French visitors to the United Kingdom have been urged to employ “extreme vigilance” amid growing fears of a terrorist attack in the country. Offering new travel advice to its citizens, the French government warned an attack on British public transport was now “highly likely”.

As Greek national finances continue to recover after the financial storm, the tourism industry is coming under fresh pressure from a terrorist group called Sect of Revolutionaries. With strikes also sweeping the country, tour operators have begun cutting prices in a last ditch effort to attract visitors.

At least 64 football fans were killed whilst watching the World Cup final in a series of co-ordinated explosions in Uganda. The suicide bombers were suspected to be part of the Somalian Islamist group Al-Shabab, which has strong links with Al Qaeda.

Piracy and terrorism topped the agenda of the European Union’s chief diplomat, Catherine Ashton, on her four day visit to India. Ashton said the EU has proposed that India consider working closer with the 10-nation Atalanta flotilla or the NATO fleet fighting pirates off Somalia. “These have rotating command structures at different levels,” she said and said India could consider being part of such a system.

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced that 100 percent of passengers traveling within the United States and its territories are now being checked against terrorist watchlists through the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Secure Flight program—a major step in fulfilling a key 9/11 Commission recommendation.