Those pushing for its closure now see a window of opportunity, hoping Biden's administration will find a way to prosecute those who can be prosecuted and release the rest.

"The threat of terrorism weighs on all of Europe. We must respond," said French President Emmanuel Macron.

A local Muslim man is suing the People's Party of Canada and several associates after his name and image were used and branded as a "terrorist" online.

Six men were charged in federal court with conspiring to kidnap the governor in reaction to what they viewed as her "uncontrolled power,'' according to a federal complaint.

The suspects were allegedly linked to a militia group that discussed overthrowing state governments.

Thirteen men and a woman go on trial Wednesday over the 2015 attacks against a satirical newspaper and a kosher supermarket in Paris that marked the beginning of a wave of violence by the Islamic State group in Europe.

Mali has arguably become the centre of the deadliest jihadi conflict in the world and is at high risk of disintegrating into two or more parts, Matthew Fisher says.

Anduljihad Susukan is the highest-ranking commander of the small but brutal Abu Sayyaf group to be taken into custody so far this year.

Hussein Sobhe Borhot, 34, of Calgary faces four charges including participation in activity of a terrorism group and commission of an offence for a terrorist group.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Monday that the COVID-19 pandemic provides new opportunities for the Islamic State extremist group, al-Qaida and their affiliates as well as neo-Nazis, white supremacists and hate groups.