US designates four groups in Europe as terrorists, calls them 'violent Antifa'

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to journalists at the John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport after the G7 foreign ministers meeting, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, November 12, 2025. Mandel Ngan/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Thursday designated four entities in Germany, Italy and Greece as global terrorists, accusing them of being "violent Antifa groups" as President Donald Trump takes aim at left-wing groups.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statementhe had designated German-based Antifa Ost as "Specially Designated Global Terrorists," along with three other groups in Greece and Italy, in an effort to build on Trump's "commitment to confront Antifa’s campaign of political violence."