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Obama criticizes media's saturated coverage of terror attacks for amplifying fear about IS threat

U.S. President Barack Obama criticized the U.S. media's saturated coverage of recent terror attacks by Islamic State (IS) for whipping up the public's fear about the group's threat.

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Yearender: Good international coordination a must to combat terrorism

The world has been overshadowed by terrorist threats as never before this year as various terror groups and their loyalists made headlines everywhere, especially in Paris and across the Atlantic in France's strong anti-terror ally, the United States.

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Austria arrests two suspects with links to Paris attacks

Austrian police have arrested two suspects with potential links to the Paris terror attacks at a refugee shelter in Salzburg, the prosecutor's office there revealed on Wednesday.

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Australia develops new terror alert system to deal with "probable" threat of attack

Australia develops new terror alert system to deal with "probable" threat of attack

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Australians believe large scale terror attack likely on home soil: poll

An overwhelming majority of Australians believe a large-scale terror attack is likely on home soil, while one in four say it is inevitable.

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IS likely to launch more terror attacks to compensate for losses: analyst

​The world could face more terror attacks as it intensifies offensive against the Islamic State (IS) group, said a Syrian political analyst.

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Foreign policy to take center stage in U.S. elections after Paris massacre

​Last week's terror attacks on Paris have pushed U.S. foreign policy and the fight against terrorism to the forefront of U.S. elections, and candidates will have to show they are tough on terror in the lead up to the 2016 presidential race.

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Attacks in Paris prompt China to boost security

China will intensify counter terrorism security measures following the Paris attacks that so far claimed 132 innocent lives and injured hundreds of people on Friday, public security authorities said on Sunday.

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U.S., France agree on "concrete steps" to intensify military cooperation on fighting IS

​The United States and France have agreed on "concrete steps" to further intensify their military cooperation on fighting the Islamic State (IS) in the wake of the terror attacks in Paris, the Pentagon said Sunday.

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Paris attacks "planned in Belgium": reports

​The Paris terror attacks that killed 132 people and injured 349 others were "planned in Belgium, " local media reported Sunday quoting France's interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve.

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Chinese FM calls for united front to fight terrorism

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Sunday called on the international community to form a united front to combat terrorism in the aftermath of Paris attacks that killed at least 132 people and injured 349 others.

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Things you should know about Paris attacks so far

The shootings and explosions on Friday in Paris, France have killed at least 120 people till Saturday. Below is a list of the latest development on the deadly terror attacks.

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Paris attacks kill over 100, drawing strong condemnations

The international community has strongly condemned the Paris attacks on Friday that has reportedly killed over 100 people.

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Turkey falls victim to terrorism due to double-standard policy

​Two deadly blasts rocking the Turkish capital of Ankara last saturday are a reminder that a country pursuing a double-standard policy on terrorism will eventually make itself a victim of terror attacks.

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Over 170 killed in major attacks in Afghanistan in Sept.

​More than 170 people, largely civilians, lost their lives while about 600 others injured in Taliban-led attacks and conflicts across Afghanistan in September, according to official sources.

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Russian, Syrian leaders slam Western anti-terror policy in recent wave of terrorist attacks

Russian and Syrian leaders have slammed Western anti-terror policies as "double-standard" amid a recent wave of terrorist attacks.H Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Oleg Syromolotov said Russia, apart from having vast experience in anti-terror struggles, has the authority of a state, which "has never used double standards in the sphere of counter-terrorism," Russia's Kommersant newspaper reported Tuesday.

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Seventeen people killed in Nigeria's bomb attacks

​At least 17 persons were killed in two separate attacks happening in northeast Gombe and central north Plateau State of Nigeria Wednesday.