Swiss police identify assailant in knife attack as jihadist
Swiss police have identified a Swiss woman who knifed a victim in the neck and grabbed another by the throat in a Lugano department store...
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Swiss suspect terror link in department store attack in Lugano
A Swiss woman grabbed a woman by the neck and wounded another in the neck with a serrated knife in a department store in the...
Islamists say Pakistan agrees to French boycott, end protest
A Pakistani Islamist group called off protests over cartoons of Prophet Mohammad on Tuesday saying the government had agreed to their demand for a boycott...
Israeli operatives killed al Qaeda’s No 2 leader in Iran in August – New York Times
Al Qaeda’s second-in-command, accused of helping to mastermind the 1998 bombings of two US embassies in Africa, was killed in Iran in August by Israeli...
Merkel urges European border reform after terrorist attacks
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said it was urgently necessary for Europe to reform the open-border Schengen area in light of recent terrorist attacks. “I want...
EU to tighten rules on online extremism after latest attacks
The EU plans to tighten its rules to combat online extremism, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday, ahead of a meeting...
Austria admits ‘intolerable mistakes’ in checks on Vienna attacker (Update)
Austria on Friday admitted “intolerable mistakes” in the handling of intelligence on the jihadist who killed four people in Vienna on Monday, saying it could...
French PM vows to fight radical Islam in tribute to attack victims
French Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Saturday the government would keep “fighting relentlessly” against radical Islam as he paid tribute to the three victims...
Teacher in hiding, young woman arrested amid Dutch Islam cartoon debate
Dutch police said on Friday they had arrested a young woman in Rotterdam on suspicion of inciting threats, after a teacher went into hiding following...
German police search homes of four suspected of ties to Vienna attacker
German police said on Friday they were conducting searches in several German towns in connection with four people believed to have ties to the suspected...
Islamic State claims responsibility for Vienna attack
Islamic State claimed responsibility on Tuesday for a deadly attack in Vienna, in a statement issued through its Amaq News Agency along with a picture...
Austrian police arrest 14 in dragnet after gunman kills four (Update)
Austrian police raided 18 locations and arrested 14 people in a massive dragnet on Tuesday, after a gunman killed four people in a rampage in...
Gunmen kill two in ‘terror attack’ in Vienna, manhunt launched (Update)
By Francois Murphy Gunmen attacked six locations in central Vienna on Monday starting outside the main synagogue, killing two people and injuring at least 14 in what...
Orthodox priest injured in Lyon shooting, assailant has fled (Update 2)
A Greek Orthodox priest was shot and injured on Saturday at a church in the centre of the French city of Lyon by an assailant...
Three in custody in France following Nice attack
A third person was taken into custody in France in connection with the knife attack which left three dead in Nice on Thursday, a police...
Angry French city asks after church attack: Why us again?
By Caroline Pailliez When a suspected Islamist from Tunisia killed three people this week in a church in the French Riviera city of Nice, for...
Muslims protest across Asia against France as Nice mourns church attack dead
France stepped up security nationwide on Friday to guard against new Islamist attacks following the fatal stabbings at a church in Nice, while Muslims in...
France on alert as official warns of more militant attacks after Nice church killings
France’s interior minister said on Friday more militant attacks on its soil were likely and the country was engaged in a war against Islamist ideology...
Killings in France trigger Bangladesh protests against Macron
Tens of thousands of Muslims protested in Bangladesh on Friday after killings by a Tunisian migrant in a French church prompted a vow by President...
Man in custody over alleged links to Nice attacker
France is engaged in a war against Islamist ideology and more militant attacks on French soil are likely, the interior minister on Friday. Gerald Damarnin...
