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Shabaab bomb attack in Kenya killed 12

A bomb blast at a guesthouse in northeast Kenya killed at least 12 people on Tuesday, in an attack claimed by Shabaab militants which last hit the area earlier this month.

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Gunmen kill 59 in attack on police academy in Pakistani city of Quetta

At least 59 people were killed and 117 critically wounded when gunman stormed a Pakistani police training academy in the southwestern city of Quetta, government officials said on Tuesday.

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U.S. to release Internet of Things principles after Friday's cyberattacks

​The U.S. government said Monday that it will release in the coming weeks a set of principles for securing the Internet of Things, or Internet-connected devices, which were employed partly by hackers to carry out Friday's cyberattacks that disrupted major U.S. websites.

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Major websites paralysed by mass hack that weaponised everyday devices to expose the‘fragility’ of the internet

Cyberattacks that pounded the underpinnings of the internet on Friday, crippling Twitter, Netflix and other major websites, were carried out by weaponising once-dumb devices made smart with online connections.

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Cyber attacks temporarily shut down Twitter, other U.S. websites

Twitter, PayPal and some other major United States websites were shut down temporarily on Friday as American Internet infrastructure companies Dyn and Amazon were hit by waves of cyber attacks.

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Terror attacks kill 30 as Afghans observe Ashura amid tight security

​Afghans marked Ashura or the 10th day of Muslim's month of Maharram on lunar calendar which is a remembrance day for Muslims particularly the Shiite sect to observe the martyrdom of prophet Mohammad's grandson Imam Hussain and his 72 companions who were killed in Karbala of Iraq in 680 AD.

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Militant attack on Indian army base in Kashmir kills one

At least six militants attacked an Indian army camp in north Kashmir on Sunday night, killing one border guard and wounding another, two weeks after a similar attack killed 19 Indian soldiers and ratcheted up tensions between India and Pakistan.

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Modi under pressure after Indian-controlled Kashmir attack

The Indian government has ordered stepped-up security for all of Indian-controlled Kashmir amid calls for a military response to an attack by militants on an Indian Army base near Indian-controlled disputed region of Jammu and Kashmir.

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Global charity attacked in deadly wave of Kabul violence

Militants attacked an international charity in Kabul Tuesday during an hours-long assault labelled a war crime by Amnesty, as the capital reeled from a wave of violence that has killed at least 24 and wounded dozens.

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Kyrgyzstan identifies organizers, perpetrators of terrorist attack on Chinese embassy

The State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan has identified the organizers and perpetrators of the terrorist attack on the Chinese embassy in capital Bishkek last week.

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Kyrgyzstan's intelligence agency initiates investigation into attack on Chinese Embassy

The State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan, an intelligence agency, has initiated a criminal investigation into the attack targeting the Chinese Embassy in Kyrgyzstan capital Bishkek, the press service of the agency said on Tuesday.

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Bangladesh police shoot dead suspected cafe attack mastermind

Bangladesh police stormed a militant hideout just outside Dhaka Saturday, shooting dead three Islamist extremists, including the suspected mastermind of an attack on a cafe that killed 22 mostly foreign hostages last month.

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Turkey wedding blast turns paradise into hell with death toll hitting 51, child bomber blamed

A suicide bomber aged between 12 and 14 carried out the attack on a wedding party in the Turkish city of Gaziantep on Saturday. At least 51 people were killed and 94 wounded,the Gaziantep Governor's office stated.

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22 killed in blast in southern Turkey

A blast occurred near a wedding hall in Sahinbey District of southeastern Turkish province of Gaziantep on Saturday night, killing at least 22 people and injuring 94 others, Gaziantep Governor's Office confirmed early Sunday.

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Pakistan PM vows "forceful" anti-terror fight after bomber kills over 70

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif told the parliament on Wednesday that his government will pursue anti-terror fight with more strength, days after a bomber killed over 70 people in the southwestern city of Quetta.

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Pakistan lawyers strike as dazed city mourns bomb victims

Pakistan's lawyers boycotted courts and staged protests nationwide Tuesday after a horrific suicide bombing at a Quetta hospital which killed 72 people including many of their colleagues.

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Suspected IS member arrested in western Germany

A suspected member of the Islamic State (IS) has been arrested provisionally in the western German state of Rheinland-Pfalz, German media reported on Tuesday.