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U.S. NSA hacked DPRK years before Sony attack: report

The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) secretly broke into the computer systems of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in 2010, the New York Times reported Monday, an apparent effort by the U.S. side to convince skeptics it has evidence that Pyongyang was behind last year's cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment.

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German paper becomes target of arson attack after reprinting Charlie Hebdo cartoons

A German news paper, which reprinted Charlie Hebdo cartoons, became the target of an arson attack early Sunday morning following a terrorist attack on the French satirical weekly.

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AL and Egypt's top Muslim body condemn Paris terror attack

​Al Azhar, Egypt's top Muslim body and the world's center of Sunni Muslim learning, condemned Wednesday's deadly shooting attack on French newspaper Charlie Hebdo that left at least 12 people dead and 10 injured.

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Deadly Paris shooting triggers outcry in France, abroad

At least 12 people were killed when two masked and armed men on Wednesday stormed into the headquarters of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, known for mocking radical Islamists, in Paris.

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Cameroon army kills 116 Boko Haram fighters

​Cameroon's army killed 116 Boko Haram fighters on Wednesday when the insurgents attacked an army base in the far north region of Amchide, the country's defense ministry said Thursday.

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Indian-controlled Kashmir offers prayers in absentia for slain in Pakistani school

​As Pakistan mourns massacre of children in a deadly attack on army- run school at the hands of terrorists from Pakistani Taliban, people in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Wednesday offered prayers in absentia for the slain.

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Pak Army Chief shares info on Peshawar attack with Afghan leader

​Pakistan's Army Chief General Raheel Sharif met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and the top commander of foreign troops in Kabul on Wednesday and shared the " vital elements of intelligence with concerned authorities," about the latest terrorist attack in Peshawar.

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141 killed, 133 injured in Pakistan's Peshawar school attack

​At least 141 people including 132 children were killed and 133 others injured on Tuesday in a terrorist attack at the army-run public school at the Pakistan's northwestern provincial capital of Peshawar, said a spokesman of the Pakistani army.

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45 killed, 60 injured in eastern Afghan suicide attack

​At least 45 people were killed and 60 others wounded after a suicide bomb attack shocked a volleyball ground in Yahya Khel district of Paktika province, eastern Afghanistan, on Sunday evening, officials confirmed.

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Explosion, gunfire rock Kabul, killing 4 attackers

​At least four attackers were killed as an explosion and ensuing gunshots rocked a fortified residential compound used by foreign staffs of UN and other international organizations in eastern part of Afghan capital of Kabul on Wednesday night, sources said.

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UN slams deadly bomb attack on school in northeastern Nigeria

​UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Monday condemned a deadly bomb attack on a school in northeastern Nigeria, which left dozens of students dead and many others injured, calling for the perpetrators to be brought to justice.

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Sinai under spotlight as Egypt bids to quell terrorist attacks

The security situation in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula in general and in North Sinai is "dangerous" but is still "under control" despite the ongoing anti-security terrorist attacks in the region, said Egyptian experts.

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Infant killed, seven wounded as suspected militant rams Jerusalem train station

A three-month-old baby was killed and eight other people wounded when a Palestinian rammed a vehicle into a crowd of commuters at a light rail station in east Jerusalem late on Wednesday, police and witness said.

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UN Security Council slams deadly attacks on blue helmets in Mali

​The UN Security Council on Tuesday condemned "in the strongest terms" the targeted attack against an United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) camp in Kidal, Mali, earlier in the day, in which one Senegalese peacekeeper was killed.

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3 NATO service members killed in Kabul suicide bombing

1st LD Writethru: 3 NATO service members killed in Kabul suicide bombing

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How dire is the Islamic State's threat to U.S.?

​The United States is worried about a possible future attack from the Islamic State terror group, but it remains unclear just how much of a threat the radicals pose to the country.

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How dire is the Islamic State's threat to U.S.?

​The United States is worried about a possible future attack from the Islamic State terror group, but it remains unclear just how much of a threat the radicals pose to the country.