20,000 foreign fighters flock to Syria, Iraq: US intelligence officials
WASHINGTON: Foreign fighters are streaming into Syria and Iraq in unprecedented numbers to join the Islamic State or other extremist groups, including at least 3,400 from Western nations among 20,000...
View Article35% increase: Why 2014 was a big year in terror
Extremists in Iraq, Afghanistan and Nigeria unleashed a savage rise in violence between 2013 and 2014, according to new statistics released by the State Department. Attacks largely at the hands of the...
View ArticleReligious extremism main cause of terrorism, according to report
Since 2001 religious extremism has overtaken national separatism to become the main driver of terrorist attacks around the world, according to the Global Terrorism Index...
View ArticleUS:35% increase in global terror attacks in 2014
June 20: Extremists in Iraq, Afghanistan and Nigeria unleashed a savage rise in violence between 2013 and 2014, according to new statistics released by the State Department. Attacks largely at the...
View ArticleGlobal Terror Report: Attacks Increasing, Deaths Soaring, ISIS Supplanting Al...
According to the Times-Picayune, the official figures showed that about 33,000 people were killed in 13,500 terrorist attacks in 2014. That is up from the roughly 10,000 attacks and just over 18,000...
View Article20,000 foreign fighters flock to Syria, Iraq to join ISIL
The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Foreign fighters are streaming into Syria and Iraq in unprecedented numbers to join the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant or other extremist groups, including...
View ArticleNearly 30,000 foreign fighters went to Syria and Iraq: report
New York: About 30,000 foreign fighters, including 250 Americans, have travelled to Iraq and Syria since 2011 with most of them looking to join the dreaded Islamic State terror group, according to a...
View ArticleGlobal terror deaths increase by 61 per cent: Study
Global Terrorism Index shows Iraq as the country most affected by terrorism, recording a 164 per cent rise in fatalities. The number of people killed globally in terrorist attacks jumped by 61 per cent...
View ArticleAnnual death toll in conflicts rises sharply – research group
A swell in violence across the Middle East and parts of Africa caused the death toll in war-torn countries to increase by more than 29 percent last year, according to a report released Wednesday. The...
View ArticleGlobal 'terror' deaths up by 61 percent: study
London (AFP) - The number of people killed globally in terrorist attacks jumped by 61 percent in 2013, reflecting the rise of Boko Haram and Islamic State jihadists, the Institute for Economics and...
View ArticleWorld terrorism deaths spiked last year – but only in five countries. Why?
Terrorism is up – but concentrated in a handful of countries where an even smaller number of terror groups are carrying out the bulk of attacks. No one will be surprised to hear that terrorism deaths...
View Article2015 Global Peace Index Reveals an Increasingly Divided World
Peacefulness in Europe reaches an historic high The Middle East is spiralling into deepening violence Many OECD countries reached historically high levels of peace, boosted by reductions in homicide...
View ArticleIS ahead in turf war with Al Qaeda: US
Washington, June 20: The Islamic State is beating Al Qaeda at being the world's leading terrorist group, says the US State Department. The "unprecedented" spread and brutality of IS, its strength in...
View ArticleLives lost to terrorism up by 61%, with 18,000 dead
The number of lives lost to terrorist attacks increased by 61 per cent in a single year, according to the second edition of the Global Terrorism Index (GTI). People killed rose from 11,133 in 2012 to...
View ArticleFivefold increase in terrorism fatalities since 9/11, says report
Islamic State, Boko Haram, the Taliban and al-Qaida responsible for most of the 18,000 killings last year...
View ArticleIndia sixth worst affected country by terrorism in 2013: Report
LONDON: India was the sixth worst affected country by terrorism in 2013 — the other five being war zones at present. As many as 43 different terrorist groups categorized into three groups: Islamists,...
View ArticleWar on terror fails to stop surge in global attacks
Terrorism is on the rise, with an almost fivefold increase in fatalities since the dramatic 9/11 attacks in the United States in 2001. This is in spite of US-led efforts to combat terrorism in the...
View Article2014 Global Terrorism Index: Number of Lives Lost to Terrorism Increased 61%...
Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) Logo Facebook Twitter Pinterest × Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) Logo LONDON, November 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- There were almost 10,000 terrorist...
View Article2014 Global Terrorism Index: Number of Lives Lost to Terrorism Increased 61%...
There were almost 10,000 terrorist attacks recorded in 2013 representing a 44% increase on 2012, resulting in nearly 18,000 deaths representing a 61% increase from the previous year. 24 countries...
View Article'Unprecedented' rise in deaths from terrorism: study
LONDON: The number of people killed globally in terrorist attacks jumped 80 per cent last year to the highest level ever recorded, the Institute for Economics and Peace said Tuesday. The Global...
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