Terrorism

A State of Disorientation: Dispatch from Sri Lanka after the Easter Bombings

In Colombo, as though there is war once more, the ominous presence of heavily armed soldiers is everywhere. Ever since the Easter Sunday bombings, checkpoints have been posted on all the main roads, as well...

By Anuk Arudpragasam May 22, 2019

What To Know About the Group Suspected in Sri Lanka Attacks

Sri Lankan officials have said the Islamist militant group National Thowheeth Jama'ath is responsible for Easter Sunday bombing attacks in the island nation that killed at least 290 people and injured 500 more. Rajitha Senaratne,...

By Mahita Gajanan April 22, 2019

Facebook, Others Struggle to Block NZ Shooting Video

The massacre of 49 people was streamed live on Facebook

By Billy Perrigo March 15, 2019

Advocates Say Arrest Shows Military's White Nationalism Problem

Civil rights advocates say the arrest of a Coast Guard lieutenant charged with planning a massive domestic terrorist attack show the military has allowed a problem with white nationalism in the ranks to fester while...

By Abigail Abrams February 21, 2019

Friend Who Helped Boston Bomber Get Rid of Evidence Deported to Kazakhstan

A friend of one of the Boston Marathon bombers has been deported to Kazakstan after serving time in federal prison. Dias Muratovich Kadyrbayev, a 24-year-old Kazakh citizen, and two of bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's other close...

By Tara Law November 2, 2018

How Big a Role Does Social Media Play in Homegrown Terrorism?

In the 17 years since the 9/11 attacks, America’s tendency has been to look outside of its borders for the looming threat of violent extremism. Yet a sense of guilty introspection swept over the country...

By W.J. Hennigan October 29, 2018

Twitter Apologizes for Ignoring Threat From Bomb Suspect

“We are deeply sorry for that error”

By Jihye Lee / Bloomberg October 27, 2018

Mail Bombs Rocked American Politics a Century Ago. Here's What a Historian Thinks That Moment Has to Teach Us

In 1919, three dozen prominent figures were the targets of a coordinated mail-bomb campaign

By Lily Rothman October 26, 2018

What to Know About the Mail Bomb Suspect

Federal authorities arrested Cesar Altieri Sayoc Jr. on Friday

By Mahita Gajanan October 26, 2018

'These Are Not Hoax Devices'

The Department of Justice confirmed one person has been taken into custody Friday morning.

By Gina Martinez October 26, 2018

Investigators Look to Florida Post Office in Pipe Bomb Probe

Some of the suspicious packages addressed to top Democrats were handled by USPS

By Feliz Solomon October 26, 2018

This Week’s Attempted Bombings Raise Alarms. But Experts Say It Doesn’t Mean the Country Is More Violent

Historians and experts note that America has seen several bombing attacks in the last century

By Mahita Gajanan October 25, 2018

Biden, De Niro Are Latest Targets of Package Bombs

Former Vice President Joe Biden and actor Robert De Niro are the latest critics of President Donald Trump to be targeted by suspected pipe bombs following a wave of similar devices sent to top Democrats...

By Mahita Gajanan October 25, 2018

Widow of American Victim of 2017 London Terror Attack Says She Pities Attacker

'I still stand where I don't hate him.'

By Precious Adesina October 5, 2018

President Trump Told Congress Something Untrue. Here's Why That's a Big Deal

When President Donald Trump gave his first address to a joint session of Congress in February of 2017, he claimed that "the vast majority of individuals convicted of terrorism and terrorism-related offenses since 9/11 came...

By Abigail Simon August 6, 2018

This Play Puts the Fight Against Extremism Onstage

"Culture is the only weapon," says Belgian playwright Ismael Saidi, author of "Jihad"

By Vivienne Walt/Paris June 14, 2018

'We Fear Further Violence.' Far-Right Terrorism Is Growing in the U.K.

According to a new report

By Kate Samuelson March 1, 2018

Chibok Schoolgirl Kidnapped By Boko Haram Has Been Found

More than 100 of the schoolgirls remain captive

By Casey Quackenbush January 5, 2018

A Timeline of Recent Terrorist Attacks in Australia

There have been at least half-a-dozen terrorist incidents in Australia since 2014

By Casey Quackenbush December 21, 2017

There’s A Gender Gap in Internet Usage

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By The Aspen Institute December 13, 2017

I Survived 2 Terrorist Attacks on 2 Continents. They Changed Who I Am

The last thing I expected when I entered the Brussels Airport on March 22, 2016, was to be peppered with deadly shrapnel. When the first suicide bomb detonated, I stood in absolute shock, as my...

By Mason Wells November 21, 2017

Social Media Networks Are the Handmaiden to Dangerous Propaganda

New York again. Uzbek immigrant Sayfullo Saipov has now been charged with the death of eight people after ploughing into them in a truck in downtown Manhattan on Oct. 31. He also stands accused of...

By David Patrikarakos November 2, 2017

The New Terrorism Comes to Ground Zero

In the 16 years after the Twin Towers fell, the desolation of lower Manhattan in time gave way to a blossoming. When Sayfullo Saipov drove his rented truck onto a bicycle path at 3:04 p.m....

By Karl Vick November 2, 2017

Why We Shouldn't Exaggerate the Scale of Terrorism

Whenever terrorism is being reported on, some effort should be made to put the issue in context. It only takes a few words: Since 1970, an American’s chance of being killed by a terrorist in...

By John Mueller November 1, 2017

The FBI Is Looking for Another Uzbeki Man in Connection With the New York Truck Attack

It's not clear what connection he has to the attack

By Alana Abramson November 1, 2017

Kirsten Gillibrand Has a Simple Idea to Stop the Next Terror Attack

It would cost $50 million

By Maya Rhodan November 1, 2017

White House Considers New York Terror Suspect an 'Enemy Combatant'

The White House said Wednesday that it considers the New York City terror suspect Sayfullo Saipov an enemy combatant, a legal option in terrorism cases that has been rarely pursued in recent years. “I believe...

By Tessa Berenson November 1, 2017

Terrorists Have a Long, Grim History of Using Cars as Weapons

Tuesday's deadly assault was only the latest in a decades-long string of vehicular terror

By Jared Malsin November 1, 2017

New York's Halloween Parade Will Go on as Planned After Terror Attack in Lower Manhattan

Despite an earlier act of terror in Lower Manhattan

By Jamie Ducharme October 31, 2017

Proof You Can’t Control Your Fear of Spiders and Snakes

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October 24, 2017

Trump Is Feuding With a Congresswoman Over a Soldier Killed in Niger. Why Was He Deployed There?

Here's why U.S. troops are in Africa

By Nash Jenkins October 20, 2017

Here's What to Know about the String of Bomb Blasts in Sweden

There have been at least five bomb explosions or scares in Sweden since the early hours of Friday, Oct. 13.

By Laignee Barron October 20, 2017

What to Know About the Al Shabaab Bombings in Somalia

The attacks are among the worst in recent years

By Eli Meixler October 16, 2017

Orthodox Islam and Violence 'Linked' Says Top Muslim Scholar

Yahya Cholil Staquf, a leading scholar in the world's largest Muslim-majority country, Indonesia, says traditional Islam has a problem

By Marco Stahlhut September 8, 2017

Indonesia Jails Female Would-Be Suicide Bomber

In an exclusive interview with TIME from prison earlier this year, Dian Yulia Nova revealed how she was radicalized by ISIS

By Kevin Lui August 28, 2017

Multiple Raids Across Sydney After Terror Plot Foiled

Australian police have arrested four people suspected of plotting an attack

By Kevin Lui July 31, 2017

Revisit TIME's Unabomber Cover Story More Than 20 Years Later

Ted Kaczynski was arrested by the FBI in April of 1996

By Emily Weyrauch July 19, 2017

Americans Think a Terrorist Attack Is More Likely Than Bipartisanship

Americans think a major terrorist attack on U.S. soil is more realistic than Republicans and Democrats working together, according to a recent poll. According to the survey, 68% of Americans think a major terror attack...

By Anna Rumer July 17, 2017

Terrorists Have Been All Too Effective by Air and Land. What If They Hit by Sea?

It has famously been said that the devastating 9/11 attacks were not a failure of intelligence but a failure of imagination. We simply were unable to conceive of al-Qaeda terrorists' turning commercial aircraft into a...

By James Stavridis June 29, 2017

London Mosque Attack Comes as Hate Crimes Surge

But Islamic groups say they won't be victimized by this and other threats

By Kate Samuelson / London June 19, 2017

President Trump Says Isolating Qatar Could End Terrorism. He's Wrong

Fact-checking a premature presidential victory lap

By Karl Vick June 6, 2017

Theresa May Wants to Regulate Cyberspace After the London Attack. Will the World Follow?

National security now dominates the General Election campaign

By Mark Leftly / Westminster June 5, 2017

'Kill Them All.' A Congressman Has Declared War on 'Islamic Horror'

Clay Higgins responds to the London terrorist attack

By Maya Rhodan June 5, 2017

Deadly Blast in Kabul: One Photographer's Eyewitness Account

Omar Sobhani, a Reuters photographer born and based in the capital, was quick to the scene

By Andrew Katz June 1, 2017

'This Is the Front Line': Afghanistan's President Talks to TIME

Ashraf Ghani's country is key to the global battle against terrorism

By Nikhil Kumar / Kabul June 1, 2017

Why Donald Trump Needs to Take Action on Sudan

When deciding on U.S. sanctions, he should consider human rights abuses

May 31, 2017

What the U.S. War on Terror Looks Like After Afghanistan

Canadian Teen Charged With Terrorism Over 'Incel' Attack

What to Know About the New Leader of ISIS

Al-Qaeda Bomb Maker Killed Two Years Ago: White House

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