/tags/terrorism terrorism en-US WLRN Fri, 05 Aug 2022 12:00:00 GMT /news/2022-08-05/how-3-presidents-announced-the-deaths-of-terrorist-leaders-and-what-it-says-about-them The way Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden announced the deaths of terrorist chiefs revealed much about their own leadership. Fri, 05 Aug 2022 12:00:00 GMT /news/2022-08-05/how-3-presidents-announced-the-deaths-of-terrorist-leaders-and-what-it-says-about-them Jaclyn Diaz /news/2022-07-13/jan-6-panel-shows-evidence-of-coordination-between-far-right-groups-and-trump-allies The committee showed video clips and text messages to demonstrate how far-right groups were emboldened by Trump's false claims about the 2020 election. Wed, 13 Jul 2022 12:45:13 GMT /news/2022-07-13/jan-6-panel-shows-evidence-of-coordination-between-far-right-groups-and-trump-allies Barbara Sprunt /news/2022-06-30/new-zealands-government-classifies-the-proud-boys-as-a-terrorist-organization Proud Boys Chairman Enrique Tarrio and four other members were federally charged earlier this month with conspiring to overthrow the government by attacking the Capitol in the Jan. 6 riots. Thu, 30 Jun 2022 12:31:17 GMT /news/2022-06-30/new-zealands-government-classifies-the-proud-boys-as-a-terrorist-organization Ayana Archie /news/2022-05-16/the-u-s-will-remove-5-groups-from-its-foreign-terrorism-blacklist The United States is poised to remove five extremist groups, all believed to be defunct, from its list of foreign terrorist organizations, including several that once posed significant threats. Mon, 16 May 2022 17:48:00 GMT /news/2022-05-16/the-u-s-will-remove-5-groups-from-its-foreign-terrorism-blacklist The Associated Press /news/2022-03-21/guantanamo-prosecutors-are-exploring-plea-deals-in-9-11-case-after-years-of-setbacks After 20 years of failure, the U.S. military court in Guantánamo is admitting a 9/11 trial may never happen. Instead, the defendants may plead guilty, serve life in prison and avoid the death penalty. Mon, 21 Mar 2022 19:54:09 GMT /news/2022-03-21/guantanamo-prosecutors-are-exploring-plea-deals-in-9-11-case-after-years-of-setbacks Sacha Pfeiffer /news/2022-01-31/a-kansas-woman-has-been-arrested-for-allegedly-leading-an-all-female-isis-battalion Federal prosecutors say that Allison Fluke-Ekren, 42, wanted to recruit operatives to attack a college campus in the U.S. and discussed a terrorist attack on a shopping mall. Mon, 31 Jan 2022 16:42:50 GMT /news/2022-01-31/a-kansas-woman-has-been-arrested-for-allegedly-leading-an-all-female-isis-battalion The Associated Press /news/npr-breaking-news/2021-09-09/they-lost-loved-ones-in-9-11-we-invited-them-to-leave-a-voicemail-in-their-memory In the weeks leading up to the 20th anniversary of 9/11, NPR set up a phone booth in New York City and invited people to leave voicemails for someone they lost that day. Here's what they had to say. Thu, 09 Sep 2021 13:40:28 GMT /news/npr-breaking-news/2021-09-09/they-lost-loved-ones-in-9-11-we-invited-them-to-leave-a-voicemail-in-their-memory Mito Habe-Evans , Tsering Bista, Annabel Edwards, Trisha Pickelhaupt, Nick Michael, Bronson Arcuri, Becky Lettenberger /2021-08-26/what-we-know-about-isis-k-the-group-behind-the-kabul-attacks A regional Islamic State affiliate is a major rival to the Taliban in Afghanistan. The U.S. says ISIS-K has long planned attacks on its personnel in the country. Thu, 26 Aug 2021 22:33:00 GMT /2021-08-26/what-we-know-about-isis-k-the-group-behind-the-kabul-attacks Joe Hernandez /news/2021-02-08/state-department-condemns-group-it-removed-from-terrorist-list The war between the Houthi rebels and the Saudi military has created what the U.N. calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:12:42 GMT /news/2021-02-08/state-department-condemns-group-it-removed-from-terrorist-list Jaclyn Diaz /news/2021-02-03/canada-lists-proud-boys-as-a-terrorist-group-alongside-isis-and-al-qaida The listing describes the Proud Boys as a violent neofascist organization whose members "espouse misogynistic, Islamophobic, anti-Semitic, anti-immigrant, and/or white supremacist ideologies." Wed, 03 Feb 2021 19:14:12 GMT /news/2021-02-03/canada-lists-proud-boys-as-a-terrorist-group-alongside-isis-and-al-qaida Bill Chappell