Italy, Sweden act against threat of militant attacks
Swedish police arrested a man suspected of planning an attack and said investigations continued. The threat-assessment level was at its highest ever, meaning a high probability "persons have the intent...
View ArticleBrussels stays at top security alert over fears of Paris-style attacks
Brussels will remain at the highest possible alert level Monday with schools, universities and metros closed over fears of "serious and imminent" attacks similar to those in Paris, the Belgian prime...
View ArticleStabbing attacks wound Israeli woman, 3 attackers killed
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Three Palestinians were killed while carrying out separate stabbing attacks on Sunday that severely wounded an Israeli woman, Israeli security forces said, with the latest flare-up of...
View ArticleNew Islamic State video threatens attack on White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Islamic State militants released a video on Thursday threatening the White House with suicide bombings and car blasts and vowing to conduct more attacks on France. The six-minute...
View ArticleHow Parisians are coping in a city of shadows, not light
A week after France's worst terror attack, well-wishers and mourners still make the daily pilgrimage to leave flowers, light a candle, say a prayer or otherwise pay respects at the sites of the string...
View ArticleParis attacks: Third body found at site of Saint-Denis raid
A third body has been found in an apartment raided by police searching for suspects in last week’s Paris attacks, prosecutors said. The French prosecutors’ office said in a statement that the body is...
View ArticlePalestinian stabs Israeli woman to death, 3 attackers killed
JERUSALEM — A young Israeli woman was stabbed to death by a Palestinian who was among three assailants to be shot dead following separate attacks Sunday, Israeli security forces said, with the latest...
View ArticleIsraeli woman stabbed to death, 3 attackers killed
JERUSALEM — A young Israeli woman was stabbed to death by a Palestinian who was among three assailants to be shot dead following separate attacks Sunday, Israeli security forces said, with the latest...
View ArticleIsrael says it shoots dead Palestinian woman trying to stab
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian woman as she prepared to carry out a stabbing attack in the West Bank on Sunday, the military said, in the latest flare-up in two months of...
View ArticleLibyans need to fight Islamic State, not each other - French defence minister
PARIS (Reuters) - Libya's main armed factions will be committing suicide unless they stop fighting each other and take on Islamic State's growing presence in the North African country, France's defence...
View ArticleTerror alert shuts Brussels metro as jihadist on the run
Brussels shut its metro system as a terror alert was raised to its highest level Saturday, with a gunman still on the run after the Paris attacks which have sent jitters through Europe. Citizens of the...
View ArticleInsight - Authorities missed many "red flags" before Paris shootings
By John Irish, Robert-Jan Bartunek and Orhan Coskun PARIS (Reuters) - There were multiple chances to stop the men who attacked Paris. In January, Turkish authorities detained one of the suicide bombers...
View ArticleItaly launches jihadist hunt after US tip
Italy is looking for five terror suspects after a tip-off from the United States about possible jihadist attacks on tourist sites in Rome and Milan, Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said Thursday. The...
View ArticleAuthorities missed many 'red flags' before Paris shootings
PARIS - There were multiple chances to stop the men who attacked Paris. In January, Turkish authorities detained one of the suicide bombers at Turkey's border and deported him to Belgium. Brahim...
View ArticleBrussels stays at top security alert over fears of Paris-style attack
Brussels will remain at the highest possible alert level Monday, with schools, universities and metros closed over a "serious and imminent" threat of attacks similar to those that struck Paris, the...
View ArticleIraq says it shared information that France, U.S., Iran were targets
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari has said his country's intelligence services shared information they had which indicated that France, the United States and Iran were among...
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 ArticleDeadly Paris attacks reveal 'next stage of IS': experts
The Islamic State group's ability to carry out the deadly Paris attacks that it has claimed reveals the growing sophistication and reach of the global jihadist network, analysts said Saturday. At least...
View ArticleAbaaoud: 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 Article'Syrians are not terrorists,' refugee tells America
Hussam al-Roustom lost everything in Syria. After fleeing the horrors of war, he's working 12-hour night shifts in a bakery, learning English and watching his children flourish in America. After...
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