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Hamburg Supermarket Attacker ‘was Known Islamist’

The man who killed one person and injured six in a supermarket knife attack in Hamburg was a “known Islamist”,...

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Cameroon Elite Army Boat Capsizes Leaving Many Missing

Only three people have been rescued so far after a Cameroonian army vessel carrying 37 people capsized off the...

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Bangladesh Marks First Anniversary of Deadly Cafe Siege

Hundreds of people gathered Saturday at the site of one of the worst Islamist attacks in Bangladesh's history to mark...

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Bangladesh Attack Cafe Thrives A Year On, But Fears Persist

As the chatter of customers and the smell of warm bread fill the Holey Artisan Bakery it is easy to forget the scenes...

International

Twelve-Year-Old Melbourne Schoolgirl Killed In Baghdad Bombing

A 12-year-old Australian schoolgirl was among 17 people killed in a car bomb attack on an ice-cream parlour in Baghdad...

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Two Police Wounded By ‘Islamist’ On France’s Reunion Island

A man suspected of being a radicalised Islamist shot and wounded two policemen on the French Indian Ocean island of...

International

Cameroon Journalist Jailed For Terror-Related Offences

The reporter's sentencing has been described as a travesty of justice Radio France Internationale (RFI) says its...

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Cameroon Jails RFI Journalist For 10 Years

A Cameroon military tribunal on Monday sentenced a Radio France International correspondent to 10 years in prison for...

International

Verdict Due In Case of RFI Reporter Accused of Helping Boko Haram

A verdict is due Thursday in the trial by military court of Radio France Internationale (RFI) journalist Ahmed Abba,...

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Top US Official McMaster Visits Afghanistan After Bomb Attack

US National Security Advisor Gen. H. R McMaster arrived in Kabul on Sunday days after the American military dropped its...

International

Five Suspected Al Shabaab Militants Executed In Somalia For Killing Officials

The court said the accused were members of the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab militant group Somalia’s semi-autonomous...

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Indonesia’s Police Kill Six Suspected Islamic Militants

Indonesia's police shot dead six suspected IS-linked militants in a gunfight on Java island over the weekend, a police...

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Number of Foreign Jihadists In Iraq and Syria Unknown

US intelligence agencies don't know the true number of foreign jihadists still fighting in Iraq and Syria, or the...

International

Belgian Altar Boy Goes To Fight For ISIS, Then Returns On Welfare

With his blue eyes, brown hair and beaming smile, young Michael Delefortrie looked every inch the angelic altar boy....

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Top Bangladesh Army Officer Dies From IS-Claimed Blast

A senior army officer who headed the intelligence wing of Bangladesh's elite security force died Friday, days after he...

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Bangladesh Police Storm Hideout, Find Up To Eight Bodies

Bangladesh security forces found the scattered body parts of up to eight people including women and possibly children...

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Grenade Attack As Bangladesh Police Raid Islamist Hideout

Bangladesh police came under grenade attack when they raided two suspected Islamist extremist hideouts on Wednesday,...

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Israel Arrests Jewish Teen Over Anti-Semitic Threats In US, Elsewhere

Israel arrested on Thursday a Jewish teenager accused of making dozens of anti-Semitic bomb threats in the United...

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Afghan Military Rejects Claims Insiders Aided Hospital Attack

Afghanistan's defense ministry Wednesday shrugged off allegations that insiders were involved in a catastrophic...