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Kazakhstan: Three police and civilian killed in Almaty gun attack
Gunmen have killed three policemen and a member of the public in Kazakhstan's commercial capital, Almaty, officials say. One attacker, 27, has been captured but an accomplice is still at large, the interior ministry said in a statement. The government has raised the terror threat level but not said who was behind the...
Attack on Nice: French PM Valls booed at commemoration
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has been booed as he attended a minute's silence in Nice, where an attacker in a lorry killed 84 people on Thursday. Hecklers shouted out "murderer" and "resign" at him before the minute's silence, held across the nation. Earlier, centre-right opposition leader...
Nice attack: Sarkozy blames government for failing to prevent attacks
In the wake of the attack in Nice, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has criticised the government for not doing enough to provide security. The centre-right opposition leader called for any foreign nationals with links to radical Islam to be expelled from France. More than 80 people died when an attacker ploughed a lorry...
Expert’s chilling prediction for Britain: ‘We are long overdue an attack’
BRITAIN is "long overdue" a terrorist attack and the nation has been told to prepare for a "tragic day", a leading counter-terrorism expert has warned. Anti-extremist Maajid Nawaz, the founder of the Quilliam think tank, made the prediction in the wake of the terrorist attack in Nice which has left at least...
Nice attack: Gingrich wants ‘Sharia test’ for US Muslims
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has suggested testing all US Muslims to see if they believe in Sharia, and deporting those who do. Sharia is Islamic religious law based on the Koran, the life of Muhammad and the rulings of Islamic scholars. Mr Gingrich's comments follow an attack in the French city of Nice, which has...
Five held over lorry attack in Nice
Five people believed to be linked to the man who killed 84 people in Nice are in police custody, the Paris prosecutor's office says. Three arrests were made on Saturday and two on Friday, Le Monde reported. Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel drove a lorry through crowds marking Bastille Day on the Promenade des Anglais on Thursday...
Crack SAS team rushed to London after Nice attack sparks terror fears
A TEAM of 40 SAS soldiers was secretly flown into London within hours of the Nice attack ready to provide an immediate response to an Islamic State assault, it has been revealed. The “Immediate Response” team is part of a larger force who have been training across the UK alongside police, the Special Boat Service...
Nice attack: President Hollande to chair crisis talks
French President Francois Hollande is to chair crisis talks with his inner security cabinet following Thursday's attack in Nice that killed 84 people. Mr Hollande, who says the attack was a terrorist act, has already extended a state of emergency by three months. On Thursday, a lorry driver ploughed through a crowd marking...
Brazil Olympics: France warned of attack plan on Rio team
France was informed of a planned terror attack on its team at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, the head of French military intelligence has said. Gen Christophe Gomart told a parliamentary commission in May that a "partner agency" warned of the plot by a Brazilian Islamist militant. No further details were given....
Syria conflict: Rebels launch attack in divided Aleppo
Syrian rebel fighters have launched an assault on government-held districts of Aleppo, after troops cut their only route into the divided northern city. The rebel operation began at dawn on several fronts, with hundreds of shells being fired at western areas. State media said eight people were killed and dozens hurt by the...
Syria conflict: Rebels launch attack in divided Aleppo
Syrian rebel fighters have launched an assault on government-held districts of Aleppo, after troops cut their only route into the divided northern city. The rebel operation began at dawn on several fronts, with hundreds of shells being fired at western areas. State media said eight people were killed and dozens hurt by the...
Iraq shrine attack: IS kills dozens in Balad
Suicide bombers and gunmen have killed at least 35 people in an attack by so-called Islamic State (IS) at a Shia shrine in the Iraqi town of Balad. At least one bomber blew himself up outside the mausoleum of Sayid Mohammed bin Ali al-Hadi, which was then stormed by gunmen, reports say. Another bomber is said to have blown...