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Friday, 17 March 2017 PARIS: At least 3 people were injured after a shooting at a high school in the small southern French town of Grasse, and a 17-year old student carrying a rifle, handguns and grenades was arrested, the interior ministry and police sources added. “The individual does not …

Wednesday, 11 January 2017 Of the 41 soldiers in the Israeli Defense Forces who died last year, 15 took their own lives, that means more troops died from suicide in 2016 than from any other cause of death. The total number of IDF soldiers who were killed in 2016 rose …

Friday, 30 December 2016 ANKARA – Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized its NATO allies on Thursday, particularly the US, for not supporting Ankara’s struggle against the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group in Syria’s al Bab region. Erdogan also accused the US of supplying weapons to Kurdish fighters in Syria. …

Friday, 30 December 2016 Beijing: Police have shot dead three people who allegedly attacked a Communist Party office in the restive Xinjiang region, in the bloodiest such incident in months. The three “rioters” drove up to a local party office in Moyu County and “detonated (an) explosive device”, killing two …

Saturday, 24 December 2016 WASHINGTON – United States federal authorities cautioned local law enforcement on Friday, December 23, to be aware that supporters of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have been calling for their sympathisers to attack holiday gatherings in the United States, including churches. The notice from …

Saturday, 24 December 2016 WASHINGTON  – The United States State Department on Friday, December 23, warned Americans travelling to Egypt of threats from terror groups and noted that several bombing incidents had occurred this month, including a Coptic cathedral attack that killed at least 25 people. While Egypt has a …

Friday, 23 December 2016 MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed the situation in the Middle East and the fight against terrorism. In a telephone talk, “Putin and Netanyahu continued exchange of opinions on the current situation in the Middle East. They confirmed their …

Friday, 23 December 2016 SYDNEY: A “significant” Islamic State-inspired Christmas Day terror plot targeting central Melbourne has been foiled after a series of arrests in raids across the city, police said Friday. Victoria Police chief commissioner Graham Ashton alleged those detained planned to use explosives, knives and guns to attack …

Thursday, 15 December 2016 JAKARTA: A 27-year-old Indonesian woman arrested for allegedly planning to mount a suicide-bomb attack on the presidential palace in Jakarta had worked in Singapore as a maid. Dian Yulia Novi said she was first exposed to radical Islam through Facebook, while working as a maid. The …

Friday, 18 August 2017 : A van rammed into pedestrians on a popular tourist street in Barcelona Thursday afternoon, killing 13 and injuring more than 100. Authorities have arrested two suspects, but the driver of the van is still at large. Car and truck attacks have killed more than 100 people …