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Israel Continues To Target Gaza, Fierce Fighting On As War Enters 100th Day
Israeli tanks and aircraft hit targets in southern and central Gaza on Sunday and there were fierce gun battles in some areas as the war reached 100 days since the October 7 attack led by gunmen from the Islamist Hamas movement.
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8 Civilians Dead In Siege At Somalian Hotel By Al-Shabaab Terrorists
At least eight civilians have been confirmed dead in an attack by Islamist terrorists on a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu, an official said Saturday, as security forces continued to battle gunmen holed up inside.
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French Court Jails Key Accused And Accomplices Over Charlie Hebdo Attacks
A Paris court on Wednesday handed jail terms ranging from four years to life to more than a dozen people convicted of helping Islamist gunmen who attacked satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and customers at a Jewish supermarket in January 2015.
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French President Says Defend "Right To Laugh" As Charlie Hebdo Attacks Trial Begins
The right to mock and caricature, even religion, is an essential part of being French, President Emmanuel Macron said at a naturalisation ceremony on Friday, days after the start of a trial of the accused accomplices in an attack by Islamist gunmen on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in 2015.
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Gunmen Kill 1, Wound 4 At Mosque Attack In Islamabad
Gunmen killed one person and wounded at least four others outside a Shiite mosque in Islamabad, police said Wednesday, days after an Islamist protest ended in the city. The firing erupted as people left the Bab-ul-Ilm mosque following evening prayers in Islamabad's I-8 sector.
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Gunmen Attack Philippine Village Near War-Torn City: Military
Hundreds of gunmen attacked troops in a southern Philippine village today in a hit-and-run assault that may have been intended to help Islamist militants engaged in a nearby urban war, authorities said.
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Bangladesh Hunts For 6 Accomplices Of Cafe Attackers
Bangladeshi police hunted on Tuesday for six members of a domestic Islamist group they suspect helped gunmen attack a Dhaka cafe, as officials began questioning families of the militants for clues as to what turned them into killers.
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Italy PM Says Italians Killed In 'Madness' Of Dhaka Attack
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi condemned on Saturday a deadly attack in the Bangladeshi capital where suspected Islamist gunmen stormed into a cafe and killed 20 of the hostages inside, including some Italians.
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Islamist Gunmen Kill 17 In Somalia Beach Restaurant Attack
At least 17 people were killed in the Somali capital of Mogadishu when five Islamist gunmen set off bombs and stormed a popular beach-front restaurant late on Thursday, Somali police said.
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19 Dead In Somalia Shebab Restaurant Attack: Police
Somalia's Islamist Shebab militants killed at least 19 people when five gunmen detonated a bomb before storming a popular seaside restaurant in the capital Mogadishu, police said today.
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Islamists Bomb, Storm Restaurant In Somali Capital
Islamist gunmen stormed a popular beachside restaurant in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Thursday, setting off two car bombs and battling government soldiers trying to flush them out.
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Boko Haram Kill 7 In Suicide Attack, Raid: Residents
Boko Haram gunmen have mounted their first attacks since Nigeria's government declared the Islamist group "technically" defeated, killing seven people in a raid and suicide bombing, residents told AFP on Wednesday.
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France Pays Tribute to Victims of Paris Terror Attacks
France paid tribute today to the 130 mostly young people killed while they were enjoying themselves in Paris two weeks ago by Islamist gunmen and suicide bombers in the most deadly attacks the nation has seen since World War Two.
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Hostage Freed From Mali Hotel Says Attackers Spoke English
A famous Guinean singer who was among 170 people taken hostage on Friday by Islamist gunmen in the Radisson Blu hotel in Mali's capital, Bamako, said he heard attackers in the next room speaking English.
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Italian Priest Wounded in Latest Attack on Foreigner in Bangladesh
Unidentified gunmen shot and wounded an Italian priest in northern Bangladesh today, just weeks after two foreigners were killed in similar attacks blamed on hardline Islamists, police said.
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Israel Continues To Target Gaza, Fierce Fighting On As War Enters 100th Day
Israeli tanks and aircraft hit targets in southern and central Gaza on Sunday and there were fierce gun battles in some areas as the war reached 100 days since the October 7 attack led by gunmen from the Islamist Hamas movement.
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8 Civilians Dead In Siege At Somalian Hotel By Al-Shabaab Terrorists
At least eight civilians have been confirmed dead in an attack by Islamist terrorists on a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu, an official said Saturday, as security forces continued to battle gunmen holed up inside.
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French Court Jails Key Accused And Accomplices Over Charlie Hebdo Attacks
A Paris court on Wednesday handed jail terms ranging from four years to life to more than a dozen people convicted of helping Islamist gunmen who attacked satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and customers at a Jewish supermarket in January 2015.
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French President Says Defend "Right To Laugh" As Charlie Hebdo Attacks Trial Begins
The right to mock and caricature, even religion, is an essential part of being French, President Emmanuel Macron said at a naturalisation ceremony on Friday, days after the start of a trial of the accused accomplices in an attack by Islamist gunmen on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in 2015.
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Gunmen Kill 1, Wound 4 At Mosque Attack In Islamabad
Gunmen killed one person and wounded at least four others outside a Shiite mosque in Islamabad, police said Wednesday, days after an Islamist protest ended in the city. The firing erupted as people left the Bab-ul-Ilm mosque following evening prayers in Islamabad's I-8 sector.
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Gunmen Attack Philippine Village Near War-Torn City: Military
Hundreds of gunmen attacked troops in a southern Philippine village today in a hit-and-run assault that may have been intended to help Islamist militants engaged in a nearby urban war, authorities said.
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Bangladesh Hunts For 6 Accomplices Of Cafe Attackers
Bangladeshi police hunted on Tuesday for six members of a domestic Islamist group they suspect helped gunmen attack a Dhaka cafe, as officials began questioning families of the militants for clues as to what turned them into killers.
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Italy PM Says Italians Killed In 'Madness' Of Dhaka Attack
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi condemned on Saturday a deadly attack in the Bangladeshi capital where suspected Islamist gunmen stormed into a cafe and killed 20 of the hostages inside, including some Italians.
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Islamist Gunmen Kill 17 In Somalia Beach Restaurant Attack
At least 17 people were killed in the Somali capital of Mogadishu when five Islamist gunmen set off bombs and stormed a popular beach-front restaurant late on Thursday, Somali police said.
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19 Dead In Somalia Shebab Restaurant Attack: Police
Somalia's Islamist Shebab militants killed at least 19 people when five gunmen detonated a bomb before storming a popular seaside restaurant in the capital Mogadishu, police said today.
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Islamists Bomb, Storm Restaurant In Somali Capital
Islamist gunmen stormed a popular beachside restaurant in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Thursday, setting off two car bombs and battling government soldiers trying to flush them out.
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Boko Haram Kill 7 In Suicide Attack, Raid: Residents
Boko Haram gunmen have mounted their first attacks since Nigeria's government declared the Islamist group "technically" defeated, killing seven people in a raid and suicide bombing, residents told AFP on Wednesday.
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France Pays Tribute to Victims of Paris Terror Attacks
France paid tribute today to the 130 mostly young people killed while they were enjoying themselves in Paris two weeks ago by Islamist gunmen and suicide bombers in the most deadly attacks the nation has seen since World War Two.
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Hostage Freed From Mali Hotel Says Attackers Spoke English
A famous Guinean singer who was among 170 people taken hostage on Friday by Islamist gunmen in the Radisson Blu hotel in Mali's capital, Bamako, said he heard attackers in the next room speaking English.
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Italian Priest Wounded in Latest Attack on Foreigner in Bangladesh
Unidentified gunmen shot and wounded an Italian priest in northern Bangladesh today, just weeks after two foreigners were killed in similar attacks blamed on hardline Islamists, police said.
