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Heinous crime that at least 139 people dead should not be allowed to detract from efforts to find peace – or at least a truce – between Russia and Ukraine.
Court documents allege that suspect Dylan Earl was connected to the proscribed terrorist group the Wagner Group, the domestic Press Association news agency reported.
National Security Department police officer Lau Wai-hung denies coercing alleged bomb plot leader Wong Chun-keung into making statements.
Musk has accused Australia of censorship, while Australian lawmakers have accused Musk of arrogance and a lack of social responsibility.
Politburo member Chen Wenqing says Beijing supports Moscow’s national security efforts as he visits Russia a month after deadly concert hall attack.
Theft was part of wider plan to detonate two bombs in Wan Chai on December 8, 2019, during lawful protest, prosecution says.
Musk accused Australia’s leaders of trying to censor the internet after a court ordered his platform to stop showing footage of a bishop being stabbed.
Six male defendants plead not guilty to charge of bombing, while one female suspect denies role in providing or collecting property to commit terrorist acts.
Terry Anderson was snatched by Islamist militants in war-torn Lebanon in 1985. He was chained and blindfolded during long stretches of his almost seven years in captivity.
Islamist bombers hit three churches and three hotels in 2019, killing more than 279 people, but grieving families say they are still awaiting justice.
Chen Wenqing, who oversees police and intelligence, will go to Moscow for international security meeting a month after terror attack rattles Russia and ahead of anticipated visit by Vladimir Putin.
Pakistan is battling a surge in militant violence on its territory, including frequent attacks on Chinese migrant workers.
Australian police said Monday’s attack at an Assyrian Christian church in Sydney was motivated by suspected religious extremism.
Vigilance is required because of the ‘sudden’ and ‘persistent’ nature of national security risks, he says.
An official inquiry found in 2023 that the 2017 attack might have been stopped if Britain’s MI5 security service had acted on vital intelligence.
Investigators have uncovered evidence linking last month’s deadly attack on the Karakoram Highway to the same Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan cell that killed nine Chinese nationals in a 2021 bombing on the same road.
The Bild newspaper reported the youths were allegedly planning to carry out Molotov cocktail and knife attacks in the name of the Islamic State group, targeting Christians and police.
Analysts say a thaw in tensions could come with a changing of the guard in Pakistan, with both sides keen to not let ties worsen amid significant challenges.
After attacks in Russia and Pakistan, analysts expect more focus on combating terrorism when China chairs the SCO in July.
Islamic State, which harbours a virulent hatred for Iran’s dominant Shiite sect, also claimed responsibility for two explosions in Iran in January.
Russia says the head of Ukraine’s SBU Security Service and others were behind ‘terrorist’ acts on its territory.
Readers discuss what the global response to the massacre that claimed over 130 lives should be, and cases involving the question of genocide in the recent past.
Suspect was armed with ‘several knives’ that he showed to hostages, prosecutor said. Police said there was no reason to suspect ‘terrorist motive’ for ordeal at night spot in town of Ede.
Pouria Zeraati, a presenter at London-based Iran International, was stabbed in the leg on Friday. The Farsi-language news channel has long been critical of Iran’s theocratic government.
Trade with India has been a major burden for the Pakistani business community, which has to import goods via other countries at higher prices.
Using Afghanistan as a homebase, Isis cells have hit targets in Russia, Pakistan, Iran and Turkey this year. Baloch separatists have also stepped up their attacks on Chinese interests in South Asia.