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Kazakhstan General Prosecutor concerned about terrorists getting access to explosives
Kazakhstan General Prosecutor Askhat Daulbayev told about gross violations in control over explosives in Kazakhstan.
06 June 2013
US accuses Iran of surge in 'terrorism'
The United States on Thursday accused Iran of sponsoring "terrorism" at a level unseen in decades and said that the separate threat from Al-Qaeda has been significantly degraded.
31 May 2013
Kazakhstan to spend additional $1.3 billion on countering religious extremism
These are the additional funds. The actual spending on this program exceeds the above amounts: Kazakhstan official.
30 May 2013
France urges 'joint action' on southern Libya Islamists
France's foreign minister on Tuesday urged Libya and its neighbours to work together to tackle threats from "terrorist groups".
29 May 2013
France seeks to brand Hezbollah as 'terrorist' group
France is to call for the military arm of Hezbollah to be added to an EU terror blacklist due to its backing of the Syrian regime.
23 May 2013
'British soldier' butchered in suspected Islamist attack
Two men wielding knives and a gun murdered a man believed to be a British soldier near a London barracks Wednesday, before delivering an Islamist tirade to passers-by.
23 May 2013
Kazakhstanis in the ranks of terror organizations: Head of the State Agency for Religions
According to him, the number of people convicted for committing terror-related crimes in 2012 reached 105.
20 May 2013
Boston bomber's American friend released on bail
A 19-year-old friend of accused Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was ordered free on $100,000 bail Monday as he awaits trial for allegedly lying to investigators probing the attack.
07 May 2013
Father of Kazakhstan student shocked by charges brought by American authorities
Murat Kadyrbayev – father of Dias Kadyrbayev, one of the Kazakhstan students detained in Boston – is shocked by the charges presented by U.S. authorities to his son. He gave an exclusive interview to Tengrinews.kz.
03 May 2013
US has 'no current plans' to take Cuba off terror list
The United States does not foresee taking Cuba off its blacklist of countries accused of supporting terrorism, which also includes Syria, Iran and Sudan.
02 May 2013
Kazakhstan students escalate from immigration violation to obstruction of U.S. justice charges
After the FBI started looking at Tsarnaev's connections they were found to have communicated with Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in text messages.
02 May 2013
More arrested after China violence: state media
China arrested more "terrorists" in the ethnically-divided region of Xinjiang where violence last week killed 21, while a rights group dismissed terrorism claims.
30 April 2013
Obama, ex-presidents praise 'resolute' Bush
President Barack Obama lauded George W. Bush Thursday as resolute in the face of terrorism, putting ideology aside at the opening of a library which makes his predecessor's case for history.
26 April 2013
Canada nabs two in alleged Qaeda-backed train plot
Two foreign nationals have been arrested in Canada in connection with what federal police said Monday was a plot backed by Al-Qaeda to derail a passenger train in the Toronto area.
24 April 2013
Tengrinews.kz interviews father of Kazakhstan student detained in Boston
Murat Kadyrbayev, father of one of the Kazakhstan students detained in Boston, gave an exclusive interview to Tengrinews.kz and STV channel.
23 April 2013
Pakistani Taliban deny role in Boston Marathon blasts
The Pakistani Taliban, which claimed the 2010 Times Square bomb plot, denied anything to do with explosions that killed three people and wounded more than 100 in Boston.
16 April 2013
Two explosions in Boston kill 3, injure 144
Two explosions in Boston, Massachusetts, kill 3, injure at least 130. Federal authorities are classifying the bombings as a terrorist attack.
16 April 2013
Google says FBI watching the Web
Google says the FBI is monitoring the Web for potential terrorist activity. But it can't confirm the extent of the surveillance.
07 March 2013
24 radical Salafi Jamaats discovered in Kazakhstan
There are currently 24 radical Salafi Jamaats with the total number of 495 members in Kazakhstan: National Security Commission.
22 February 2013
US Congress team warns Iraq after attack on Iranian refugees
A team of US Congressmen met with the Iranian dissident group MEK in Paris on Sunday and threatened to declare Iraq's prime minister a sponsor of terrorism after a deadly attack on an Iranian exile camp there.
18 February 2013