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16th Oct 2020

Pakistan: 20 security personnel killed in terror attacks

By Islamuddin Sajid and Aamir Latif ISLAMABAD/KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): Twenty security personnel were killed in two separate terrorist attacks in north and southwestern Pakistan on Thursday, officials said. The Baloch Raji Ajoi Sangar (BRAS), a banned terrorist organization, has … Continued

27th Aug 2020

New Zealand: Christchurch mosques’ terrorist sentenced to life without parole

By Jeyhun Aliyev (AA): A 29-year-old Australian white supremacist who killed 51 Muslim worshippers last year in New Zealand’s deadliest shooting has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the first such ruling ever … Continued

24th Aug 2020

New Zealand: Sentencing of terrorist who murdered 51 worshippers in mosques begins

By Jeyhun Aliyev (AA): The four-day sentencing hearing of the terrorist responsible for the Christchurch mosque attacks, the worst mass shooting in New Zealand’s modern history, began Monday morning, according to a local daily. Brenton Tarrant, 29, an Australian … Continued

3rd Aug 2020

Cameroon: 18 civilians killed in Boko Haram attack

By Fatma Esma Arslan DAKAR, Senegal (AA): At least 18 civilians were killed and eleven others were seriously injured in an attack attributed to the Boko Haram group, local media reported on Sunday. The attack took place in the … Continued

18th Apr 2019

Pakistan: Terrorists shoot dead 14 passengers in Balochistan

By Aamir Latif KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): Terrorists shot dead at least 14 passengers in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan Province on Thursday morning, an official and local media said. The gruesome incident — latest in a fresh flare-up of violence — … Continued

5th Apr 2019

New Zealand terrorist suspect who murdered 50 Muslims charged with murder

By Recep Sakar MELBOURNE (AA): The man accused of carrying out last month’s terrorist attacks on two New Zealand mosques appeared Friday for a hearing at the Christchurch High Court. A 3-year-old, three schoolboys and several pensioners were among … Continued

18th Mar 2019

UK: ‘Far-right’ stabbing treated as terrorist incident

By Muhammad Mussa LONDON (AA): U.K. police are treating the stabbing of a young man as an act of terrorism as the perpetrator was inspired by the far-right. On Saturday night a 19 year old man was stabbed in … Continued

17th Mar 2019

UK media fail to call NZ mosque shootings as terror attack

By Can Erozden (AA): U.K.’s well-known broadcasting corporation BBC and Daily Mirror came under fire as they did not name the New Zealand mosque shootings as terror attack that killed at least 50 Muslims at their place of worship … Continued

16th Mar 2019

New Zealand: Terrorist who allegedly murdered 49 Muslim worshippers charged

By Beyza Binnur Donmez ANKARA (AA): A court in New Zealand decided Saturday that the terrorist charged with murder in a terror attack would remain in custody until April 5. Brenton Harrison Tarrant, 28, would remain imprisoned without a plea … Continued

7th Feb 2019

Burkina Faso: 5 soldiers killed in terrorist attack

By Alaattin Dogru (AA): Five soldiers were killed and three others were wounded in a terrorist attack in northern Burkina Faso, the country’s military said Tuesday. In a statement, the military said one of the terrorist groups in the … Continued

14th Oct 2018

Afghanistan: Blast at campaign rally kills 22

By Sayed Khodaberdi Sadat KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): Just days before national parliamentary polls, at least 22 people were killed and more than 30 wounded in a blast at a campaign rally in northern Afghanistan, officials confirmed on Saturday. Mohammad … Continued

23rd Sep 2018

Iran: 29 killed in attack in terror attack in Ahvaz

By Mustafa Kamel and Muhammed Kursun and Ibrahim Saleh TEHRAN (AA): The toll of people killed and injured on Saturday in the terrorist attack targeted a military march in the southwestern Iranian city of Ahwaz [Ahvaz] risen to 29 … Continued

20th Jun 2018

Canada: Quebec mosque shooter could serve life in prison

By Barry Ellsworth TRENTON, Canada (AA): Alexandre Bissonnette, who murdered six people at a Quebec City mosque last year, should spend the rest of his life in prison, the prosecution said Tuesday. Thomas Jacques told Justice Francois Huot that … Continued

2nd Nov 2017

US: New York terror attack suspect charged, may face death penalty

By Michael Hernandez WASHINGTON (AA): The suspect accused of killing eight people and injuring a dozen others in New York City is facing two federal charges related to the attack, and could face the death penalty, prosecutors announced Wednesday. … Continued

26th Mar 2017

UK: London terror attack suspect acted alone says police

By Inci Gundag LONDON (AA): London police late Saturday said the suspect appeared to have acted alone in Wednesday’s terror attack outside the U.K. parliament that killed four people and injured dozens. Neil Basu, deputy assistant Metropolitan police commissioner, … Continued

3rd Feb 2017

Iraq: 50,000 Iraqis return to homes in war-battered E Mosul

By Muayyad al-Tarfi BAGHDAD (AA): Almost 50,000 displaced people have returned to their homes in eastern Mosul and the city’s southern Qayyarah district, both of which were recently recaptured by the Iraqi army from the Daesh terrorist group, according … Continued

29th Oct 2016

Iraqi army says 3 more villages captured from Daesh

By Ahmed Kasim NINEVEH, Iraq (AA): Three more villages west of Mosul have been recaptured from the Daesh terrorist group, military sources said Saturday. Faisal Yasin, a captain in the Iraqi army’s Nineveh Operations Command, told Anadolu Agency that … Continued

29th Jul 2016

Syria: Terrorist group Al-Nusra Front breaks off Al-Qa’ida ties

By Mohamad Misto ANKARA (AA): Syrian terrorist group Al-Nusra Front has terminated all ties with Al Qaeda, the group’s leader told a Qatar-based television network Thursday. In remarks made during an interview with Al Jazeera Arabic, Nusra leader Abu … Continued

23rd Jul 2016

Brazil Muslims support open probe into terror suspects

By Senabri Silvestre SANTO DOMINGO, Dom. Rep. (AA) Brazil’s Muslim community on Friday voiced support for an open investigation into suspected terrorists who officials say were planning attacks at the upcoming Olympic games. Sheikh Jihad Hassan Hammadeh who heads … Continued

14th Jun 2016

US presidential nominees trade jabs over Orlando massacre

By Kasim Ileri WASHINGTON (AA): Democratic presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton sparred with her Republican rival, Donald Trump, who again espoused anti-Muslim rhetoric in the wake of a deadly mass shooting in Orlando, Florida. “Inflammatory anti-Muslim rhetoric and threatening to … Continued

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