Terrorism Watch

  BOGOTA, June 13 (Reuters) - The main dissident faction of the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla group on Friday denied responsibility for an attack last weekend on Senator Miguel Uribe, after the government suggested the group was involved. Uribe, 39, a potential presidential candidate, was  shot in Bogota  on Saturday during a rally and remains hospitalized in a critical condition. The Reuters Tariff Watch newsletter is your daily guide to the latest global trade and tariff news. Sign up  here. The shooting, which was caught on video, has unnerved the nation which saw a streak of candidates assassinated in the 1980s and 1990s. Advertisement · Scroll to continue A 15-year-old suspect is in custody. In a video of the  teen's capture , independently verified by Reuters, he can be heard shouting that he had been hired by a local drug dealer. "The units of the FARC-EP did not plan, order, or execute any action against the politician in...

Colombian senator Miguel Uribe Turbay, in the running to join next year’s presidential race, is in a critical condition in hospital after being shot at an event in Bogota, allegedly by a teenager. The 39-year-old, from the center-right Centro Democrático – or Democratic Center – the biggest opposition party in the South American nation, had expressed his intention to run in next year’s election. He was shot twice on Saturday afternoon in the capital’s Fontibon district, according to the General Prosecutor’s Office. Police said the teenager was carrying a Glock pistol when he was arrested. The gun was purchased legally in the United States in August 2020, but it’s unclear how it entered Colombia, Police Director Carlos Fernando Triana said Monday. Video footage showed the senator giving a speech to a crowd before multiple loud bangs rang out. He was seen lying on the ground as people around him fled. Police and civilians later rushed him to an ambulance. Uribe’s party said he was shot f...

Insurgents are expanding from West Africa’s Sahel region toward Atlantic coastal nations such as Ivory Coast, creating new terrorism hot spots and displacing millions. Makamoussa Ouattara, who survived a jihadist attack on a mosque where she was praying in Bolè, Ivory Coast, in 2021. At a market in Tougbo, a small town in northern Ivory Coast, the smell of dried fish and fried dough filled the air. Children ran around the bustling stalls where women sold the corn and cassava they had carried on their heads for miles in the countryside. Muslim elders watched the crowds on the sandy main street, while Christian worshipers poured out of church after Sunday mass. Yet the bustle belied an insidious threat. About half of terrorism deaths worldwide in 2023 were recorded in the Sahel, the arid region in West Africa known for its seminomadic tribes and ancient trade routes. Emboldened by their success in the landlocked nations of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, insurgents affiliated with Al Qaeda...

  Congress should use renewal of an expiring terrorism insurance program to create a federal backstop for cybersecurity insurance, according to a report out Tuesday that tries to thread many difficult needles to bolster an industry that its author says isn’t developing fast enough. In an ideal world,  cybersecurity insurance  can be a valuable tool to protect policyholders and push everyone into adopting better cyber practices, but it will need government intervention to reach its full potential amid an array of challenges, Nick Leiserson  writes in a study  for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a D.C.-based think tank.  “Despite its massive growth over the past 20 years, cyber insurance is not living up to policymakers’ expectations,” Leiserson writes. “There is a significant coverage gap. Most damage caused by malicious cyber actors is not insured. The market remains immature, with significant year-over-year fluctuations in premiums, contracts, a...

Seven people, including two police officers, were killed in Colombia on Tuesday, as rebel groups detonated bombs near police stations in the city of Cali and the neighboring Cauca province, Colombia’s National Police said in a statement. Military and police spokespeople blamed the attacks on the FARC-EMC, a group led by former members of  the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia  who broke away from the group after it signed a peace deal with the government in 2016. Authorities said the rebels placed bombs in cars and motorcycles that were parked near police stations, while also waging some attacks with gunfire and grenades. Colombia’s police said there were a total of 24 attacks on Tuesday in the city Cali and the surrounding provinces of Cauca and Valle del Cauca, in which 28 people were also injured, including 19 civilians. The bus that exploded next to the police station. Santiago Saldarriaga / AP The attacks on the police stations come just days after  Miguel Uribe...

In the video, Khalistan supporters are seen carrying out a rally. Along with Khalistan flags, a Pakistani flag was also spotted during the rally. As the Khalistan movement continues in Canada, a video of a parade of Khalistan supporters in Vancouver made went viral on social media. In the video, posted by Canada-based investigative journalist Mocha Bezirgan, a local Canadian man was heard responding to the parade by stating “no one cares.” A parade organised by Khalistan supporters was seen in Canada's Vancouver(AFP/OLI SCARFF) This video comes after Bezirgan alleged that he was “surrounded and threatened” by a group of Khalistan supporters, who also snatched his phone, while he filmed filming their weekend rally in downtown Vancouver. ALSO READ  |  ‘Still shaking’: Canada journalist alleges assault by Khalistanis, shares ordeal In the video, Khalistan supporters are seen carrying out a rally. Along with Khalistan flags, a Pakistani flag was also spotted during the rally. In r...