Definitions of terrorism

Iran condemned the yesterday's bombing in New York, which killed eight people, the France press reported.

"The murder of innocent and vulnerable citizens in public places shows the cruelty and brutality of terrorist groups such as DAESH, who do not respect moral and human principles," Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Gamsemi said in a statement.

Interpol's secretary general says that due to "the return of jihadis" and their defeat in Iraq and Syria, the international security situation is changing.

Speaking at a press conference in Sarajevo, where is in on an official visit, Jurgen Stock said that the threat of international terrorism, organized crime and cyber crime is now "greater than before at the international level."

The Parliament approved the annual report on Bulgaria's national security for 2016, according to bTV.

The report concludes that general criminality decreased, while the effectiveness of investigations increased. 

Czech President Milos Zeman has again warned that victory over Islamic State in the Middle East could provoke "metastases of terrorism in Europe."

Zeman also assessed that Islamic terrorism could create its own European base in Bosnia - as black flags of Islamic State already fly there, Beta reported on Friday.

French President Emmanuel Macron said the fight against "Islamist terrorism" especially in Syria and Iraq is the first priority of his foreign policy, according to ABC News. 

The UN Security Council on Tuesday failed to adopt a media statement condemning the recent shelling of the Russian embassy in Damascus as several states rejected the text suggested by Moscow, a spokesman for the Russian mission to the UN said.

Faced with a global surge in terrorism that has included radical Islamist elements in the Balkans, most countries in the Balkan region have visibly improved counter-terrorism policies, but some still have difficulties with lack of capacities, experience, and resources, a US State Department report said.

The sparring between the government and the Greek judiciary continued on Wednesday with a fresh jab from Alternate Health Minister Pavlos Polakis who criticized a court ruling against a 28-year-old woman convicted on terrorism charges.

The anniversary of the 1992 killing by November 17 of 22-year-old Thanasis Axarlian reminds us how stamping out terrorism should be a key national goal. Its existence is something we've paid for very dearly.

U.S. Ambassador to Ankara John Bass has said Turkey should "avoid making the mistakes that the U.S. made" in its fight against terrorism, warning that an overly broad definition of terrorism could erode fundamental freedoms.