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  • Paris anti-terror raid ends; 2 dead, 7 arrested

    Two assailants were killed, including a woman who detonated a suicide bomb, a source close to the case said, adding that the police operation was continuing to flush out two other suspects. The target of the raid, which filled the streets of Saint-Denis with heavily ....

    Two assailants were killed, including a woman who detonated a suicide bomb, a source close to the case said, adding that the police operation was continuing to flush out two other suspects. The target of the raid, which filled the streets of Saint-Denis with heavily ....

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  • Fate of Paris attacks mastermind unclear after bloody raid

    Police launched the operation after receiving information from tapped phone calls, surveillance and tip-offs suggesting that 27-year-old Abdelhamid Abaaoud was holed up in an apartment in Paris’ Saint-Denis neighbourhood. Terrified residents awoke to gunfire an ....

    Police launched the operation after receiving information from tapped phone calls, surveillance and tip-offs suggesting that 27-year-old Abdelhamid Abaaoud was holed up in an apartment in Paris’ Saint-Denis neighbourhood. Terrified residents awoke to gunfire an ....

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  • IS says it has executed two captives from Norway, China

     Islamic State said it had killed a Norwegian and a Chinese captive, showing what appeared to be pictures of the dead men under a banner reading “Executed” in the latest edition of its English language magazine. It did not give any details in the online ....

     Islamic State said it had killed a Norwegian and a Chinese captive, showing what appeared to be pictures of the dead men under a banner reading “Executed” in the latest edition of its English language magazine. It did not give any details in the online ....

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  • Suspects had planned attack on Paris business district: Sources

    A source close to the investigation source said the attack was being prepared for Thursday in the district that is home to some of France's biggest companies such as the oil major Total and the main trading room of Societe Generale bank. Several police sources sa ....

    A source close to the investigation source said the attack was being prepared for Thursday in the district that is home to some of France's biggest companies such as the oil major Total and the main trading room of Societe Generale bank. Several police sources sa ....

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  • Afghan protest organiser: 7 Hazaras to be buried in hometown

    Lilia Mohammadi says on Thursday the four men, two women and child would leave the capital for Ghazni province later in the day. Mohammadi was an organiser of an anti-government march in Kabul on Wednesday, where thousands of demonstrators carried the Hazaras’ ....

    Lilia Mohammadi says on Thursday the four men, two women and child would leave the capital for Ghazni province later in the day. Mohammadi was an organiser of an anti-government march in Kabul on Wednesday, where thousands of demonstrators carried the Hazaras’ ....

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  • No change in U.S.-Pak security relationship: expert

    “Even as it pockets billions in U.S. aid and takes in tons of military hardware, Pakistan patronises proxy groups that terrorise Americans, Afghans, and Indians,” Michael Kugelman, senior associate for South and Southeast Asia at the Woodrow Wilson Internati ....

    “Even as it pockets billions in U.S. aid and takes in tons of military hardware, Pakistan patronises proxy groups that terrorise Americans, Afghans, and Indians,” Michael Kugelman, senior associate for South and Southeast Asia at the Woodrow Wilson Internati ....

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  • Abaaoud was Belgium’s most notorious jihadi

    Currently in Syria, Abaaoud is believed to be one of Islamic State’s most active operators. “He appears to be the brains behind several planned attacks in Europe,” a source told Reuters, adding he was investigators’ best lead as the person likely ....

    Currently in Syria, Abaaoud is believed to be one of Islamic State’s most active operators. “He appears to be the brains behind several planned attacks in Europe,” a source told Reuters, adding he was investigators’ best lead as the person likely ....

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  • Raids in Brussels district; 'Paris attack mastermind identified'

    Belgian public broadcaster RTBF said police had detained a person during a raid in the Brussels district of Molenbeek, but that it was not wanted Paris suspect Salah Abdeslam. Earlier, broadcaster RTL said Abdeslam, a Frenchman wanted in connection with the Paris attack ....

    Belgian public broadcaster RTBF said police had detained a person during a raid in the Brussels district of Molenbeek, but that it was not wanted Paris suspect Salah Abdeslam. Earlier, broadcaster RTL said Abdeslam, a Frenchman wanted in connection with the Paris attack ....

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  • Republic will destroy terrorists: Hollande

     “The terrorists will never destroy the republic, because the republic will destroy them,” French President Francois Hollande said in a speech addressed to the two chambers of parliament. “The acts committed on Friday night were acts of war. They l ....

     “The terrorists will never destroy the republic, because the republic will destroy them,” French President Francois Hollande said in a speech addressed to the two chambers of parliament. “The acts committed on Friday night were acts of war. They l ....

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  • After Paris attacks, fugitive slipped through police dragnet

    Saleh Abdelslam, 26, was one of three men in a getaway car, headed for France’s border with Belgium, when police pulled them over after daybreak Saturday. The French president had already announced new border controls to prevent the perpetrators from escaping. ....

    Saleh Abdelslam, 26, was one of three men in a getaway car, headed for France’s border with Belgium, when police pulled them over after daybreak Saturday. The French president had already announced new border controls to prevent the perpetrators from escaping. ....

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