Articles filed under Terrorism
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Islamic State releases picture of bomb it says downed Russian planeNov 18, 2015 12:00 am - CAIRO (AP) - The Islamic State group has released a photo of the bomb it says was used to bring down a Russian passenger plane in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula last month, kil...
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'Massive' French airstrikes destroy jihadi sitesNov 15, 2015 12:00 am - PARIS — A French defense official says the country has launched a “massive” series of airstrikes on the Islamic State group's de facto capital in Syria, destroying a jih...
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Eiffel Tower goes dark, rest of world shows France's colorsNov 14, 2015 12:00 am - PARIS - The Eiffel Tower stood dark in a symbol of mourning Saturday night as France struggled to absorb the deadliest violence on its soil since World War II: coordinat...
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France vows to punish IS for Paris attacks that kill 127Nov 14, 2015 12:00 am - PARIS (AP) - French President Francois Hollande vowed to attack the Islamic State group without mercy as the jihadist group admitted responsibility Saturday for orchestr...
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Russian plane crash in Sinai claims 224; cause unknownOct 31, 2015 1:00 am - SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt - A Russian passenger airliner crashed Saturday in a remote mountainous part Egypt's Sinai Peninsula 23 minutes after taking off from a popular Re...
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Bolingbrook man pleads guilty to attempting to help ISISOct 29, 2015 1:00 am - A Bolingbrook man charged last year with plotting to fly to the Middle East and join the Islamic State terrorist group, now faces up to 15 years in prison after pleading...
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Report: Bolingbrook man charged with trying to join ISIL pleads guiltyOct 29, 2015 1:00 am - A young man from Bolingbrook charged with trying to join Islamic State terrorists in Syria pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in Chicago, the Chicago Sun-Times rep...
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Aid group questions U.S. version of hospital bombingOct 18, 2015 1:00 am - KUNDUZ, Afghanistan - The head of an international medical charity whose hospital in northern Afghanistan was destroyed in a U.S. airstrike says the "extensive, quite pr...
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Being a Jew in Iran means separating faith from region's tusslesOct 17, 2015 1:00 am - The Jews congregated at Tehran's Levian Synagogue recited prayers into the early hours, the men wearing skullcaps and the women flower-patterned head scarves. In a corne...
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Pearl Harbor survivor, 92, visits USS Nevada exhibitOct 17, 2015 1:00 am - RENO, Nev. - Seaman Second Class Charles T. Sehe was 18 years old when he was nearly killed aboard the USS Nevada in Pearl Harbor, and was still on the World War II batt...