US sees Europe as main threat for extremism
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Europe is increasingly seen as a staging post for potential attacks on the United States, the US Secretary of Homeland Security told the BBC Wednesday, indicating tougher checks on travellers.
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On the heels of a U.S. indictment of Hamas leaders, the State Department on Saturday issued an updated warning that Americans in the Middle East and North Africa could be targets of terrorist attacks.
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Terrorism poses the biggest short-term threat to the US economy, a panel of top business economists said in a survey.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates  made a direct appeal to Europeans on Sunday to support the war  in Afghanistan, warning that violence and terrorism could surge  worldwide if NATO was defeated there.
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Islamist extremists were planning  attacks across Europe, especially against public transport,  before their arrests in Barcelona last weekend, a Spanish paper  reported on Saturday, citing a would-be attacker's testimony.
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Weapons of mass destruction, small boats packed with explosives and Islamic radicalization are the greatest terrorist threats facing the country, top U.S. security officials said Monday on the eve of the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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President George W. Bush on Tuesday warned that Europe urgently needs a US missile defense system to blunt a growing threat from Iran, despite vocal opposition from Russia.
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HELSINKI, Finland US embassies in northern Europe say they have received &quot;threat information&quot; and are urging Americans living in the Nordic and Baltic regions to be cautious.
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The European Union on Friday called on the United States to respect international law in its handling of terror suspects after President Bush acknowledged his country had operated secret prisons abroad.
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The arrest of 14 Islamic extremists in Barcelona points up the growing concern that the jihadist threat on the continent is coming from Pakistan and not just North Africa
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STOCKHOLM, Nov 1  - Prime ministers of the five Nordic countries meeting here on Monday said they were worried by a US warning of potential terror attacks in the region, but claimed that security was high enough to ward off the threat.
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The European Union and the United  States should try to reach a deal quickly on the way financial  transactions are monitored to help the fight against terrorism,  the European Commission's security chief said.
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Failure in Afghanistan would directly threaten European security, US Defense Secretary Roberts Gates warned Friday as he sought to mobilize NATO allies and more especially public opinion in Europe.
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Islamist extremists were planning attacks across Europe, especially against public transport, before their arrests in Barcelona last weekend, a Spanish paper reported on Saturday, citing a would-be attacker's testimony.
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Al-Qaida's threat to attack the United States before the Nov. 2 election is geared less toward affecting the outcome of the presidential race than toward making a violent statement to Islamic extremists worldwide, senior counterterrorism officials said Monday.
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Britain's struggle to contain Muslim extremism points up a chilling trend across Europe: the rise of radical Islam, and with it, a willingness among a small but dangerous minority of young people to answer the call to jihad.
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A rise in the number of Muslims in  Western Europe has intensified longstanding anti-Jewish  sentiment in the region and acts such as desecrating synagogues  are likely to increase, the State Department said.