Terrorism

Onlookers applaud as French police shoot dead Strasbourg Christmas market gunman Cherif Chekatt

Onlookers applaud as French police shoot dead Strasbourg market gunman

Cherif Chekatt had been the subject of a massive manhunt since opening fire on Strasbourg’s popular Christmas market this week, killing three people

14 Dec 2018 - 5:56am 13

President Rodrigo Duterte salutes a military officer. Photo: EPA

Martial law extended in southern Philippines for another year

12 Dec 2018 - 9:26pm

Gunman on the run after killing 3, wounding 12 at Christmas market in Strasbourg, France

Gunman on the run after killing 3 at French Christmas market

12 Dec 2018 - 10:20pm 6

Nazi sympathiser James Fields Jnr should get life sentence plus 419 years for Charlottesville ‘Unite the Right’ attack that killed Heather Heyer

Jury demands life for Nazi fan who killed woman in Charlottesville attack

12 Dec 2018 - 8:38pm

Indonesian soldiers carry a body bag containing a victim of the separatist attack in Nduga district. Photo: AP

Indonesian rebels demand Papuan independence negotiations

8 Dec 2018 - 6:52pm

Law enforcement personnel taking part in an anti-terrorist exercise, at Admiralty MTR station in January 2018. Photo: Dickson Lee

Hong Kong’s anti-terrorism task force in Xinjiang to study methods

6 Dec 2018 - 10:47pm 14

Indonesian soldiers walk towards a helicopter headed for Nduga district in Papua province. Photo: Reuters

Indonesian rebels brace for retribution in wake of mass slayings

6 Dec 2018 - 9:43pm

Afghan security personnel inspect the site of a car bomb blast which targeted a British security contractor group G4S in Kabul. Photo: EPA-EFE

10 dead as huge bomb targets UK security firm G4S in Kabul

29 Nov 2018 - 7:08am

The passenger was removed from the Jet Airways flight after typing ‘terrorist’ into his phone. Photo: Reuters

Passenger’s Snapchat selfie sparks terror scare on Indian flight

28 Nov 2018 - 5:06am 3

Pakistani security personnel take position near the compound of the Chinese consulate in Karachi after it was stormed in an attack reportedly claimed by the Baloch Liberation Army. Photo: EPA

Why attacks on Chinese interests in Pakistan will continue

28 Nov 2018 - 6:58am 7

Members of the Mumbai police pay their respects at the Police Memorial on Monday. Photo: AFP

India marks 10th anniversary of Mumbai terror attacks

26 Nov 2018 - 10:57pm

Pakistani paramilitary soldiers take position after militants attacked a hospital in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province in 2013. Photo: AFP

Why are separatist militants violently targeting Chinese in Pakistan?

25 Nov 2018 - 9:30am 25

Fire and smoke billows from the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai in November 2008. Photo: AFP

Mumbai remembers 10th anniversary of deadly hotel siege

24 Nov 2018 - 3:34am 2

Policewoman Suhai Aziz Talpur helping secure the Chinese consulate attack in Karachi. Photo: Handout

Pakistan hails ‘courageous’ cop who defended Chinese consulate in Karachi

24 Nov 2018 - 2:41am 7

First responders clear the site in the aftermath of the bombing. Photo: Twitter

Suicide blast kills at least 31 at market in northwest Pakistan

23 Nov 2018 - 10:20pm 3

Paramilitary forces and police are seen during an attack on the Chinese consulate, where blasts and shots were heard, in Karachi. Photo: Reuters

2 civilians, 2 police killed in attack on Chinese consulate in Karachi

24 Nov 2018 - 2:13am 49

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Photo: AP

Australia seeks to strip convicted terrorists of their citizenship

22 Nov 2018 - 10:09pm 1

Afghan health workers carry an injured person to an ambulance after a suicide attack targeted a wedding hall in Kabul, Afghanistan on November 20, 2018. Photo: EPA

At least 40 killed in ‘suicide bombing’ at Afghan religious gathering

21 Nov 2018 - 7:03am 1

Is Venezuela a state sponsor of terrorism? US considers addition to its hit list

Is Venezuela a sponsor of terrorism? US considers adding to hit list

20 Nov 2018 - 9:59pm 3

Australian police arrest three men over plan for mass terror attack in Melbourne

Three arrested over plan for mass terror attack in Melbourne

20 Nov 2018 - 10:54pm 1

Indonesian intelligence agency uncovers mosques spreading radicalism to government workers

Indonesian mosques found spreading radicalism to government workers

20 Nov 2018 - 2:12am 3

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan called out Trump’s ‘tirade’. Photo: Reuters

Pakistani prime minister hits back at Trump’s televised ‘tirade’

20 Nov 2018 - 1:29am 18

Firefighters battle a blaze during the Surabaya terror attacks in May. Photo: AFP

Surabaya redux: terror time bomb fear as Indonesia frees extremists

18 Nov 2018 - 8:00am

A man in France doused himself with rosé wine in a failed attempt to self-immolate on a train from Lille to Montpellier. File photo: Shutterstock

Would-be terrorist failed to self-immolate with bottle of rosé

15 Nov 2018 - 3:47am 3

A police officer stands guard outside a property in Melbourne. Photo EPA-EFE

Three found guilty of Australian Christmas terror plot targeting church

15 Nov 2018 - 12:20am

China says world should ignore ‘gossip’ about fate of Uygurs in Xinjiang camps

Foreign minister says Xinjiang camps are terrorism prevention measures

13 Nov 2018 - 5:39pm 26

Rockets from Gaza hit bus in Israel as thousands demand revenge for deadly Israeli raid

Gaza rockets hit bus in Israel as thousands demand revenge for deadly raid

13 Nov 2018 - 2:08am 4

December 1931 photo of Germany’s National Socialists saluting Adolf Hitler as he leaves the party’s Munich headquarters. Photo: AP

British neo-Nazis who named son after Hitler guilty of terror offence

13 Nov 2018 - 4:28am 3

People rescue a wounded person following three blasts of suicide bomb car attacks in Mogadishu. Photo: AFP

Death toll from Mogadishu car bombings rises to 53

11 Nov 2018 - 1:24am 2

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