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Al Qaeda-Linked Group Claims Deadly Attack At Mali Resort
A new alliance of Islamist militant groups linked to al Qaeda on Monday claimed responsibility for an attack that killed at least five people at a Mali luxury resort popular with Western expatriates just outside the capital Bamako.
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Tunisian-Born Man At Wheel In Deadly Truck Rampage In Nice, Police Say
A Tunisian-born emigre with a record of petty crime was behind the wheel of a truck that barreled into Bastille Day revelers and claimed at least 84 lives over a mile-long path of horror, a police official said Friday, as investigators explored possible links to Islamist militant networks.
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Philippine Army Kills 42 Islamist Militants In Battles In South
Philippine security forces killed as many as 42 Muslim rebels claiming links with ISIS and captured their stronghold during five days of fighting in the mountains of a southern island, an army spokesman said today.
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Suspected Islamist Extremists Arrested In Bosnia
Police in Bosnia said today that they have detained 11 people suspected of links with the ISIS and its militants fighting in Syria and Iraq.
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Singapore Sees Islamist Militancy 'Clear, Present Danger' For Asia
Singapore sees a "clear and present danger" to Asia from Islamist militancy, especially from the threat of groups linking up after pledging allegiance to Islamic State, its defence minister Ng Eng Hen said on Wednesday.
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US Authorities Look for Militant Links to Shooters in California Mass Slaying
The couple suspected of killing 14 people at a holiday party in California amassed thousands of rounds of ammunition and a dozen pipe bombs, and authorities on Thursday sought to determine their motives and whether they had links to Islamist militants.
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Hostages in Northern French Town Safe, No Link to Paris Attacks
Armed men who took hostages on Tuesday in the northern French town of Roubaix appeared to have no link to the November 13 attacks by Islamist militants in Paris but were probably planning a robbery, police sources said on Tuesday.
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Pressure on State as Islamic State Links to Bombing Deepen in Turkey
Two weeks after more than a hundred people were killed in an Ankara bomb attack, Turkey is still unravelling clues that suggest the Islamic State group was responsible, fuelling opposition anger over an apparently enormous security lapse by the government.
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Russia kills 4 Dagestan Rebels Linked to Imam Murder: Official
Russian security forces today killed four Islamist militants linked to the murder last month of a moderate imam in the volatile North Caucasus, the national anti-terror committee said.
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Kuwait Detains 60 Suspected of Islamist Militant Links: Newspaper
Kuwait has detained 60 people and closed a local charity for alleged violations in raising funds for Syrians, local media said today, as part of a crackdown on suspected militant links after the Gulf Arab state's worst ever suicide bombing.
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France Attack Suspect Admits Killing, Police Make Link to Syria
The suspected Islamist who attempted to blow up a French chemical plant on Friday has admitted killing his manager beforehand, a source close to the investigation said on Sunday, as police linked the suspect to a militant now in Syria.
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Bangladesh Bans Islamist Group Linked to Blogger Killings
Bangladesh today banned an Islamist militant outfit that is believed to be behind the gruesome hacking deaths of three secular bloggers in recent months that have evoked outrage in the country and across the globe.
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Cameroon Army Kills 86 Boko Haram Militants
Cameroon's army says it has killed 86 Boko Haram militants and detained 1,000 people suspected of links to the Islamist group, as central African leaders held talks on how to combat its bloody insurgency.
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World Leaders Join Mass Paris March to Honour Attack Victims
Dozens of world leaders including Muslim and Jewish statesmen linked arms leading hundreds of thousands of French citizens in an unprecedented march under high security to pay tribute to victims of Islamist militant attacks.
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Britain Readies for Iraq Air Strikes, Arrests Islamists
British Prime Minister David Cameron was preparing on Thursday for a key vote on joining air strikes in Iraq as police arrested nine people, including a notorious radical preacher, accused of links to Islamist extremism.
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Al Qaeda-Linked Group Claims Deadly Attack At Mali Resort
A new alliance of Islamist militant groups linked to al Qaeda on Monday claimed responsibility for an attack that killed at least five people at a Mali luxury resort popular with Western expatriates just outside the capital Bamako.
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Tunisian-Born Man At Wheel In Deadly Truck Rampage In Nice, Police Say
A Tunisian-born emigre with a record of petty crime was behind the wheel of a truck that barreled into Bastille Day revelers and claimed at least 84 lives over a mile-long path of horror, a police official said Friday, as investigators explored possible links to Islamist militant networks.
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Philippine Army Kills 42 Islamist Militants In Battles In South
Philippine security forces killed as many as 42 Muslim rebels claiming links with ISIS and captured their stronghold during five days of fighting in the mountains of a southern island, an army spokesman said today.
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Suspected Islamist Extremists Arrested In Bosnia
Police in Bosnia said today that they have detained 11 people suspected of links with the ISIS and its militants fighting in Syria and Iraq.
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Singapore Sees Islamist Militancy 'Clear, Present Danger' For Asia
Singapore sees a "clear and present danger" to Asia from Islamist militancy, especially from the threat of groups linking up after pledging allegiance to Islamic State, its defence minister Ng Eng Hen said on Wednesday.
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US Authorities Look for Militant Links to Shooters in California Mass Slaying
The couple suspected of killing 14 people at a holiday party in California amassed thousands of rounds of ammunition and a dozen pipe bombs, and authorities on Thursday sought to determine their motives and whether they had links to Islamist militants.
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Hostages in Northern French Town Safe, No Link to Paris Attacks
Armed men who took hostages on Tuesday in the northern French town of Roubaix appeared to have no link to the November 13 attacks by Islamist militants in Paris but were probably planning a robbery, police sources said on Tuesday.
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Pressure on State as Islamic State Links to Bombing Deepen in Turkey
Two weeks after more than a hundred people were killed in an Ankara bomb attack, Turkey is still unravelling clues that suggest the Islamic State group was responsible, fuelling opposition anger over an apparently enormous security lapse by the government.
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Russia kills 4 Dagestan Rebels Linked to Imam Murder: Official
Russian security forces today killed four Islamist militants linked to the murder last month of a moderate imam in the volatile North Caucasus, the national anti-terror committee said.
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Kuwait Detains 60 Suspected of Islamist Militant Links: Newspaper
Kuwait has detained 60 people and closed a local charity for alleged violations in raising funds for Syrians, local media said today, as part of a crackdown on suspected militant links after the Gulf Arab state's worst ever suicide bombing.
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France Attack Suspect Admits Killing, Police Make Link to Syria
The suspected Islamist who attempted to blow up a French chemical plant on Friday has admitted killing his manager beforehand, a source close to the investigation said on Sunday, as police linked the suspect to a militant now in Syria.
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Bangladesh Bans Islamist Group Linked to Blogger Killings
Bangladesh today banned an Islamist militant outfit that is believed to be behind the gruesome hacking deaths of three secular bloggers in recent months that have evoked outrage in the country and across the globe.
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Cameroon Army Kills 86 Boko Haram Militants
Cameroon's army says it has killed 86 Boko Haram militants and detained 1,000 people suspected of links to the Islamist group, as central African leaders held talks on how to combat its bloody insurgency.
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World Leaders Join Mass Paris March to Honour Attack Victims
Dozens of world leaders including Muslim and Jewish statesmen linked arms leading hundreds of thousands of French citizens in an unprecedented march under high security to pay tribute to victims of Islamist militant attacks.
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Britain Readies for Iraq Air Strikes, Arrests Islamists
British Prime Minister David Cameron was preparing on Thursday for a key vote on joining air strikes in Iraq as police arrested nine people, including a notorious radical preacher, accused of links to Islamist extremism.
