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Need growing for joint Arab force: El-Sisi
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has said that the need for a joint Arab military force is growing every day as the region faces the escalating threat of armed factions. Sisi also said on Sunday in a recorded address aired by state television that Egypt’s military has no interest in[…]
Taliban storm police compound, kill 22 officers
At least 22 officers were killed when a group of Taliban militants stormed a police compound Tuesday in eastern Afghanistan, officials said. The attack occurred in Pul-e-Alam, the capital of Logar province. Provincial spokesman Din Mohammad Darwish said four insurgents attacked the compound. “The first attacker blew himself up at[…]
Jury selection begins in Boston bombing trial
A US federal judge has began the process of selecting the jury that will hear the trial of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Tsarnaev could get the death penalty if convicted of killing three people and injuring more than 260 others by detonating a pair of homemade bombs placed[…]
Pakistan strikes kill 55 radicals
At least 55 radicals were killed in airstrikes and a gun battle with ground forces in Pakistan’s troubled northwest where the military launched a major offensive this year, officials said Saturday. The army intensified its offensive after the massacre of 150 people in a school in Peshawar this month, a[…]
Woman granted bail for drug possession
A 32-year-old woman who was arrested when she collected a consignment of drugs from a courier company was granted R30,000 bail in the Cape Town District Court on Wednesday. Bulelwa Yokwana, 32, mother of a six-year-old daughter, appeared before magistrate Moegamad Esau. She was reportedly arrested on Monday after Time[…]
Pakistan intensifies anti-Taliban offensive after school massacre
Pakistani forces have intensified their offensive against Taliban fighters, killing 57 rebels in fresh airstrikes and moving ground troops deep into their strongholds, the military said Thursday. Fighter jets bombed 20 hideouts in Khyber tribal district, which borders Peshawar city, where Taliban fighters on Tuesday massacred 148 people, including 135[…]
System failed to track Sydney gunman: PM
Australia’s prime minister acknowledged Wednesday that the nation’s security system failed to keep track of a gunman responsible for a deadly siege at a Sydney cafe, and promised a transparent investigation into why the man was not on any terror watch list despite having a long criminal history. Man Haron[…]
5 people escape Sydney cafe hostage crisis
Five people escaped from a Sydney cafe where a gunman took an unknown number of hostages during Monday morning rush hour. Two people inside the cafe earlier held up a flag with an Islamic declaration of faith that has often been used by extremists, raising fears that a terrorist incident[…]
5 hostages run out of Sydney cafe
Five people ran out of a Sydney cafe where a gunman has taken hostages and displayed an Islamic flag against the window, witnesses and police said Monday, adding that no one has yet been harmed. Three hostages, all men, emerged from the Lindt chocolate cafe almost six hours after the[…]
Multiple attacks kill many in Afghanistan
A series of attacks across Afghanistan have killed more than a dozen people, including 12 workers clearing land mines in the country’s south and seven Afghan soldiers in Kabul. The largest attack on Saturday targeted the Shorab camp in Helmand province, where the demining workers were based, Afghan police spokesman[…]