The government has been grappling with the definitions of terrorism and extremism following the conviction of 18-year-old Axel Rudakubana for the murders of three young girls in Southport last July.

The former head of counter-terrorism policing in the UK has branded the government’s proposal to extend the definition of terrorism to encompass atrocities carried out by lone attackers like the ...

UNITED NATIONS – Secretary-General Annan plans to promote a universal definition of terrorism on his short tour through Europe and the Middle East and call for a treaty that would turn terrorists into ...

PHOENIX — An Arizona Senate bill would expand the state’s definition of a terror attack and increase the minimum time a person found guilty on terror-related ...

From 9/11 to more recent attacks in Manchester, London, Paris, Melbourne and beyond, terrorism is a term that has relentlessly pushed its way to the forefront of media headlines and has become ...

One of the most remarkable features of the "war on terror" - linguistically, and also politically - has been the warriors' characterisation of their target. They see terrorism as a barbarous attack on ...

The mass shooting at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office in Dallas is now being described by federal officials as terrorism after initially being labeled by authorities as ...

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