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Shooting reported at Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis
A shooting has occurred at the Capital Gazette in Anne Arundel County, a paper that is owned by The Baltimore Sun, according to reports from Gazette staff.
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Ethiopia: One dead and dozens hurt in grenade attack at pro-PM rally
There has been a blast at a rally for Ethiopia's new PM Abiy Ahmed attended by thousands of people in Addis Ababa.
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Who is behind the creation of ISIS? Iran thinks it has the answer
A senior aide to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has claimed that the U.S. was behind the creation of ISIS and other extremist groups in Syria. Speaking to reporters in Tehran, Ali Akbar Velayati also warned that America’s involvement in the country could prove bloody, the official state Fars news agency said.
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Germany thwarted biological attack: police
German authorities confirmed Wednesday that a man arrested last week for possession of toxic substances intended to produce a biological weapon and was plotting an attack. The suspect, a 29-year-old man of Tunisian origin arrested in Cologne last Tuesday, was found to be in possession of a deadly poison known as ricin as well as other bomb-making materials, the national police chief said Wednesday.
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London man planned suicide attack to kill the PM, court hears
Police arrested a 20-year old Londoner days before he intended to carry out a suicide attack on Downing Street to kill the prime minister, Theresa May, a court has heard. Naa’imur Zakariyah Rahman believed he was corresponding online with Islamic State while planning the alleged attack but was in fact talking to members of the security services pretending to be from the terrorist group, the Old Bailey was told.
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Baltimore man gets 35 years for joining Somali terror group
Maalik Alim Jones, 33, was sentenced on Tuesday after pleading guilty to terror conspiracy charges. Prosecutors say he went to Somalia to join al-Shabab.
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Three dead in suspected 'terror' shooting in Belgian city
A gunman shot dead three people, two of them police officers, in a suspected terror attack in the eastern Belgian city of Liege on Tuesday before being killed by elite officers, prosecutors told AFP. The shooting occurred around 10:30 am (0830 GMT) near a high school on a major artery in the city, which lies some 90 kilometres (55 miles) east of Brussels
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The U.S. Considered Declaring Russia a State Sponsor of Terror, Then Dropped It
After an attack on a former spy, the State Department pondered placing that label on Putin’s government. Instead, the Trump administration continued a longtime U.S. policy of treating Russia as a partner in fighting terrorism even as evidence of its misbehavior mounts.
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Brazil charges 11 people with attempting to establish Isis cell
Brazilian federal prosecutors have charged 11 people with planning to establish an Islamic State cell in Brazil and trying to recruit jihadists to send to Syria, according to a court filing. Police tracked the alleged Isis militants through their social media messages after Spain’s Guardia Civil provided telephone numbers found on a Brazilian arrested in Spain for belonging to a jihadist group there.
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Calls for death penalty for Islamic cleric 'behind Indonesia attacks'
Indonesian prosecutors today demanded the death penalty for a radical Islamic cleric who is accused of ordering attacks across the country. Aman Abdurrahman, who police believe is a key ideologue for Islamic State militants in Indonesia, is accused of orchestrating a January 2016 suicide bombing and gun attack in the capital Jakarta that killed four civilians and four attackers.
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At least 8 killed in shooting at Texas' Santa Fe High School, sheriff says
At least eight people -- and as many as 10 -- have died as a result of a shooting Friday morning at a high school in the southeastern Texas city of Santa Fe, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said.
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U.S. Weapons Going to Moderates in Syria Handed Over to al-Qaeda
US military equipment and ammunition, sent to Syria as part of a failed effort to arm “moderate” forces to battle Daesh, were instead handed over to an al-Qaeda group in the country, according to a report. “I communicated with al-Qaeda’s branch, Al Nusra, to protect and safely escort me and my soldiers for two hours from North Aleppo to West Aleppo,” Maj. Anas Ibrahim Obaid, who said he brokered the deal, told Fox News from his home in the western Aleppo area.
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The idea of an 'incel rebellion' would be laughable if it hadn't already resulted in so many murders
After the man who went on a murderous rampage in Toronto was discovered to identify as an "incel," or involuntary celibate, a number of pundits have advanced the idea that having sex should be considered a human right. This is nothing more than old-fashioned misogyny with a twist. By Robin Abcarian.
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Bomb Blast Inside Mosque Kills At Least 14 In Eastern Afghanistan
Afghan officials said explosives were hidden inside the mosque, which was also being used as a voter registration center. The bombing is the latest in a series of attacks on election-related sites.
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Several pedestrians hit by a white van that fled scene, Toronto police say
Toronto police say a white van has struck several pedestrians in the Yonge Street and Finch Avenue area.
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The search for truth in the rubble of Douma [Syria] - and one doctor’s doubts over the chemical attack
Robert Fisk visits the Syria clinic at the centre of a global crisis.
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EU to force tech firms to hand over terror suspects' messages
Plan to gather evidence of crime and terrorism ‘quickly and efficiently across borders’
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The pundits were wrong about Assad and the Islamic State. As usual, they're not willing to admit it
The rollback of Islamic State must come as a shock to those who spent years insisting that such progress would never happen without toppling the regime of Bashar Assad. By Max Abahms, John Glaser.
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Suspected White Supremacist Died Building ISIS-Style Bombs
Benjamin Morrow was found dead with white supremacist literature and the ingredients for a notorious bomb known as the “Mother of Satan.” Morrow, 28, died in an explosion in the kitchen of his Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, apartment on March 5. His home was filled with bomb-making substances so volatile that firefighters chose to destroy the 16-unit apartment block in a controlled blaze, rather than let Morrow’s neighbors continue to live in the building...
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'Dozens of civilians killed in chemical weapons attack' in Syria
Dozens of civilians have reportedly been killed after the Syrian government dropped a barrel bomb containing a chemical weapon in eastern Ghouta. At least 25 people were killed and more than 500 injured after the attack in Douma, according to the Union of Medical Care and Relief Organisations. The Paris-based aid agency, known by its French initialism UOSSM, said many of the victims were children.
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