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Global terrorism

Christmas market gunman evades French police

December 13th, 20181559 The death toll in an attack on Strasbourg's Christmas market rose to three on Thursday as police searched through eastern France and manned checkpoints on the...

Global terrorism

Swedish police arrest terrorist suspect with foreign links

December 13th, 20181902 STOCKHOLM, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Swedish security police said on Thursday they had arrested a person suspected of plotting a terrorist crime as well as illegal...

Europe

Strasbourg shooting suspect cried out 'Allahu Akbar'

December 12th, 20181928 The man suspected of carrying out a fatal shooting attack in Strasbourg on Tuesday night had cried out "Allahu Akbar" during the attack, said Paris prosecutor...

Americas

US 'model soldier' to be sentenced for Islamic State support

December 4th, 20181741 A US Army sergeant described by former colleagues as a one-time "model soldier" is due to be sentenced in a Hawaii federal court on Tuesday after pleading...

Global terrorism

UK security service missed chances to thwart Manchester attack

November 22nd, 20181639 Britain's MI5 security service missed potential opportunities to prevent a 2017 suicide bombing at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester that killed 22...

Global terrorism

Three men found guilty of plotting 2016 attacks on Melbourne

November 14th, 20182093 Three men have been found guilty of plotting bomb attacks in the Australian city of Melbourne in 2016, according to a court ruling made public on...

Global terrorism

French police raid Shi'ite Muslim club in counter-terrorism swoop

October 2nd, 20181873 French police raided a Shi'ite Muslim faith centre and arrested three of its leaders for illegal weapons possession in pre-dawn swoops on Tuesday that...

Middle East

Iraq jails French and German citizens for life for joining IS

August 6th, 20182048 An Iraqi court sentenced a French man and a German woman to life in prison on Monday for belonging to Islamic State, forging ahead with the trial of hundreds...

Global terrorism

Islamist suspect detained in Germany tested ricin on hamster

August 3rd, 20181961 A Tunisian detained in Germany on suspicion of planning an Islamist-motivated attack produced ricin and tested the lethal toxin on a hamster, prosecutors said...

Cyprus

Cyprus on ‘White Widow’ terrorist list, says UK paper (Updated)

July 16th, 201818336 Police on Monday dismissed as inaccurate reports in the British media that Cyprus could be a possible target for terrorist attacks this summer and said there...

Europe

Few Islamic State fighters return but home-grown attacks rise

June 20th, 20181958 Europeans who went off to fight on behalf of Islamic State have not flooded back in large numbers since losing strongholds in Syria and Iraq, Europe's police...

Africa

Bomb kills up to five during football match in Somalia

April 13th, 20183262 A bomb killed up to five spectators at a football match in southern Somalia, police and a lawmaker said on Friday, the first time an explosion has targeted a...

Europe

Several dead after vehicle drives into crowd in Germany (Updated)

April 7th, 20185012 A man drove a van into a group of people sitting outside a popular restaurant in the old city centre of Muenster in western Germany on Saturday, killing...

Global terrorism

Two coalition personnel killed in Syria

March 30th, 20183774 A US service member and another person from the US-led coalition battling Islamic State were killed by an improvised explosive device in Syria, US officials...

World Cup

Russia's World Cup likely target for Islamic State

January 18th, 20184661 The World Cup football tournament to be held in Russia in June and July will be an "attractive target" for Islamic State given Russia's role in the territorial...

Global terrorism

Australia doesn't suspect terrorism after car 'attack'

December 21st, 20173906 An Australian man of Afghan descent with a history of mental health issues drove a car into Christmas shoppers in the city of Melbourne on Thursday, injuring...

Global terrorism

Twin suicide bombers attack church in Pakistan's Quetta ahead of Christmas, killing eight

December 17th, 20173727 By Gul Yousafzai and Asif Shahzad Two suicide bombers attacked a packed Christian church in southwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing at least...

Global terrorism

New York charges bomb suspect; Bangladesh questions wife

December 12th, 20173747 New York officials on Tuesday said they charged a Bangladeshi man with terrorism, accusing him of setting off a pipe bomb a day earlier in a crowded...

Global terrorism

New York truck attack suspect followed Islamic State plans

November 1st, 20175595 An Uzbek immigrant suspected of killing eight people in New York City by crashing a truck through a crowd on a bike path followed online plans from Islamic...

Global terrorism

German police arrest Syrian suspect, avert ‘major attack’

October 31st, 20173720 German police arrested a 19-year-old Syrian suspected of planning an Islamist-motivated bomb attack in Germany with the aim of killing as many people as...

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