Fear

How to seek ‘clean information’ in the time of coronavirus

The coronavirus pandemic has become an undeniable fact of life; but is the media creating a false sense of panic while trying to warn people to stick to healthy routines?

The power of the terrorist manifesto in the age of print and new media

The recent attack on a California synagogue demonstrates a symbiotic relationship between violence and media.

The Tunisian youth who say No to the culture of extremism

In the wake of the recent Tunis terror attack, a group of artists performed before a young audience in the capital city, encouraging them to reject the 'the culture of death' and embrace 'the culture of life.'

Woodward's Trump book sells 1.1 million in first week

"Fear: Trump in the White House" has become the fastest selling book in publisher Simon and Schuster's history.

Daily life in Afghanistan is beset by fear and grief

War has been the norm in Afghanistan for decades. And the civilian death toll continues to climb, even as the government and its allies now face a resurgent Taliban. The UN says 10,000 people, most of them civilians, are killed or injured every year.

Turkish FM warns against giving a free hand to terrorists

In an op-ed for "Newsweek" magazine, Mevlut Cavusoglu said if separatist terrorist organisations were given weapons to advance their goals, the solution of a territorially integrated Syria would be elusive.

UN head warns on rights, stereotypes in terror fight

"In some countries, the majority of terrorist plots and attacks are perpetrated by right-wing extremist groups. And yet the media focuses far more on attacks by immigrants or members of ethnic and religious minorities," says Guterres.

Twenty-five years of terror in the United States

The problem of terror in the United States may be as old as the country itself, founded in a revolutionary war against British rule. Media, the judiciary and politicians all use the term differently. Our list is arbitrary, a question, not an answer.

Hastily blaming Muslims for terrorist attacks helps terrorists

Knee jerk reactions from leaders to incidents like the London bombing isolate Muslims and hinder the fight to prevent violent extremism.

Car ploughs into pizzeria near Paris, killing 12-year-old girl

A French interior ministry spokesperson said the driver had been arrested and the early indications were that this was not an act of terrorism.

US State Dept orders families of consulate employees to leave Turkey

The advisory warns that tourists will be targeted by terrorist organisations in the country and that an attack could occur at crowded places such as tourist sites and transportation hubs.

Italian maths professor on US flight profiled for terrorism

A top US university maths professor was briefly removed from his American Airlines flight and interrogated by American authorities on the grounds that he ‘was writing strange things on a pad of paper.'