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Tributes are seen on Tuesday at the scene where two National Guard members were shot in Washington. Photo: EPA
Gun violence in the US

National Guard shooting suspect pleads not guilty to murder from hospital bed

The judge ordered Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, held in custody without bond, citing the ‘sheer terror’ of the fatal ambush in Washington.

Crime

Alleged CEO killer tries to exclude evidence from US murder trial

Gun violence in the US

National Guard member dies as Afghan attacker’s past CIA link emerges

Pakistan

Can mediators prevent war between Afghanistan, Pakistan as tensions spike?

Prolonged proxy warfare could create space for terrorist groups such as Isis-K to regenerate and plot overseas attacks, analysts warn.

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Residents clear debris from houses destroyed in air strikes in Khost, Afghanistan, on Tuesday. Photo: EPA
Pakistan

3 Pakistani security officers killed in suicide bombing near Afghan border

One attacker detonated his explosives at the main gate of the paramilitary headquarters while a second was shot and killed in its compound.

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Indonesia

Isis-linked group used video games to radicalise Indonesian children: police

Over 110 children have been targeted by terrorist recruiters this year alone, a ‘massive’ spike from 17 between 2011 and 2017, police say.

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India

India arrests suspect in New Delhi car blast that killed 10

The anti-terror National Investigating Agency said it had detained Amir Rashid Ali on suspicion of conspiring with a suicide bomber.

Indian security staff near the site of a blast at Red Fort in New Delhi, India on Wednesday. On Sunday, India’s anti-terror investigating agency said a man from Indian-controlled Kashmir had been arrested on suspicion of conspiring with a suicide bomber to carry out the explosion. Photo: EPA
India

Blast kills 9, rocks India’s Kashmir police station, days after Delhi explosion

Confiscated explosives blew up, creating a blast so intense that some body parts were recovered from houses more than 100 metres away.

Pakistan

India-Pakistan conflict risks surge amid terror attacks, Afghan proxy war claims

With bombs tearing through capitals and leaders trading accusations, South Asia’s nuclear-armed neighbours are again approaching the brink.

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India

India calls Red Fort car blast a terror attack, detains suspects in Kashmir

If confirmed as a deliberate attack, it would be the deadliest such explosion in India’s capital since 2011.

Security personnel inspect the site, where a car explosion had taken place near the Red Fort monument in New Delhi. Photo: dpa
Indonesia

‘Lone wolf’ Jakarta mosque bombing suspect inspired by neo-Nazis: police

Indonesian police found as many as seven home-made explosive devices at the site of last week’s Jakarta mosque bombing that injured 96 people.

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Members of Indonesian Police bomb squad inspect the mosque where explosions went off at a high school compound in Jakarta, Indonesia last week. Photo: AP
Pakistan

Islamabad court blast kills 12 as Pakistan Taliban faction claims attack

Threat of more attacks follows, as Pakistan struggles with a resurgent Taliban.

India

‘I was shell shocked’: deadly New Delhi car blast triggers terrorism probe

At least nine people were killed in the car explosion near the landmark Red Fort in the Indian capital.

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Africa

Malian woman who posted on TikTok is abducted and publicly executed

Mariam Cisse, who had 90,000 followers, was kidnapped and shot after her abductors accused her of collaborating with the army.

Fulani refugee women wearing veils imposed by fighters from JNIM. Jihadists affiliated with al-Qaeda are tightening their grip on the increasingly weakened Malian military regime. Photo: AFP
Science

PLA team’s ‘dirty bomb’ fallout in rare field test as nuclear tension heats up

China’s weather modification tech can help fight radioactive fallout, study finds.

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A dirty bomb is a small explosion that spreads deadly radioactive waste, and could prove catastrophic in an urban environment. Photo: Shutterstock
Middle East

Syria leader arrives in US for Trump visit after removal from terror blacklist

Ahmed al-Sharaa, whose rebel forces ousted Assad, has been working to present a moderate image, in a break from his group’s violent past.

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Central Asia

Taliban says Afghanistan-Pakistan ceasefire will hold, despite failed talks

Afghanistan blamed ‘irresponsible and uncooperative’ Pakistan for the failure while Islamabad said Kabul was not clamping down on terrorism.

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Banking & finance

Opinion | As markets grow more fragile, matter of time before the bubble bursts

The news and stories that move markets could well be a leading indicator of when markets fail.

The floor of the New York Stock Exchange on September 10. Photo: AP
Germany

Germany arrests Syrian suspected of plotting ‘jihadist’ attack

Interior minister says Germany’s terrorist threat remains heightened, though the suspect’s activities were ‘detected in time’.

Pakistan

What’s behind Pakistan’s crackdown on anti-blasphemy extremists?

Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan was outlawed after thousands of its activists tried to besiege the US embassy in Islamabad.

Crime

FBI foils Halloween weekend attack plot in Michigan, director Kash Patel says

Multiple arrests were made in what investigators believe was a ‘pumpkin day’ plot inspired by Islamic State extremism.

Members of the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force take part in a search on a home in Dearborn, Michigan, on Friday. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong courts

3 Hongkongers jailed for up to 18 years for conspiracy over 2019-20 bomb plots

Lukas Ho handed 18 years for masterminding attacks, while Lee Ka-pan and Cheung Ka-chun each jailed for 16 years and eight months.

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A home-made bomb exploded at a hospital in Hong Kong. Three Hongkongers have been jailed for up to 18 years for their roles in a conspiracy to carry out bomb attacks during the 2019 anti-government protests. Photo: SCMP
Pakistan

Pakistan and Afghanistan agree to ceasefire after deadly fighting

Mediated by Qatar and Turkey, the truce came into effect immediately and is intended to pause hostilities that killed dozens and injured hundreds.

Pakistan

Pakistan, Afghanistan hold peace talks in Qatar after latest clashes

Kabul accused Islamabad of violating a recent ceasefire following cross-border clashes that killed dozens of troops and civilians.

Pakistan

‘Stalemate’: is prolonged Pakistan-Taliban hostility new border reality?

Though an all-out war between Islamabad and Kabul is unlikely, a diplomatic solution also remains elusive, analysts say.

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Smoke rises from a hillside following overnight clashes between Afghan and Pakistani forces along the border on Sunday. Photo: AP
France

French ex-leader Sarkozy to serve jail time despite appeal in Libya funding case

A Paris court said Sarkozy must be jailed without delay because ‘of the seriousness of the disruption to public order caused by the offence’.

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy after a Paris court sentenced him to fives years. Photo: AP
Pakistan

7 Pakistani officers killed in 6-hour battle as militants attack police station

An Afghan Taliban ally, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, initially claimed responsibility for the assault but later denied involvement.

Drones

Drone terror plot foiled in Belgium, prime minister among targets

Police detain three suspects in Antwerp for planning a suspected jihadist-inspired attack using explosives mounted on a drone.

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