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Defying the United States, Assad presses assault in southwest Syria
Syrian government helicopters dropped barrel bombs on opposition areas of the country's southwest on Friday for the first time in a year, a war monitor and rebel officials said, in defiance of U.S. demands that President Bashar Assad halt the assault. Assad has sworn to ...
Germany foiled biological attack with Tunisian arrest: police
German police said Wednesday they had foiled a biological attack with last week's arrest of a Tunisian suspected jihadi in possession of the deadly poison ricin and bomb-making material. "Very concrete preparations had been made for an act with a ... biological bomb, which is ...
Israel strikes Hamas positions in Gaza after heavy rocket and 'arson balloon' attacks
Israeli warplanes struck Hamas positions in Gaza after Palestinian militants there fired dozens of rockets and mortars at southern communities early Wednesday, the military said. The Palestinian fire came hours after the Israeli military said it struck Hamas infrastructure in response to "arson balloons" launched ...
U.S. commander warns against rapid Afghan exit, saying Islamic State and al-Qaida may merge
The battle-hardened Army commander nominated to take over U.S. military operations in Afghanistan warned senators Tuesday that if America leaves the fight too rapidly, there is a risk Islamic State militants could merge with al-Qaida and plan attacks against the U.S. or its allies. Lt. ...
London police say short circuit caused minor subway blast, rule out terrorism
A battery short circuit caused a small explosion at a London Underground station that injured five people Tuesday evening, authorities said. British Transport Police said the incident did not seem to be related to terrorism. "The scene has been examined by specialist officers," London Metropolitan Police ...
Boko Haram fighters kill nine soldiers in Nigeria's restive northeast
Boko Haram fighters killed nine soldiers and wounded two others in northeast Nigeria, according to military sources, just days after 43 civilians died in deadly suicide bombings. Both attacks came as the government, which says the jihadis are on the verge of defeat, urges those ...
Extremist plotted suicide attack on Theresa May: London court
An extremist who plotted a suicide attack on British Prime Minister Theresa May wanted to decapitate her in a bomb and knife assault, a court heard Tuesday. Naa'imur Zakariyah Rahman, 20, allegedly wanted to make "big news" by storming Downing Street as May spoke outside ...
Syrian state media said Monday that U.S.-led coalition aircraft had bombed "one of our military positions" in eastern Syria, leading to deaths and injuries, but the U.S. military denied carrying out strikes in the area. The strike took place in al-Harra, southeast of Albu Kamal, ...
Taliban refuse to extend Afghanistan cease-fire as Islamic State suicide attack kills 18
The Taliban refused to extend a cease-fire beyond Sunday night, dampening hopes for peace after jubilant scenes over the Eid al-Fitr holiday in Afghanistan. The announcement came after a suicide attack in the restive eastern part of the country by the Islamic State group on ...
Woman shouting 'Allahu akbar' wounds pair with box-cutter in French supermarket
Two people were hurt in a town in southern France on Sunday when a woman shouting "Allahu akbar" (God is greatest) attacked them in a supermarket with a box-cutter knife, prosecutors said. A customer was struck in the chest during the late-morning assault in La ...
Insurgents ambush Indian paramilitary soldiers in northeast, kill at least four
Suspected insurgents killed at least four Indian paramilitary soldiers Sunday after ambushing their vehicles in a hilly area in the country's remote northeast, police said. Two other soldiers belonging to the Assam Rifles were wounded when the rebels attacked one jeep and a truck in ...
Suicide bombers kill 20, injure nearly 50 in northeastern Nigeria attacks
Nigerian police and military officials said that six suicide bombers killed at least 20 people in northeastern Nigeria on Sunday Borno State Police Commissioner Damian Chukwu said that people celebrating the end of Ramadan were hit by the explosions in Abachari town in the Damboa ...
