto e ao Aeroporto Internacional.  - Política Estadual de Reocupação Territorial, firmada entre o ministério e o governo do estado: a finalidade é reduzir o controle territorial, armado e econômico das organizações criminosas e fortalecer a presença estatal. Inclui atuação sobre mercados explorados pelo crime. - Capacitação da Força Municipal: em parceria com a prefeitura, entes federais, como a Secretaria Nacional de Segurança Pública (Senasp) e a Polícia Rodoviária Federal (PRF), colaboram na formação de turmas de elite da Guarda Municipal do Rio, denominada de Força Municipal, composta por agentes armados. Os convênios com o estado foram assinados no início de setembro e têm vigência de 60 meses. A parceria com a prefeitura foi firmada em agosto de 2025 e vale por três anos. O presidente Lula defendeu que o Rio é uma espécie de laboratório para as ações integradas de segurança nas três esferas. “Se der certo no Rio, vai dar certo em todo o território nacional”. Sem tutela O governador interino do Rio de Janeiro, desembargador Ricardo Couto, afirmou que as ações em conjunto com o governo federal resultam em maiores apreensões, como as de drogas, e defendeu a soberania do país no combate ao crime. “O Brasil tem condições, sim, de, por si, seguir em frente e realizar as atividades próprias da segurança. Não é o caso de sermos tutelados”. O prefeito carioca, Eduardo Cavaliere, explicou que uma das integrações realizadas pela prefeitura é o compartilhamento de informações de inteligência e monitoramento em vídeo de vias. O evento foi no Complexo da PRF, onde também funciona a sede da Força Municipal, no entroncamento da Avenida Brasil e Rodovia Presidente Dutra, porta de entrada para municípios da região metropolitana, como São João de Meriti e Duque de Caxias. “Uma realização como a de hoje dá um sinal muito claro para a população de integração entre as forças, com impacto em todas as cidades da região metropolitana”, disse Cavaliere.   

Earlier this month, the NIA filed a chargesheet against Van Dyke and six Ukrainian citizens for alleged illegal entry, stay and movement in India

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A vehicle loaded with explosives rammed into a mosque building during Friday prayers, a senior police official told the BBC.

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The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said in a notification that the Shahzad Bhatti Network (SBN), through its terrorist activities, poses a “serious threat to the democratic system, communal harmony, and internal security of the country”

Azhar remains wanted in India for major terror attacks, including the 2001 Parliament strike, the 2008 Mumbai attacks, the 2016 Pathankot airbase assault and the 2019 Pulwama bombing.

India has moved from defensive restraint to proactive counter-terrorism

The legal US resident was never charged with a crime, but was deported due to her family links to terrorism.

Court was created in 1996, but had never been used before Nazira Haji Zada’s case.

The police said the terrorist was neutralised earlier in a joint operation

According to the NIA, the amir/chief/founder of the proscribed terrorist organisation LeT was operating from Pakistan and providing weapons, money and directions to terrorists operating in Kashmir valle

Edward Skyler reflects on the aftermath of 9/11, saying it was extremely difficult to make decisions in the wake of a tragedy that left 2,700 people murdered and the city filled with grief, anxiety, and political tension. He recalls that when Mayor Bloomberg was sworn in on 01/01/2002, smoke was still rising from the World Trade Center site and the economic damage had already been done. Skyler says the period was marked by intense emotions and strong voices from people opposed to New York, and that the job of city leaders was to listen to all sides and develop a plan that served the city’s best interests, even if it disappointed some people. He concludes that, in hindsight, those decisions have stood the test of time. (Source: Bloomberg)

Brigadier General Leland Blanchard II, Interim Commanding General of the DC National Guard, said that safety efforts in the 25 years since the September 11th terrorist attacks have been a balance between honoring personal liberties and the need for security. Brigadier General Blanchard also discussed his current mandate with the National Guard in DC and how his team works in coordination with the DC police, saying that it represents a 'significant investment' in the security of DC neighborhoods. (Source: Bloomberg)

Donald Trump used part of his speech at a 9/11 anniversary ceremony at the Pentagon to defend his administration’s ongoing war in Iran. “On days like 9/11, we learn what a country is truly made of. We’re learning right now what we’re made of,” the president said. “We’re still sending terrorists where they belong – to hell.” France 24’s Fraser Jackson and Philip Turle take a look at his remarks.

US defense secretary Pete Hegseth delivered remarks at a ceremony at the Pentagon on Friday on the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Hegseth used his speech to turn to the ongoing conflict in Iran and sought to connect it to the 2001 attacks on America. ““Our warriors have fought an Islamic theocracy that has wished us death for nearly half a century, that cheered on 9/11, a regime that has sponsored terrorist attacks against Americans for decades, killing thousands, including our comrades in Iraq, in Afghanistan," he said.

President Donald Trump was set to observe Friday’s 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks by attending a ceremony at the Pentagon commemorating the lives lost when al-Qaida militants hijacked planes and killed nearly 3,000 people in three locations, upending American foreign policy and national security. Fraser Jackson reports from Washington.

A quarter of a century after the deadliest terrorist attacks in US history, al Qaeda’s various branches have moved away from the global jihad advocated by Osama bin Laden, focusing instead on regional insurgencies. Their actions continue to destabilise swathes of the world, from the Sahel to Afghanistan, neglected by a US administration that critics say has unlearned the lessons of 9/11.

A quarter-century after 9/11, we are still living under the security order it unleashed.

Ecuador · Security Key Facts —The designation. The United States designated the Ecuadorian gang Los Tiguerones as a Foreign Terrorist Organization and Specially Designated Global Terrorist on September 9, announced by Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Quito. —The money. Rubio said he will seek US$45 million in security funding for Ecuador, as the designation […] The post Los Tiguerones Designated Terrorists as Ecuador Escalates Security Buildup appeared first on The Rio Times.

According to the NIA, a convoy of about 20 vehicles carrying Congress leaders was attacked by members of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist), who first triggered a landmine blast, the impact of which blocked the route of the vehicles of Parivartan Yatra, a political campaign

Defence Minister says Operation Sindoor demonstrated India’s resolve to eliminate terrorists and their handlers based in Pakistan