Hope and clarity in Paris
Parisians are no strangers to violence. During the French Revolution in late 1793, the Reign of Terror swept across the city, killing more than 2,000 supposed ‘enemies of the revolution’. In 1871, the...
View ArticleNew Zealand concerts to go ahead as planned
A former intelligence and defence policy analyst based in Auckland says we should not "draw too tight a parallel" between New Zealand and France when it comes to domestic terror threats. And events in...
View ArticlePost-Paris, Indian agencies scramble to review IS policy
NEW DELHI: New Delhi's declaration of "resolute support" to France in its war on Islamic State (ISIS) may coincide with a fresh review of the threat posed by the outfit in India in the light of 13/11...
View ArticleGreater intelligence-sharing needed to prevent attacks: VK Singh
Los Angeles: In the wake of the grisly Paris attacks, India has called for greater amount of intelligence- sharing among all countries and hoped that the world would unite against the menace of...
View ArticleLivePolitics Live - UK reaction to Paris attacks
Summary Live Reporting By Matthew West and Rajdeep Sandhu All times stated are UK UpdateParis closures Posted at 09:08 If you're heading to France today, flights, trains and ferries are running as...
View ArticleThe Latest: France holds minute of silence
PARIS (AP) -- The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris. (All times local): 12:05 p.m. The French president, schoolchildren, bystanders have held a minute of silence to honor the 129 people killed in...
View ArticleThe Latest: French place 104 people under house arrest
PARIS (AP) -- The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris. (All times local): 11:35 a.m. French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve says 168 locations across France have been raided overnight, and 104...
View ArticleThe Latest: Russia reveals Sochi terror plot
PARIS (AP) The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris. (All times local): 12:20 p.m. A Russian official has revealed a possible terrorist plot ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, saying female...
View ArticleThe Latest: PM Cameron says 7 attacks foiled in UK
PARIS — The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris. (All times local): 11:40 a.m. Prime Minister David Cameron says seven terror attacks have been foiled in Britain the past six months. Cameron,...
View ArticleThe latest: Paris mastermind identified; major police action underway in...
PARIS — The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris. (All times local): 11:30 a.m. A major action with heavily armed police is underway in the Brussels neighborhood of Molenbeek amid a manhunt for a...
View ArticleThe Latest: Turkey says it warned France about 1 bomber
PARIS (AP) -- The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris. (All times local): 11:15 a.m. A senior Turkish official says authorities flagged one of the suicide bombers in the Paris attacks to their French...
View ArticleFrance says Belgian Abdelhamid Abaaoud masterminded attacks
Paris: A French official says the suspected mastermind of the Paris attacks was also linked to thwarted train and church attacks. A French official has identified the suspected mastermind as Belgian...
View ArticleThe Latest: France says Belgian masterminded attacks
The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris. (All times local): 10:50 a.m. A French official says the suspected mastermind of the Paris attacks was also linked to thwarted train and church attacks. A...
View ArticleThe Latest: France seeks better sharing of intelligence
PARIS (AP) -- The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris. (All times local): 10:40 a.m. France is urging its European partners to move swiftly to boost intelligence sharing, fight arms trafficking and...
View ArticleThe Latest: UK boosting spending, hiring to combat terrorism
PARIS (AP) The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris. (All times local): 10:30 a.m. Britain's government says it is doubling spending on aviation security and is recruiting some 1,900 security and...
View ArticleThe Latest: Prosecutors say 2 more attackers identified
The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris. (All times local): 10:15 a.m. The Paris prosecutor's office says two more suicide bombers involved in deadly attacks in the French capital have been...
View ArticleThe Latest: Markets lower as they reopen after weekend
The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris. (All times local): 9:40 a.m. European stock markets have opened lower but the retreat is less than many analysts were predicting in the wake of the attacks in...
View ArticleParis attacks: UK security to be intensified - Theresa May
Her comments come as the Metropolitan Police revealed there are 600 counter-terror investigations active in the UK. Armed police will be deployed at the football match between England and France at...
View ArticleThe Latest: Belgium wants better intelligence sharing
The latest on the deadly attacks in Paris. (All times local): 10 a.m. Belgium's foreign minister is urging European countries to exchange information more quickly and efficiently to better tackle...
View ArticleAfter Paris, Indian agencies scramble to review IS policy
NEW DELHI: New Delhi's declaration of "resolute support" to France in its war on Islamic State (ISIS) may coincide with a fresh review of the threat posed by the outfit in India, especially in light of...
View ArticleAfter Paris, Indian agencies scramble to review ISIS policy
NEW DELHI: New Delhi's declaration of "resolute support" to France in its war on the Islamic State (ISIS) may coincide with a fresh review of the threat posed by the outfit in India, especially in...
View ArticleFrance invokes EU's article 42.7, but what does it mean?
The mutual defence clause is in play for the first time, but there are limits to what member states must do to help...
View ArticleRisk is lower, but Paris attacks could happen here
When Fran Townsend was counterterrorism adviser to President George W. Bush, she says, her worst nightmare was that al Qaida would send men with assault rifles into malls across the U.S. heartland on a...
View ArticleTerror attacks may impact parallel events of Paris climate summit
NEW DELHI: The Paris terror attack will not affect the forthcoming climate summit per se in the French capital where heads of states\governments will assemble on November 30 to give a political...
View ArticleTerror attacks may impact events of Paris climate summit
NEW DELHI: The Paris terror attack will not affect the forthcoming climate summit per se in the French capital where heads of states\governments will assemble on November 30 to give a political...
View ArticleCameron holds emergency Cobra meeting in wake of Paris attacks
Prime minister coordinates Britain’s response to attacks as police and counter-terrorism officials assess threat to UK...
View ArticleUnder siege, IS struck at the heart of Europe: Sisci
The Paris terrorist attacks have clearly exposed the weakness of the Islamic State (IS) that now controls an area the size of the UK between Syria and Iraq. On the surface, the brutal atrocities were...
View ArticleSecurity measures after Charlie Hebdo attack did little to defend Paris
PARIS — The gunmen who mowed people down Friday in cafes and at a packed theater here were acting in a city on high alert since terrorists attacked satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish...
View ArticleEmboldened jihadists likely to plan further attacks
Friday’s attacks in Paris will remind some Irish citizens of the Provisional IRA’s campaign in Britain during the Troubles. In 1974 and 1975, the PIRA’s Balcombe Street Gang launched over 40...
View ArticleWhy ISIS Looks Very Different Today Than A Month Ago
3:37 PM ET Larry Kaplow Greg Myre Twitter i An Islamic State supporter waves the group's flag in its de facto capital of Raqqa, Syria, in June 2014. The group had focused on building its caliphate, or...
View ArticleParis's Charlie Hebdo-Prompted Alert Does Little to Defend City
The gunmen who mowed people down in cafes in central Paris and at a packed theater in the French capital on Friday were acting in a city on high alert since terrorists attacked satirical newspaper...
View ArticleU.S. agrees to boost intelligence sharing with France after Paris attacks
The White House has agreed to streamline the sharing of intelligence and operational military information with French authorities, one of several efforts aimed at countering Islamic State extremists...
View ArticleParis attacks: Rethinking strategy on IS
There is a sense that in some way the Paris attacks on Friday 13 November were a game-changer. But in what sense? They have demonstrated in horrific terms that the so-called Islamic State (IS) group...
View ArticleParis terror attack similar to 26/11 Mumbai carnage: Experts
Mumbai: The terror attack in Paris that claimed at least 127 lives bears a striking resemblance with the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, which had left 166 dead in the financial hub of India seven years ago....
View ArticleFrom ‘Flanby’ to war chief: Hollande’s unexpected turn
In the United States, the turning point that defined George W Bush’s presidency is captured in a single famous photograph. Taken on the morning of September 11th, 2001, it shows the then president,...
View ArticleCIA Directors on ISIS After Paris: ‘They’ll Come Here’
Current and former CIA directors and analysts weigh in on ISIS and the terrorist attacks in Paris. They’re featured in the new documentary The Spymasters: CIA in the Crosshairs, airing Nov. 28 at 9...
View ArticleVictoria Police stretched by terror threat, gets new counter-terror cash
The continuing terror threat level in Victoria has stretched the state's police, Victoria's Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton has revealed. Mr Ashton on Wednesday morning welcomed a $49.4 million boost...
View ArticleChina Must Show Resolve in Combating Terrorism
The country must be prepared to counter threats in both word and deed, especially as it assumes a bigger role on the world stage The horror of attacks targeting the satirical weekly newspaper Charlie...
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