Articles filed under Terrorism
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Terrorism, security issues mean no home matches for PakistanMar 15, 2015 11:00 pm - ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) - Fast bowler Wahab Riaz played his first limited-overs cricket international in 2008, in a vastly different era for cricket in Pakistan. A terr...
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Thousands of Afghan refugees facing harassment flee PakistanMar 15, 2015 11:00 pm - TORKHAM, Afghanistan (AP) - Crossing back into his native Afghanistan from Pakistan, Nezamuddin wept as he recounted the hardships his family of 11 had faced in their ye...
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Afghan army kills commander of Islamic State affiliateMar 15, 2015 11:00 pm - KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The Afghan army killed a militant commander who had claimed allegiance to the Islamic State group, the Ministry of Defense said on Monday. In a...
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UK police bail 3 teens held on way to Syria, arrest new teenMar 15, 2015 11:00 pm - LONDON (AP) - British police, under pressure to stem the flow of would-be militants eager to join the Islamic State group, on Monday arrested an 18-year-old man suspecte...
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Mali restaurant reopens after attack by militants in capitalMar 14, 2015 11:00 pm - BAMAKO, Mali (AP) - A restaurant and bar in Mali's capital has reopened just over one week after it was attacked by Islamic extremists. Five people including a French ci...
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Suicide bombers kill 15 people outside Pakistani churchesMar 14, 2015 11:00 pm - LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - A pair of suicide bombers attacked two churches in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Sunday as worshippers prayed inside - killing 15 peopl...
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3 UK teens believed to be on way to Syria arrestedMar 14, 2015 11:00 pm - LONDON (AP) - Three British teens who were believed to be on their way to Syria to join militants there were detained in Turkey and quickly returned to the U.K. and arre...
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Officials: U.S. to keep higher level of troops in AfghanistanMar 14, 2015 1:00 am - WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is abandoning plans to cut the number of U.S. forces in Afghanistan to 5,500 by year's end, bowing to military leaders who want to ...
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Kurds say Islamic State using chemical weaponsMar 14, 2015 1:00 am - BAGHDAD - Kurdish authorities in Iraq said Saturday they have evidence that the Islamic State group used chlorine gas as a chemical weapon against peshmerga fighters, th...
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South African nuclear cache unnerves U.S.Mar 14, 2015 1:00 am - PELINDABA, South Africa - Enough nuclear explosive to fuel half a dozen bombs, each powerful enough to obliterate central Washington or most of Lower Manhattan, is lock...