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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said in a local radio interview Monday that he is putting “the main part of my focus in the coming years” on opposing Russia in Ukraine, noting that it is “a worldwide problem for democracies.” Though he will not seek a Senate leadership role again, McConnell told NewsRadio 840 WHAS host Terry Meinersthat he …

President Vladimir Putin vowed Tuesday to track down the masterminds of the Moscow concert hall attack that left 144 people dead in the worst assault on Russian soil in two decades, and urged its law enforcement agencies to tighten security at mass gatherings. Putin has repeatedly sought to link the March 22 killings to Ukraine and the West despite the …

Russia’s top security agency said Monday it has broken up what it called a “terrorist cell” in southern Russia whose members had provided weapons and cash to suspected attackers of the Moscow concert hall. The Federal Security Service, or FSB, said that on Sunday it detained four suspected members of the cell in the Russian province of Dagestan in the …

The former head of U.S. Central Command warned Sunday that the Islamic terror group ISIS has a “strong desire” to attack the U.S. and other foreign powers, a threat he suspects is growing. Retired Gen. Frank McKenzie told ABC News’ “This Week” that U.S. officials should “believe them when they say that.” “I think the threat is growing,” McKenzie said, …

The senior Iranian military commander who reportedly was killed Monday in a suspected Israeli airstrike in Syria has played a “key role” in the Islamic Republic’s support of Hezbollah, a Lebanese terrorist organization, the U.S. says. The U.S. Treasury Department, which sanctioned Mohammad Reza Zahedi in 2010, says he has “acted as a liaison to Hezbollah and Syrian intelligence services …

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Sunday said Hamas terrorists captured by troops said “the group is collapsing from within” as Israel steps up its military offensive in the Gaza Strip. “In the last week or two, hundreds of terrorists have been captured and what they say about what happened to them tells the whole story. They say that Hamas …

The nun stood in front of a group of young students at a Lebanese Christian school and asked them to pray for the “men of the resistance” in southern Lebanon who she said were defending the country. The men to whom nun Maya Ziadeh was referring are members of the Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah, which has been clashing with …

Hamas leadership met with Iranian counterparts in a highly publicized engagement, seemingly to promote and praise the United Nations Security Council resolution urging a cease-fire. Ismail Haniyeh, head of Hamas, held a press conference on Monday with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, during which the pair praised the U.N. resolution for serving as a heavy blow to Israel’s political and …

The terrorist attack on Moscow’s Crocus City concert hall was the worst attack in Russia in over 20 years, leaving 137 people dead and over 180 wounded, and reminds Russia and the West that the threat from ISIS and international terrorism hasn’t gone away. Gunmen, identified by Russian media as Tajik nationals, entered the concert hall with automatic weapons and …

The recent deadly terrorist attack in Moscow has brought renewed attention to the ISIS-K terrorist organization in not only the U.S. and other European nations, but to extremists watching. “It’s really good for recruiting for the Islamic State to conduct a show that it can launch attacks, to show that it has reach,” Bill Roggio, senior fellow at the Foundation …