Tag: counter-terrorism

• Monday, July 9th 2018 - 08:20 UTC

  UK woman dies after exposed to never agent Novichok; her partner in critical condition

  

  UK police have launched a murder inquiry after a woman who was exposed to the nerve agent novichok died in hospital on Sunday evening. Mother-of-three Dawn Sturgess, 44, died at Salisbury District Hospital, Scotland Yard said.

• Thursday, July 5th 2018 - 08:27 UTC

  Two British citizens critically ill after exposure to nerve gas Novichok

  

  Two British citizens are critically ill after they were exposed to Novichok, the same nerve agent that struck down a former Russian agent and his daughter in March, Britain’s top counter-terrorism officer said on Wednesday.

• Tuesday, June 26th 2018 - 17:39 UTC

  “Uniting the world against terrorism”: OP-ED on the United Nations conference on counter-terrorism

  

  NEW YORK — Terrorism is a persistent and evolving global menace. No country is immune. Social media, encrypted communications and the dark web are being used to spread propaganda, radicalize new recruits and plan atrocities. The threat ranges from the crude tactics of lone actors to sophisticated coordinated attacks and the horrific prospect of terrorists using chemical, biological or radioactive weapons.