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Australia, US renew resolve on terrorism

TopUSandAustralianofficialsonMondaywarnedbattle-hardenedandforeignextremistsmayreturntoSoutheastAsiafromtheMiddleEastandtakeuparmsintheirowncountries.Thewarning

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What happens after ISIS goes underground

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South Korea's anti-piracy unit searches for Mongolian ship off Somalia

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Indonesia arrests 3 as IS claims responsible over Jakarta attacks

ByAPDwriterMaverickJAKARTA,May26(APD)–Indonesianpolice’santi-terrorsquadofSpecialDetachment88(Densus88)arrested3menonFridayasinternationalterroristgroupIslamicS

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Central African Republic death toll could reach 30: U.N.

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French agency warns of more cyber attacks after Renault, others

FrenchgovernmentcybersecurityagencyANSSIsaidonMondaycarmakerRenaultwasnottheonlyentityhitbytheransomwarecyberattackattheendoflastweekandwarnedofotherpossibleatt

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Simultaneous Taliban attacks kill at least 16 in Kabul

Almost simultaneous attacks in Kabul have left at least 16 people dead and 44 injured, the health ministry says.

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More than 3,500 attacks on refugees in Germany in 2016: report

A new German report has shown that more than 3,500 attacks on refugees and refugee hostels were committed in 2016, local media Deutsche Welle reported on Sunday.

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Myanmar reopens border gate with Bangladesh as peace restores

Myanmar has reopened No. 1 border gate with Bangladesh which was temporarily closed following terrorist attacks on some three border posts on Oct. 9 last year, according to the State Counselor's Office Thursday.

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Syrian government forces used chemical weapons in Aleppo: rights group

Syrian government forces used chemical weapons in opposition-controlled parts of Aleppo during battles to retake the city late last year, Human Rights Watch said in a report published on Monday.

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Philippine police raid Islamic centre before Catholic Black Nazarene parade

Philippine police raided an Islamic centre in Manila and briefly detained scores of people as part of heightened security before a major Catholic festival, a spokeswoman said Sunday.

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4 suspects involved in border outpost attack in Myanmar's Rakhine state captured

​Four suspects involved in October violent attack on Kyikanpyin, one of the three border outposts in Maungtaw in Myanmar's northern Rakhine state, have been arrested, Myanmar News Agency reported Sunday.

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Peace again eludes Mideast as region bids 2016 farewell

The Middle East has rarely been a region for optimists. The year 2016, if anything, only made the pessimists more pessimistic.

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Baghdad bomb attacks kill 30 at eve of 2017

A total of 30 people were killed and 59 others wounded on Saturday in a wave of bomb explosions which ripped through the Iraqi capital of Baghdad at the eve of the New Year of 2017.

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PKK, IS attacks in Turkey have different objectives

Turkey has been a target of various terrorist groups, with more than 360 people killed and 2,941 others injured in 26 bombing attacks across the country since June 2015.

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IS claims deadly Egypt church bombing

​The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (IS) militant group claimed responsibility on Tuesday (Dec 13) for a bomb attack on a Cairo church that killed 25 people, the first claim for one of the worst attacks on the Coptic Christian community in recent memory.

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France votes to extend state of emergency to July 15

France's parliament voted early Wednesday to extend a national state of emergency until July 15, after next year's elections.