Body of Beheaded German Hostage Found
The Philippine military said on Sunday it had recovered the body of an elderly German hostage who was beheaded by Islamic militants last week. The Abu Sayyaf, a kidnap-for-ransom network in the...
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Simultaneous Taliban Attacks Kill At Least 16 In Kabul
Two attacks struck the Afghan capital at almost the same time on Wednesday Almost simultaneous attacks in Kabul have left at least 16 people dead and 44 injured, the health ministry says. The two...
Malaysian Court Charges Two Women With Kim Murder
Two women were charged Wednesday with the murder of Kim Jong-Nam, the half-brother of North Korea's leader, after his assassination at a Malaysian airport last month. Indonesian Siti Aisyah, 25, and...
Philippines’ Duterte Sorry For Dead German Hostage
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte apologised on Tuesday for failing to save an elderly German hostage who was beheaded by Islamic militants, but insisted ransoms should not be paid. The Abu...
Bangladesh Islamists To Hang For Japanese Farmer’s Murder
Five Islamist extremists who murdered a Japanese farmer in a drive-by shooting in 2015 were sentenced to death by a Bangladeshi court on Tuesday. The order for the five members of the Jamayetul...
Court Acquits Three Over 2005 Delhi Bomb Blasts
An Indian court Thursday cleared three defendants over a series of bomb blasts in New Delhi in 2005 that killed 62 people, but jailed one of them for his links with a banned group. New Delhi's...
Baghdad Car Bomb Kills At Least 48
At least 48 people have been killed in Baghdad in the third blast in the Iraqi capital in three days, security and medical sources say. A car packed with explosives blew up near car dealerships in...
Baghdad Blast ‘kills 18’ In Shia District of Sadr City
At least 18 people have been killed in a bomb attack on a predominantly Shia suburb of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, security sources say. A suicide bomber detonated a pick-up truck in Sadr City,...
Man Admits Buying Weapons For San Bernardino Massacre
The man accused of buying the weapons used in the San Bernardino terror attack has admitted his involvement in the massacre, authorities said Tuesday. Enrique Marquez, 25, purchased the assault...
Jury Convicts Man Over NY Child’s Murder In 1979
A New York jury on Tuesday convicted a man of the kidnapping and murder of a six-year-old boy in Manhattan almost 40 years ago -- a case that captivated the city at the time and led to changes in how...
Girlfriend Joanne Lees Finds Australian Sister
The girlfriend of murdered British man Peter Falconio plans to apply for Australian citizenship after learning she has a sister in the country. Joanne Lees, 43, returned to Australia as part of a TV...
‘draconian’ EU Anti-Terror Laws Target Muslims
A raft of new counterterrorism laws across Europe discriminate against Muslims and refugees, spreading fear and alienation, Amnesty International said in a report on Tuesday. The human rights group...
Omar Mateen’s Wife Arrested
Authorities have arrested the wife of Pulse nightclub shooter Omar Mateen in connection with their investigation into the June mass shooting, FBI spokesman Prentice Danner said. Noor Salman was...
US Church Attacker Sentenced To Death
A white supremacist has been sentenced to death for the racially motivated killings of nine black people at a South Carolina church. Dylann Roof was convicted last month of 33 federal charges,...
Four Dead After Lorry Driver Rams Soldiers
Four people have died In Jerusalem after a suspected terrorist rammed a lorry into a group of soldiers, Israeli police say. Medics said three women and one man were killed and 15 people were injured....
Jerusalem Lorry Attack Injures Soldiers
Images showed a truck with bullet holes in the windscreen A suspected terrorist has been shot after ramming a lorry into a group of soldiers, injuring at least 15, Israeli police say. "It is a...
Jerusalem ‘lorry Attack’ Injures 15
Police in Jerusalem have shot a suspected terrorist who rammed a lorry into a group of pedestrians, injuring at least 15, reports say. The attack occurred on a popular promenade overlooking the...
Man Held Who Had Dinner With Killer Amri
Berlin police have detained a Tunisian man suspected of eating dinner with Anis Amri the night before he drove a lorry into a crowded Christmas market. Twelve people died in the 19 December attack....
Tunisian Suspect In Germany Truck Attack Freed
A 40-year-old Tunisian man who was held on suspicion of being an accomplice of suspected jihadist Berlin truck attacker Anis Amri has been freed, German prosecutors said Thursday. Investigations had...
Berlin Truck-Attack Suspect Fled To France Before Italy
Italian Police officers work next to the body of Anis Amri, the suspect Surveillance footage confirms that Anis Amri, the suspected Berlin truck attacker gunned down by Italian police, transited...