War on Terror

A suspected radical Islamist was arrested today after injuring two policemen with a knife in front of the Tunisian parliament building, Interior Ministry said on Monday, reported Reuters.

Iran has made a bomb that dwarfs the most powerful non-nuclear weapon the US possesses. According to Iranian military commander, General Amir Ali Hajiabeh, who labeled the ordinance as Iran’s “father of all bombs”, the new weapon can be launched from Russian-made Illyushin aircraft and are highly destructive.

France's National Police warned of the threat of terrorist attacks on railways throughout Europe, as well as of plans by extremists to organize a series of forest fires and poisoning of food products, Parizien said. The publication refers to a secret police document. The seven-page report was drafted in early September.

Iran has created an ultra-strong non-nuclear bomb weighing nearly 10 tons, Iranian Press TV reported on Saturday, citing the commander of the Air Force Corps of the Islamic Revolution Guards, General Amir Ali Hadjizade.

Europe has experienced three terror attacks in recent times. Sixteen people were killed and more than 100 were seriously injured in two attacks in Spain and one in Finland.

About 11,000 U.S. troops are serving in Afghanistan, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, thousands more than it has previously stated.

The announcement by Pentagon officials at a news conference did not represent an increase in troops in Afghanistan and came after U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis expressed frustration with the method of counting U.S. troops in conflict zones.

Just for this year the French authorities have prevented 9 terrorist attacks. This was declared by the French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb on BFM television, cited by BTV. The terrorist threat in France remains high.

Terrorists like those who caused bloodshed on the streets of Barcelona, Nice, Paris, London, Berlin, Brussels, Istanbul and other parts of Europe have no interest in leaving behind written or videotaped messages in which they justify their actions or champion their philosophy - fanatic beliefs, rather. Their philosophy is their actions - their explosives, guns and battering ram trucks.

Australian police have charged three men with committing terrorist acts on suspicion of starting fires at a Shiite Muslim mosque in Melbourne last year, inspired by Islamic State and intending to divide the Muslim community, Reuters reports.

Terrorist attacks have become routine in Europe. The terrorists target the Western way of life and do so in order to stoke real fear inside people around the world.

This requires composure, decisiveness and a single, unified and bold plan for action among European Union nations in order to effectively fight it.