Getting your hands on a fast-paced espionage thriller is always a plus, and Jeffrey S. Stephens has delivered just that in his new book, “The Handler.” Set in a post-Afghanistan-withdrawal-debacle world, Stephens has created a new hero in Nicholas Reagan, a CIA agent who faces off against several recognizable enemies of Chinese communist and Islamic…

Commentary On June 8, the Australian High Court handed down a controversial decision to strike down government powers to strip nationals of citizenship for engaging in suspected terrorist activities. The court ruled in favour of Delil Alexander, a Turkish citizen whose Australian citizenship was cancelled in 2021, due to the national security agency’s assessment that…

Washington has decided to remove five groups classified under its list of foreign terrorist organizations, including some that have killed hundreds of people, according to reports from multiple media outlets. On Friday, the U.S. State Department issued notices to lawmakers making it known that terrorist designations of five entities will be formally removed when the…

The UK government announced on Friday that it is seeking to proscribe Palestinian group Hamas as a terrorist organisation. Hamas calls for the establishment of an Islamic Palestinian state under Sharia law and has repeatedly called for the destruction of Israel. It has long been involved in significant terrorist violence. Hamas’ military wing is already…

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso—Two Spanish citizens have been killed in an ambush in eastern Burkina Faso, the Spanish government said on Tuesday. The Spanish journalists and an Irish citizen went missing during an attack by gunmen Monday near a national park, said Arancha González Laya, Spain’s foreign affairs minister, in a press conference. The two Spaniards…