After Ankara bombing, Turkey hits back in Iraq and at home
Istanbul, TurkeyReuters Turkey said it unleashed air strikes on militant targets in northern Iraq and detained suspects in Istanbul overnight, hours after Kurdish militants said they orchestrated the first bomb attack in the capital Ankara in years. On Sunday morning, two attackers detonated a bomb near government buildings in Ankara, killing them both and wounding […]
Kenya pledges security boost as it commemorates 2013 mall massacre
Nairobi, KenyaReuters Kenya pledged on Thursday to reinforce security measures against Somali militants as it commemorated a deadly mall attack which security analysts say led to improvements in the country’s readiness to counter threats. A decade after 67 people were killed during an attack by gunmen from Somalia’s al-Shabaab group at the upscale Westgate Mall […]
Six convicted of murder for 2016 Brussels bombings
Brussels, BelgiumReuters A Belgian court convicted six men of murder and two others of terrorism charges on Tuesday after the country’s largest ever trial involving the 2016 Islamist bombings in Brussels that killed 32 people. Defendants sit in a specially designed glass box in the courtroom during the start of the Brussels terrorist attack trial […]
Israel files terrorism charges against two settlers in West Bank rampages
JerusalemReuters Israeli prosecutors filed terrorism-related charges on Wednesday against two Jewish settlers, one accused of desecrating a mosque and the other of setting a fire in a home, during rampages against Palestinians that drew US calls for accountability. The spree of vandalism and arson by hundreds of settlers in several villages and towns in the […]
Hope for jobs drives recruitment by militant groups in Africa – report
Johannesburg, South AfricaReuters Hope of employment more than religious belief is driving people to join fast-growing extremist groups in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a report by the UN Development Programme based on interviews with hundreds of former fighters. While worldwide deaths from terrorism have declined in the last five years, deaths in sub-Saharan Africa have […]
Suspect in Spain machete attacks on churches jailed on remand
Madrid, Spain Reuters The man suspected of carrying out machete attacks on two churches in southern Spain last week has been imprisoned on remand, Spain’s High Court ordered on Monday, describing his actions as a “targeted jihadist attack”. Moroccan national Yassin Kanjaa, 25, faces at least one count of “aggravated murder with terrorist intent” and […]
Israeli troops kill seven Palestinian gunmen, two civilians in Jenin clash, Palestinians say
Jenin, West Bank Reuters Israeli commandos killed seven gunmen and two civilians in a raid on a flashpoint town in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, Palestinian officials said, stirring fear of further flare-ups after the largest single death toll in years of fighting. The Palestinian Authority said it was ending its security coordination with […]
At least one dead, several injured in machete attack at southern Spain churches
Updated: 11:45am (AEST)Madrid, SpainReuters Spanish authorities said they were investigating what they called a possible “terrorist” incident after a machete-wielding man attacked several people at two churches in the southern port city of Algeciras, killing at least one person. The man attacked clergymen at two different churches – San Isidro and Nuestra Senora de La […]
Car bombs kill 35, burn houses in central Somalia – police
Mogadishu, SomaliaReuters Two car bombs detonated by al-Shabaab militants in central Somalia on Wednesday killed at least 35 people, including eight members of a single family, and wounded 40 more, a senior police officer said. The attack in the town of Mahas was the latest in a series by al Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab since government […]
Pakistan taken off global watchdog’s ‘grey’ list for terrorism financing
Islamabad, PakistanReuters Pakistan has been removed from an international grey list that warrants increased surveillance for terrorism financing, the head of the international money laundering watchdog which makes the list said on Friday. The decision, which provides a boost to the reputation of the crisis-ridden South Asian nation, was taken at the end of a […]