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What is behind the rising violent attacks in Pakistan?

TTP has denied involvement in the Peshawar mosque blast, but officials say it has intensified attacks since November.

Al Jazeera

Indonesia’s charity laws in spotlight after Lion Air crash scam

Three charity workers have been given prison terms for misappropriating $7.8m from a victims’ fund set up by Boeing.

Al Jazeera

Paris Gare du Nord knifeman shot by armed police after 'wounding several victims'

France’s Interior Minister, Gerald Darmanin, indicated that the man was wounded himself and then arrested thanks to the "effective and courageous reaction" of the police

Daily Mirror

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UN calls for 'impartial' investigation after 28 killed in Burkina Faso

The UN rights chief called Saturday on the transitional authorities in jihadist-hit Burkina Faso to swiftly and transparently probe the killing of 28 people whose bodies were found last weekend.

France 24

Is the terrorism threat over?

Eight years after raising the national terrorism threat level, Australia recently lowered it again – from mid-range (probable) to low-range (possible).

The Conversation

Yemen’s Al-Alimi Reiterates Demand for Int’l Designation of Houthis as Terrorist

Chairman of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council Dr. Rashad Al-Alimi reiterated on Tuesday his country’s demands for the international community to designate the Iran-backed Houthi militias as terrorist. Al-Alimi received in Riyadh a delegation of the European Parliament headed by the Chair of the Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, David McAllister.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Does Australia need new laws to combat right-wing extremism?

At the National Press Club this week, Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil flagged that Labor would propose changes to Australia’s counter-terrorism laws. She cited an increase in diverse threats beyond religious fundamentalism, a trend towards lone-actor, low-sophistication attacks, and more younger people being radicalised.

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Jihadists and bandits are cooperating. Why this is bad news for Nigeria

The Nigerian state has come under severe security stress in recent times. It has faced multiple national security threats: jihadist groups in the north-east; armed bandits in the north-west; militia secessionists in the south-east; and militancy in the south-south.

The Conversation

Gunfire Heard inside Besieged Somalia Hotel, Parliament Session Delayed

Gunfire was heard on Monday from inside a besieged hotel in the Somali capital that was attacked on the weekend, a nearby resident and a police officer said, while parliament said it had postponed a scheduled session. The Villa Rose hotel, near the presidential residence, was stormed on Sunday by…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Somali forces battle militants for hotel in Mogadishu

MOGADISHU: Somalia's security forces exchanged gunfire with militants holed up in a hotel in Mogadishu on Monday after Al-Shabaab stormed the popular venue near the presidential palace and occupied it overnight.

Bangkok Post

Terrorists on death row for hacking blogger to death escape court on motorbikes

Suspected members of the Al-Qaeda militant group stormed a motorcade once it arrived at the Dhaka court complex in Bangladesh, seizing the two suspects and sparking a nationwide manhunt

Daily Mirror

Burkina Faso schoolchildren pay double price in ongoing conflict

One-fifth of the country’s schools are closed and experts warn of dire consequences ahead for Burkinabé children.

Al Jazeera

Did France's Operation Barkhane win the fight against terror in the Sahel?

This week, President Emmanuel Macron announced the official end of France's anti-jihadist mission in West Africa – Operation Barkhane. The move was accelerated by a collapse of relations with Mali's military junta, leading to the withdrawal of French troops as the jihadist insurgency across the Sahel continues.

Radio France Internationale

Jihadism and military takeovers in West Africa: Burkina Faso coup highlights the links

The West African sub-region at the southern edge of the Sahara Desert has recently attracted significant attention. The main reasons have been an increase in violent extremism and what appear to be manifestations of democratic backsliding.

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Guantanamo Bay's oldest prisoner freed after being held for 18 years without charge

Saifullah Paracha was captured in an FBI sting two years after the 9/11 attacks and has been locked up ever since despite never being charged of a crime

Al Jazeera

Guantanamo’s oldest inmate Saifullah Paracha freed after 19 years

Saifullah Paracha, who was arrested in 2003 and accused of financing al-Qaeda, was never charged like most prisoners.

Daily Mirror

Terrorists drive explosive-laden car into popular Somalia hotel and kill five students

Witnesses say there was a huge blast in Kismayu before gunfire broke out, and local students have been caught in the middle of the heavy fighting with reports five have been killed

Al Jazeera

US will not fund non-state actors in Afghanistan: Taliban sources

Taliban sources tell Al Jazeera that US officials assured them during a meeting in Doha.

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Heavy gunfire, soldiers on the streets in Burkina Faso capital

Soldiers seen along the main avenue in Ouagadougou leading to the presidential palace and national television station.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Al-Qaeda Releases Book Detailing How it Carried Out 9/11 Attacks

The Al-Qaeda terrorist network on Sunday released a book written by a senior member including a detailed timeline leading up to the attacks on several US airliners on September 11, 2001 which left nearly 3,000 people dead in three locations. Marking the 21st anniversary of the attacks, the book was…

Radio France Internationale

Appeal to start in French court over Charlie Hebdo attack

An appeal trial is set to begin Monday as two men ruled to have helped Islamist gunmen prepare a 2015 terrorist attack on satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo seek to overturn their convictions.

Asharq Al-Awsat

9/11 Attacks Still Reverberate as US Marks 21st Anniversary

Americans remembered 9/11 on Sunday with tear-choked tributes, and pleas to "never forget," 21 years after the deadliest terror attack on US soil. Bonita Mentis set out to read victims' names at the ground zero ceremony wearing a necklace with a photo of her slain sister, Shevonne Mentis, a 25-year-old…

Asharq Al-Awsat

What Is Left of the War on Terror?

Can three planes sum up a portion of history and the future? It seems that this has already happened. While two of these planes hit the World Trade Center in New York on 9/11, the third took off around twenty years later, departing from Afghanistan as desperate Afghans chased it,…

The Independent UK

What happened on 9/11 and how many people were caught up in the attacks?

A detailed look at what happened on one of the most traumatic days in history

Al Jazeera

‘Tremendous blemish’: No trial decades after Sept 11 attacks

Relatives of the nearly 3,000 victims have long hoped a trial would bring closure and resolve unanswered questions.

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