Terrorism
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France charges 18-yr-old over ISIS attack plot: Judicial source
French authorities have charged an 18-year-old man on suspicion of planning an imminent terror attack with a knife in the name of ISIS extremists, a ... World News -
New US sanctions on Quds Force network that smuggled millions of dollars to Hezbollah
The international oil smuggling and money laundering network allegedly led by Iran’s Quds Force, involved Hezbollah, Chinese and Russian companies. Middle East -
FBI uncovers ISIS plot to assassinate former US President George W. Bush
The suspect also said that he had helped smuggle two individuals into the US associated with the Iran-backed Hezbollah. Middle East -
Burkina Faso army says five soldiers, 30 ‘terrorists’ killed in attack
Five soldiers and 30 “terrorists” were killed in fighting in northern Burkina Faso after the suspected extremists attacked a military base in large ... World News -
Somalia’s newly-elected president welcomes US redeployment to fight al-Shabaab
Somalia’s newly-elected president on Tuesday thanked his US counterpart Joe Biden for ordering the redeployment of American troops to the Horn of ... World News -
Saudi Arabia executes three men guilty of terrorism charges
Saudi Arabia executed two Saudis and a Yemeni after they were found guilty of terrorism charges, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on ... Gulf -
Extremist attack kills 11 Egyptian troops: Army
Eleven Egyptian soldiers were killed on Saturday attempting to thwart a “terrorist” attack on the Suez Canal zone abutting the Sinai Peninsula, a ... Middle East -
Ambushes leave 11 dead in Burkina Faso: Army
Seven soldiers and four back-up troops have been killed in two ambushes in Burkina Faso’s troubled north, the army said. The first attack near the ... World News -
Pakistani court jails Mumbai attack terrorist Hafiz Saeed for 31 more years
A Pakistani court has jailed extremist leader Hafiz Saeed, founder of the militant group blamed by the United States and India for a deadly 2008 ... World News -
Iran-backed Houthis under global condemnation after Saudi Aramco attack
Following an Iran-backed Houthi attack on a Saudi Aramco facility on Friday, world leaders and organizations stood with the Kingdom in condemning the ... Gulf -
Gunfire near Somali capital’s main airport, al-Shabaab claims responsibility
Gunfire erupted near Mogadishu’s airport Wednesday as security forces clashed with armed men attempting to storm a heavily fortified area of the ... World News -
Terrorists suspected in gunfire on Tunisia police post, no casualties reported
A firefight broke out between suspected terrorists and police near a national guard barracks early Sunday in the central Tunisian region of Kairouan, ... North Africa -
US man, 21, pleads guilty after trying to join ISIS
A 21-year-old Seattle man pleaded guilty Monday to a terrorism-related charge after being arrested while trying to board a flight to join ISIS.For the ... Middle East -
Five killed in attack near Kenya’s border with Somalia
Five people were killed and three others, including a Chinese national, were wounded when “bandits” ambushed a construction site in a coastal region ... Africa -
New ISIS leader is brother of slain caliph Baghdadi: Sources
One of the Iraqi security officials who spoke to Reuters on Friday said Badri had recently moved across the border from Syria, where he has been holed up, and into Iraq. Middle East -
Fire under control at Riyadh oil refinery struck by drone, no deaths reported
A drone attack hit an oil refinery in Riyadh causing a small fire at 4:40 a.m. on Thursday, an official spokesperson at Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of ... Gulf -
ISIS suicide bomber of Pakistan mosque who killed 64 people was Afghan: Police
An ISIS suicide bomber who killed 64 people at a Shia mosque in northwest Pakistan last week was an Afghan exile who returned home to train for the ... World News -
US intelligence uncovers plot by Iran’s Quds Force to assassinate John Bolton: Report
The report suggests Biden administration officials are resisting publicly indicting the men for fear that it could derail their drive for a nuclear deal with Iran. Middle East -
Mosque bombed in northwest Pakistan, at least 58 killed
A suicide bombing at a Shia mosque during Friday prayers in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar killed at least 58 people and injured nearly ... World News -
US sanctions network funding Yemen’s Houthis, IRGC-QF
The Treasury Department said the latest move was taken “in close coordination and collaboration with regional Gulf partners.” Gulf