Terrorist
Horror moment gunman in ‘Muslim robes’ opens fire on group in shock London attack
THIS is the shocking moment a man dressed in 'Muslim robes' open fire on a group of young men in north London. The video, filmed from a balcony overlooking the terrifying scene in Edmonton, shows the man chase after and shoot at a group of men on March 17. The footage opens with a scene of confusion, with young men...
Turkey blames Islamic State for Istanbul bombing
The suicide bomber who killed four people in Istanbul's main shopping street belonged to so-called Islamic State (IS), the interior minister says. Efken Ala named the man as Mehmet Ozturk. He told reporters that five people had been questioned so far. Mr Ala announced a review of security measures in seven Turkish provinces...
Five killed in another suicide bombing in Istanbul
A SUICIDE attack on Istanbul’s main pedestrian shopping street has killed five people, including two dual nationality Israeli-Americans and one Iranian citizen. Several dozen others were wounded in the attack which is the sixth suicide bombing in Turkey in the past year. The bombing hit part of Istiklal Street, a long...
‘We got him’: World’s most wanted man Paris terrorist Salah Abdeslam shot in Belgium raid
PARIS terrorist Salah Abdeslam has been caught alive in a massive terror raid by Belgian police. Europe's most wanted man was wounded and arrested by Belgian authorities after a dramatic raid in the Brussels district of Molenbeek, Belgian prosecutors have confirmed. Two men were shot, one of which is Abdeslam, who has been...
Now Putin ‘plans to ABANDON Assad’ after Russian leader hauls troops out of Syria
VLADIMIR Putin is poised to abandon his long-standing relationship with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Western diplomats believe. Negotiators locked in peace talks believe the Russian president's shock decision to withdraw troops from war-ravaged Syria suggests he could be prepared to force Assad to step down....
US House Votes to Declare IS Genocide against Christians, Yazidis
CAPITOL HILL—The U.S. House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed, by a 383-to-0 vote, a bipartisan resolution declaring that systemic violence committed by Islamic State (IS) against Christians, Yazidis, Kurds and other ethnic and religious minorities in Iraq and Syria constitutes genocide. The resolution calls on...
Ankara bombing: Turkey strikes against Kurdish rebel PKK
Turkey has launched air strikes against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq following a bomb attack in Ankara that killed 37 people. No group said it carried out the attack but PM Ahmet Davutoglu said evidence "almost certainly" pointed towards the banned PKK Kurdish separatist group. One of the bombers, who also died in...
Egyptian student agrees to leave US after Trump comment
A student pilot from Egypt has agreed to leave the US after posting on Facebook that the world would thank him if he killed Donald Trump. Emadeldin Elsayed, 23, was not charged with a crime but the US authorities sought to deport him, his attorney, Hani Bushra, said. Immigration authorities said they would allow him to return...
Syria conflict: Temporary truce comes into effect
The first major truce in Syria's five-year civil war has come into effect. The "cessation of hostilities" began at midnight (22:00 GMT Friday) with early reports suggesting that guns had fallen silent over major battlefields. UN special envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura said fighting had "calmed down"...
A look at proposed cease-fire set to begin in Syria
Secretary of State John Kerry told the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday that the agreement has already allowed five or six Syrian communities to receive 114 trucks carrying assistance and that 80,000 people now have supplies for a month that they did not have a week ago. The truce is needed before U.N.-led peace...
Did Donald Trump predict 9/11 attacks? Tycoon made shock warning in 2000 book
US Presidential hopeful Donald Trump "warned" of the horrific September 11 attack on the World Trade Center in a book published less than two years before the world's worst terror strikes happened, it is being claimed. While laying into the then President Bill Clinton, Trump's book The America We Deserve,...
Deadly Airstrikes Hit Hospitals, School in Northern Syria
Airstrikes blamed on Russia hit at least two hospitals and a school in northern Syria on Monday, killing and wounding dozens of civilians and further dimming hopes for a temporary truce, as government troops backed by Russian warplanes pressed a major offensive north of Aleppo. The raids came days after Russia and other world...