Swiss Train Attack: Man Sets Fire, Kills Passenger
A 34-year-old woman has died after a man stabbed several passengers on a train in Switzerland and poured a flammable liquid that caught fire, Swiss police said Sunday. The 27-year-old suspect also was injured in the fire Saturday, St. Gallen police said. He died Sunday morning. Several others were hurt in the attack, including a […]
Priest Killed In Deadly Attack By ISIS In France
One of two suspects in a church attack that left a priest dead in northern France was known to anti-terror authorities after attempting a trip to Syria, a French anti-terrorism prosecutor said Tuesday. Adel Kermiche, 19, was wearing an “electronic tag” during the deadly hostage incident at a Catholic church in the town of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, […]
American Volunteer Killed Fighting ISIS In Syria
An American civilian fighting alongside Kurdish troops in Syria has been killed fighting ISIS, according to a statement from the official website of the People’s Protection Units, or YPG. The YPG said Levi Jonathan Shirley, a volunteer also known as Agir Servan, died on July 14 in Manbij, an ISIS-held city in northern Syria. Shirley […]
Malawi: Panga-Wielding Thugs Attack Prophet Bushiri Crusade In Lilongwe
It was an entirely unusual and chaotic scene in Lilongwe on Friday, June 10, as thugs stormed and attacked a church gathering that was convened by Prophet Bushiri’s Enlightened Christians Gathering (ECG). While the worst attack that could, probably, be presumed to take place against a church is cold war, denigration and other indirect attacks, […]
Conflict And Terrorism Cost The World Trillions, Says Peace Index
The world’s expensive slide into violence and unrest continued last year, with conflict, terrorism and political instability costing the global economy $13.6tn (£9.3tn), according to the annual global peace index. The 2016 index, which analysed 163 countries and territories, rates Syria the least peaceful country, followed by South Sudan, Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia. The world’s […]
Istanbul Bomb Attack On Police Bus ‘kills 11’
A car bomb attack targeting a police bus has killed at least 11 people in central Istanbul, officials say. The explosives were remotely detonated as the vehicle passed through the busy Vezneciler district at the morning rush hour. No group has said it carried out the attack. Violence in Turkey has escalated recently as a […]
Tunisia Tourism: Ambassador Urges FCO To Relax Travel Warning
Tunisian officials have urged the UK government to relax its advice warning against all but essential travel to the country, after a 90% drop in British visitors in the first part of 2016. The guidance has been in place since 31 British holidaymakers were killed in two terror attacks in Tunisia in 2015. The Tunisian […]
Troops Rescue 11, 595 Hostages From Boko Haram Den
THE Nigerian Army said yesterday that no fewer than 11, 595 civilians held at various enclaves by Boko Haram had been rescued. This came as troops intensified efforts to clear and mop up all insurgent activities in the North East. The army said the rescue operations were carried out within the past six weeks, noting […]
Nigeria Chibok girls ‘shown alive’ in Boko Haram video
A video released by Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram appears to show some of the schoolgirls kidnapped two years ago from the town of Chibok. The video, apparently filmed in December, was sent to the Nigerian government and shows 15 girls in black robes identifying themselves as pupils abducted from the school. Some of those […]
Photos From an Abandoned Resort Town Show How Terrorism Destroyed Tourism in Egypt
Once a crowded holiday resort town, Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt is now hauntingly empty. Before the Arab Spring in 2011, about 15 million tourists visited the North African country each year. But after several terrorist attacks major airlines suspended flights and foreign offices around the world warned of terrorist threats, Egypt is not such a […]
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