Three Israelis killed in two Tel Aviv attacks
Two attacks by Palestinians, including a stabbing at an office building in Tel Aviv, have killed three Israelis, intensifying a two-month-long wave of violence. Much of the recent unrest has focused on...
View ArticleEU ministers to discuss border controls after Paris attacks
EU ministers hold emergency talks Friday on tightening border checks after the killing of the ringleader of the Paris attacks in an apartment in the French capital raised troubling questions about the...
View ArticleDeadly knife, gun and car attacks on Israelis shatter lull
Five people died Thursday as two separate Palestinians attacks targeting Israelis --a stabbing in Tel Aviv and a West Bank gun and car-ramming assault -- shattered a lull in weeks-long violence. The...
View ArticleIsrael violence: Five die after attacks by Palestinians in Tel Aviv and West...
Two attacks by Palestinians, including a stabbing at an office building in Tel Aviv, have killed five people, intensifying a two month-long wave of violence. Much of the...
View ArticleTel Aviv stabbing, West Bank attack leave 5 killed
JERUSALEM (AP) -- A pair of attacks by Palestinians, including a stabbing at an office building in Tel Aviv, killed five people Thursday, intensifying a two month-long wave of violence. Much of the...
View ArticlePair of Palestinian attacks kill 3 Israelis
JERUSALEM (AP) -- A pair of attacks by Palestinians, including a stabbing at an office building in Tel Aviv, killed three Israelis Thursday, intensifying a two month-long wave of violence. Much of the...
View ArticleThe new face of ISIS; the club kid nicknamed 'Cowgirl'
For those who thought all Islamic jihadists were exclusively bearded Muslim males between the ages of 16 to 35 and not so nattily attired in all black dishdasha thobes, of course with the occasional...
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Friday's graphics: - INTERNATIONAL - Available now: FRANCE-ATTACKS: - Maps on the police raid that killed suspected Paris attacks ringleader Abdelhamid Abaaoud on Wednesday. 180 x 103 mm, 135 x 147 mm...
View ArticleShepherd beheading adds to woes of neglected corner of Tunisia
The beheading of a young shepherd by jihadists has aroused anger and frustration in Tunisia's Sidi Bouzid where extremist violence has compounded the woes of an impoverished region. Mabrouk Soltani,...
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Duty Editor: Huw Griffith Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Paris attack mastermind fate unclear + IS says executed Chinese, Norwegian hostages + Girl suicide bombers kill 15 in Nigeria + Global...
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Duty Editor: Emma Charlton Tel: +1 202 414 0543 -- TOP STORIES -- + 'IS mastermind' behind Paris attacks dead + Assad quashes Syria peace timetable + US House votes to halt Syria refugee program + Five...
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Duty Editor: James Hossack Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + Ringleader behind Paris attacks dead + Washington pushes to keep Syria peace process alive + US House votes to suspend Syria refugee...
View ArticleReport: Assad regime bombing hospitals, other civilian targets
As the world focuses its attention on the Islamic State's terror attacks in Paris and the Syrian refugee crisis, one issue is being overlooked, according to a new report: With the help of Russia,...
View ArticleUN, EU step up fight against IS after Paris attacks
The UN Security Council Friday urged its members to ramp up their fight against Islamic State jihadists after the Paris attacks, as Europe said it would tighten border checks and Brussels issued its...
View ArticleNerves fray across Europe after Paris carnage
Panicky crowds, pop stars pulling out, planes diverted and football matches called off -- Europe is increasingly on edge after Islamic State jihadists staged a bloody attack on Paris, slaughtering 129...
View ArticleParis attacks: Key questions answered
France and neighbouring countries are on high alert after the Paris attacks, which killed 129 people and wounded hundreds more. President Francois Hollande says France is "at war" with Islamic State...
View ArticleParis attacks: Who was Hasna Ait Boulahcen?
Hasna Ait Boulahcen, 26, died in a police raid on a Saint-Denis flat alongside the suspected ringleader of the Paris attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud. Boulahcen was born and grew up in Clichy-la-Garenne, a...
View ArticleTerrorist cell took advantage of refugee crisis to ‘slip in’ to France
Members of the terrorist cell which carried out the attacks in Paris took advantage of the refugee crisis to “slip in” to France, according to the country’s prime minister. Manuel Valls said the EU’s...
View ArticleKerry to visit Israel in Middle East trip: US official
US Secretary of State John Kerry will visit the Middle East from Sunday to Tuesday, in a trip that will take him to Israel for the first time since the summer of 2014. Kerry will travel to Abu Dhabi,...
View ArticleItalian Muslims Tell Terrorists to Stop Killing in the Name of Their God
Muslim marches in Rome and Milan on Saturday called attention to the plight of peaceful Muslims. ROME—The #notinmyname Muslim march against terrorism was never destined to be a high-turnout event in...
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