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Canada designates Iran's Revolutionary Guard a terrorist entity

The federal government is declaring Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist entity under Canada's Criminal Code after years of pressure. That means police can charge anyone who financially or materially supports the group an...

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Jihadist bloodshed fills Burkina displacement camps

Feebly shaded by trees in the blistering heat, desperate civilians throng a displacement camp in tents and ramshackle shelters after fleeing jihadist violence in northeastern Burkina Faso. Humanitarians call it a "neglected" catastrophe.

France 24

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Four Israeli hostages declared dead in Gaza

Four more hostages kidnapped on Oct. 7 were declared dead by the Israeli military — including three older men seen in a Hamas video begging to be released. The announcement heightens pressure on the Israeli government to agree to a US ce...

France 24

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Australian police shoot boy dead after stabbing

Australian police said they have shot dead a boy after he stabbed a man in Western Australia's capital Perth, in an attack authorities said indicated terrorism.

Reuters

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Australia says church stabbing was terrorist act

Australian police said a knife attack on an Assyrian church bishop and some followers in Sydney was a terrorist act motivated by suspected religious extremism, as the country reeled from a second stabbing incident in three days.

Reuters

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F.B.I. director warns of potential terrorist attack against U.S.

Addressing members of the House Appropriations Committee, F.B.I. director Christopher Wray put the agency's budget request in stark terms. Wray's warning comes in the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, and the subsequent Israeli ...

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Hezbollah launches missiles at Israeli border town

Hezbollah has said it launched dozens of rockets at Kiryat Shmona, an Israeli border town, in response to Israeli strikes on Lebanon’s southern village of al-Habbariyeh that killed seven people. The Israeli military and the Iran-aligned ...

Al Jazeera

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Putin links concert hall attackers to Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin now says 'radical Islamists' were behind Friday's attack on a concert hall that killed more than 130 people, but connected it to Ukraine and the West. ISIS-K — an offshoot of the Islamic State — has claim...

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Putin blames Islamic Terrorists and Ukraine for concert hall attack

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the deadly Crocus City Hall attack was carried out by Islamist militants, but said the shooting fit a wider campaign of intimidation by Ukraine, which has denied any involvement.

Reuters

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Russia mourns victims as concert hall attack suspects appear in court

As Russia mourned the 137 people killed in what officials call the worst terrorist attack in the country in 20 years, one survivor is recounting how he made it out alive. Meanwhile, several visibly injured suspects appeared in court.

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Russia pays tribute to Concert Hall victims

Russia lowered flags to half-mast for a day of mourning after scores of people were gunned down with automatic weapons at a rock concert outside Moscow in the deadliest attack inside Russia for two decades.

Reuters

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I.S.I.S.-K: The group behind Russia's concert hall attack

Russia will observe a national day of mourning after a massacre in a Moscow concert hall that killed more than 130 people, the deadliest attack in Europe to have been claimed by the Islamic State Afghan branch (I.S.I.S.-K).

France 24

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U.S. warned Russia of 'imminent attack' days before shooting

The U.S. warned Moscow that I.S.I.S. militants were determined to target Russia in the days before assailants stormed the Crocus City Hall in an attack that killed scores of people, but President Vladimir Putin rejected the advice as “pr...

France 24

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More than 130 kidnapped Nigerian students released

More than 130 students abducted by gunmen from a school in Nigeria earlier this month have been released “unharmed” days before a ransom deadline, say officials.

France 24

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Zelenskyy denies any involvement in Moscow attack

Russian President Vladimir Putin claims the gunmen involved in the Moscow terror attack were trying to 'flee to Ukraine'.Kyiv has strongly denied any connection, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accusing Putin of trying to div...

France 24

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Putin takes 'revenge' on Ukraine, not ISIS after attack

Russia has fired a barrage of rockets at Kyiv after Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to exact 'revenge' on those responsible for the Moscow Concert Hall shooting, despite ISIS claiming responsibility for the attack.

Al Jazeera

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Russia arrests gunmen accused of concert shooting

Russia says it had arrested all four gunmen suspected of carrying out a shooting massacre in a concert hall near Moscow, the deadliest attack in Russia for 20 years. Militant Islamist group Islamic State has claimed responsibility for th...

Reuters

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Russia arrests concert hall gunmen near Ukraine border

Russia said it has arrested 11 people -- including four gunmen -- over the attack on a Moscow concert hall claimed by Islamic State, as the death toll rose to 93.

France 24

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Islamic State claims responsibility for Russian attack

ISIS has claimed responsibility for an attack on a Moscow-area concert hall that killed dozens of people and injured more than 140. At least five camouflage-clad gunmen with automatic weapons opened fire in the packed concert hall, that ...

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Caribbean leaders call emergency meeting to address Haitian violence

The United Nations is describing the capital of Haiti as 'a city under siege'. Thousands have fled Port-Au-Prince as armed gangs battle to seize complete control. Caribbean leaders have called an emergency meeting for talks with Canada, ...

Al Jazeera

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Peru police arrest Iranian accused of planning attack on Israelis

Police in Peru announced the arrest of an Iranian citizen who was purportedly a member of Iran's Quds Force and allegedly planned to kill an Israeli citizen in the South American country. Gen. Óscar Arriola, Peru's police chief, said in ...

France 24

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Houthi missile strike kills three on Red Sea merchant ship

A Houthi missile attack killed three seafarers on a Red Sea merchant ship, U.S. Central Command said, the first fatalities reported since the Iran-aligned Yemeni group began strikes against shipping in one of the world's busiest trade la...

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British woman who joined I.S. loses citizenship appeal

A British-born woman who went to Syria as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State has lost her latest appeal over the removal of her British citizenship. The U.K. government stripped Shamima Begum of her citizenship on grounds of national sec...

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U.S. strike kills Kataib Hezbollah commander

A U.S. strike in Baghdad killed a commander of Kaitab Hezbollah according to the Pentagon who say the Iran-backed group is responsible for attacking its forces.

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Pakistan blasts leave at least 25 dead on eve of election

Two explosions near electoral candidates' offices in Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan have killed at least 25 people and wounded dozens more, officials say, raising concerns over security on the eve of a general election.

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Hamas continues to attack Israeli forces in Gaza

Palestinian gunmen kept up attacks against Israeli forces on Sunday in the Gaza Strip's two main cities, weeks after they were overrun by troops and tanks, in a sign Hamas still maintains some control ahead of any potential truce.

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U.S. strikes Iran-backed forces in Syria and Iraq

The U.S. has begun retaliatory strikes against Iranian armed forces and militants in Syria and Iraq following a drone attack on U.S. forces that killed three service members in Jordan, U.S. Central Command said. Strikes began at 4 p.m. E...

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United Nations staff linked to Hamas attacks, kidnappings

The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees on Friday said it has opened an investigation into several employees suspected of involvement in the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel by Hamas and that it has severed ties with those staff members.

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U.S. pauses funding for UNRWA over Hamas connection

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees fired a number of its staffers in Gaza suspected of taking part in the October 7 attack by Hamas and other militants on southern Israel, its director said. The move prompted the United States, the a...

France 24

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Biden says strikes against Houthis will continue

President Joe Biden said U.S. air strikes against Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen will continue even though they have not halted the group's attacks on Red Sea shipping, raising concerns for further escalation in the region.

Bloomberg