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International community condemns attack on Somali hotel

BEIJING, July 28 (Xinhua) -- The international community has strongly condemned a suicide attack on a hotel in the Somali capital of Mogadishu which killed at least 15 people.

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Deadly attack in Turkey exposes risk of Syrian conflict in border areas, IS maybe responsible

​The explosion that killed 30 people and wounded some 100 others in the town of Suruc in southeastern Turkey on Monday indicates a spillover of conflict from southern neighbor Syria, analysts believe.

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Myanmar's Kachin ethnic group launches rocket attack on gov't forces

​The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) of Myanmar has launched rocket attack on the government forces in northern Shan state leaving one civilian death and two others injured, the military-run Myawaddy media reported Wednesday.

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Tunisia arrests 8 prime suspects over beachhead attacks, intensive security measures taken

​Eight suspects directly involved with the Sousse Hotel attack were arrested and 12 others were interrogated by security forces, prime minister's office said on Thursday.

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Obama stresses anti-terror cooperation in phone talks with leaders

U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday underscored the counterterrorism cooperation over the phone with leaders of France, Britain and Tunisia, the White House said.

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Suspected Boko Haram fighters kill 20 people in NE Nigeria

​Twenty villagers were killed when suspected Boko Haram fighters on Monday stormed a remote village in Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno, survivors said Tuesday.

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Egypt police foil suicide attack against tourists in Luxor

​Egyptian police foiled a suicide attack Wednesday near Karnak Temple in the Upper Egypt city of Luxor, security sources told Xinhua.

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13 killed in DR Congo by members of Ugandan ADF rebels

​Thirteen people were killed early Tuesday morning by members of Ugandan rebel group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a civil society source told Xinhua.

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IS-related shooting in Texas could signal start of more terror attacks on U.S. soil

​Radical Islamist group Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for a gun attack in the U.S. state of Texas, which indicates the group has breached the walls of U.S. security by using social media to galvanize its sympathizers to launch terror attacks.

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Israeli army hit squad allegedly to perpetrate attack against soldiers

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) managed to thwart an attempted attack on Israel-held territory in the Golan Heights late Sunday, the military said in a statement.

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Almost 1 mln threats in cyberspace daily in 2014

​In the age of cyberspace, there 's one issue that has never been brought up before as a global challenge -- cyber attack.

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Pentagon confirms airstrike kills major planner of Westgate Mall attack

A militant leader who allegedly helped mastermind the 2013 Westgate Mall attack in Kenya was killed last week in a U.S. airstrike, the Pentagon confirmed in a statement on Wednesday.

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Boko Haram attacks village in northern Nigeria

​Suspected Boko Haram fighters on Tuesday attacked a village in Nigeria's northern Borno State, witnesses told Xinhua.

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Cyber attack on Italian website raises concern on terrorism risks

​A brief cyber attack on Italy's Tuscan website over the weekend, which was launched by a group claiming to be affiliated with the Islamic State(IS), has raised concern on possible terrorism risks the country is facing with.

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DPRK calls attack on U.S. ambassador to S. Korea "deserved punishment"

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday called the razor-wielding attack on the U.S. ambassador to South Korea earlier in the day a "deserved punishment", the official KCNA news agency reported.

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U.S. offers bounty for info about two extremists in Afghanistan

​The United States is offering rewards of up to 5 million dollars for information on two associates of the Afghan extremist group Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin ( HIG), the State Department said on Thursday.

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Israeli security officials convene over attack on soldiers

Israeli officials late Wednesday discussed courses of action following an attack earlier in the day against an Israeli military vehicle, which killed two Israeli soldiers and wounded seven.