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Saudi Arabia Names Pakistani Man as Suicide Bomber in Medina
Saudi Arabia on Tuesday identified the suicide bomber who struck outside one of Islam's holiest sites the day before as a Pakistani resident of the kingdom who arrived 12 years ago to work as a driver. The suicide bombing Monday outside the sprawling mosque grounds where the Prophet Muhammad is buried in the western city of...
Medina explosion: Suicide bombing near Saudi holy site
A suicide bomber has killed four security officers and injured five others near one of Islam's holiest sites in the Saudi city of Medina, according to the interior ministry. The bomber detonated his explosives after being stopped outside the Prophet's Mosque, a statement said. The mosque is the burial place of the...
UAE warns against wearing national dress abroad
United Arab Emirates (UAE) nationals are being urged not to wear national dress outside the region, days after an Emirati man was detained in the US. Ahmed al-Menhali, a businessman, was detained while wearing traditional robes in a hotel in Avon, Ohio. Media in Ohio said a hotel employee feared he was pledging allegiance to...
Bangladesh attack: Dhaka’s Holey cafe attackers were known to police
Bangladeshi officials have named five of the men who carried out the country's worst terror attack on Friday and said they were known to police. Twenty hostages, most of them foreign, were killed when Islamist militants stormed a cafe in the capital, Dhaka. Two police officers also died and 30 were injured. After a 12-hour...
Terror attack in Bangladesh: The victims
A multi-national crowd was dining when terrorists invaded the trendy restaurant in a diplomatic enclave of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. The attackers took hostages and exchanged gunfire with police until soldiers moved in and killed the militants. Twenty people inside the Holey Artisan Bakery cafe were killed, along with...
ISIS Claims Responsibility for Attack at Bangladesh Cafe That’s Killed at Least 2
ISIS has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack at a cafe in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Foreigners are being held hostage in an ongoing shooting and hostage situation at the cafe in Gulshan, a neighborhood popular with foreigners. Authorities did not immediately provide the nationalities or number of hostages. Two...
President Obama Reaffirms Goal to Defeat ISIS in Wake of Istanbul Attack
President Obama indirectly blamed ISIS for Tuesday's terrorist attack in Istanbul, calling the carnage "an indication of how little these vicious organizations have to offer" to society. “We stand with the people of Turkey and we intend to do what's necessary to make sure that these kinds of terrible...
IS conflict: Falluja ‘humanitarian disaster’ warning
A humanitarian disaster is unfolding in Falluja following a civilian exodus from the Iraqi city, aid workers warn. Some 80,000 people have fled during a four-week government offensive to drive back so-called Islamic State fighters, says the UN. A further 25,000 civilians are likely on the move, the organisation adds. Aid...
Iraqi Troops Push Into Center of Fallujah in Fight Against ISIS
The Iraqi military has pushed into the heart of the ISIS-held city of Fallujah, but U.S. officials say more tough fighting remains to rid ISIS from the rest of the city. "The Iraqis announced today that they had seized the Fallujah municipal building in roughly the center of Fallujah," said Colonel Chris Garver, the...
Syria TV: Twin Explosions Near Damascus Kill 8, Wound 13
Two suicide bomb attacks struck close to the Syrian capital Saturday, killing at least eight people and wounding over a dozen others in the latest attack to hit the predominantly Shiite area in recent months, state TV and an opposition activist group said. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the bombings through...
Libyan forces ‘re-take Sirte port from IS militants’
Libyan forces say they have re-taken control of the port in the city of Sirte, after fierce fighting against militants from so-called Islamic State. Sirte is the most significant IS stronghold outside Iraq and Syria. Earlier this week warplanes bombed IS positions in Sirte while naval forces fired missiles into the port,...
France braces for intense security around Euro 2016 championship
Gun attacks, remotely-detonated bombs, and even drones carrying explosives and chemical weapons: these are just a few of the terrorist threats French authorities are preparing for at the Euro 2016 football championships, which get underway on Friday. Just days before the championships kick off, Ukraine security services say...
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