Abaaoud: From school bully to terror plotter
Even Abdelhamid Abaaoud’s own family prayed for his death, and on Thursday they got their wish fulfilled when the Belgian jihadist behind the Paris attacks was confirmed killed in a French police raid...
View ArticlePalestinian attacks in Tel Aviv, West Bank leave 5 dead, including American
JERUSALEM – A pair of stabbing and shooting attacks carried out by Palestinians killed three Israelis, a Palestinian and an American teenager on Thursday in one of the deadliest days in a recent...
View ArticleFive dead in Palestinian attacks in Tel Aviv, West Bank: Israel
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A Palestinian fatally stabbed two people in a Tel Aviv office building and three other people were killed in an attack in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, Israeli police and...
View ArticleIslamic State group says bomb downed Russian plane
The Islamic State group said Wednesday it had smuggled a bomb on board a Russian airliner that went down last month, after discovering a "way to compromise the security" at an Egyptian airport. The IS...
View ArticleParis attacks 'mastermind' killed in police raid
The Islamic State jihadist suspected of masterminding the Paris attacks was killed during a major police raid, prosecutors confirmed Thursday, as French lawmakers voted to extend a state of emergency...
View ArticleFrance seeks to extend state of emergency after attacks
France, Belgium move to tighten security; FBI said to warn of threat in Italy Flowers and candle tributes are placed at the Restaurant Le Carillon in Paris on Thursday. France is still reeling from the...
View ArticleAbaaoud linked to four French attack plots this year: minister
Paris attacks ringleader Abdelhamid Abaaoud was implicated in four thwarted French terror plots this year, a minister said Thursday, deploring the fact that no-one had flagged his presence in Europe....
View ArticleFrench PM warns of risk of chemical attack
Prime Minister Manuel Valls warned Thursday that France was at risk of a chemical or biological weapons attack, as lawmakers voted to extend a state of emergency imposed after the Paris carnage. The...
View ArticleParis attacks 'ringleader' killed in police raid
The Islamic State jihadist suspected of orchestrating the Paris attacks was killed in a major police raid, prosecutors confirmed Thursday, as French lawmakers extended emergency powers imposed after...
View ArticleThree Israelis slain during separate attacks in Tel Aviv, West Bank
An Israeli was killed Thursday in an attack in the West Bank, police said, a short time after a knife attack in Tel Aviv that left two Israelis dead. An unidentified attacker opened fire on an Israeli...
View ArticleHasna Ait Boulahcen: French 'cowgirl' turned suspected suicide bomber
Hasna Ait Boulahcen, the woman believed to have blown herself up during the police raid that killed the suspected ringleader of the Paris attacks, swapped her party-girl persona for that of an Islamist...
View ArticleIsrael's gun policy: A licence to kill Palestinians
At a bus stop near Hebrew University in Jerusalem, a group of students cursed a looming deadline, while a couple next to them shared a cigarette. Nearby, a man dressed in shorts and flip-flops stood...
View ArticleParis attacks at a glance: Friday's developments
(CNN)A key suspect in last week's Paris terror attacks remained at large Friday as EU ministers met in an emergency session. The search for Salah Abdeslam has been extended to include the Netherlands,...
View ArticlePalestinian attacks in Tel Aviv, West Bank leave five people dead
Israeli border guards monitor the site of an attack Thursday that left one Israeli dead and eight wounded. (Ahmad Gharabli, AFP) JERUSALEM — A pair of stabbing and shooting attacks carried...
View ArticleHow did attacks ringleader and Europe's most wanted man get to Paris?
Paris: French and Belgian security services were facing difficult questions on Wednesday night over how one of Europe's most wanted terrorists was able to slip back into France from Syria and...
View ArticleISIS Does Not Have God on Its Side
The Times They Are A-Changin', one of Bob Dylan's early acoustic albums, might be best remembered for its civil rights anthems like the title song, "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll," and "A Pawn...
View ArticlePalestinian attacks in Tel Aviv, West Bank leave 5 dead
JERUSALEM (AP) -- A pair of stabbing and shooting attacks carried out by Palestinians killed three Israelis, a Palestinian and an American teenager on Thursday in one of the deadliest days in a recent...
View ArticleIsrael outlaws Islamist group accused of inciting violence
JERUSALEM — Israel on Tuesday outlawed an Islamist group accused of inciting violence among Arab citizens amid a two-month wave of unrest, and in a separate development approved the construction of...
View ArticlePalestinian attacks in Tel Aviv, West Bank, leave 5 dead
JERUSALEM (AP) -- A pair of stabbing and shooting attacks carried out by Palestinians killed five people Thursday - three Israelis, a Palestinian and an American - in one of the deadliest days yet in a...
View Article2 Israelis killed in Tel Aviv stabbing attacks
JERUSALEM (AP) -- A knife-wielding Palestinian fatally stabbed two Israeli men and wounded a third Israeli in a Tel Aviv office building on Thursday before being apprehended, police and witnesses said....
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