The Islamic State’s gruesome killing of a sheikh and some of his relatives by rigging his corpse with explosives has led to security concerns in the multiethnic region bordering Iran, long a hotbed for extremism and susceptible to sectarianism. Another recent uptick in attacks attributed to the Islamic State (IS) …
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Bahrain sentences 51 accused of Iran-linked terror plots
Investigators said the defendants received orders from Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to stage attacks in Bahrain. Bahrain’s highest criminal court convicted 51 people of membership in a terrorist organization that was planning to carry out attacks in the Gulf kingdom with support from Iran, the state news agency …
Read More »Vienna shooter tried to join Islamic State in Syria
Kujtim Fejzulai shot dead four people Monday night in the Austrian capital before being killed by police. The gunman who killed four people in Austria on Monday night was convicted last year on charges of trying to join the Islamic State (IS) in Syria.
Read More »Vienna gunman rampaged alone, intelligence was fumbled, minister says
Large quantities of mobile phone footage have confirmed that the jihadist who killed four people in a rampage in Vienna on Monday was the only gunman, but Austria fumbled intelligence on him, Interior Minister Karl Nehammer said on Wednesday.
Read More »Remigration, une chance pour la France?
L’intégration d’une partie des immigrés musulmans en France et de leurs descendants est un échec patent. Pour inverser la vapeur, il faudrait limiter drastiquement l’immigration des pays musulmans et renvoyer dans leurs pays certains binationaux, à commencer par les délinquants. Les «identitaires» proposent des mesures légales et républicaines pour le …
Read More »Causeur: la France face à l’offensive islamiste
La liberté : si Paul Éluard a écrit son nom sur ses cahiers d’écolier, nous disons qu’il faut l’aimer ou nous quitter ! Présentant notre dossier, Elisabeth Lévy voit dans l’assassinat de Samuel Paty un ultime signal d’alarme. Il est urgent et encore temps de contrer la progression islamiste dans …
Read More »US has intensified cyberwar on Russia, China, Iran: NYT
The United States has significantly scaled up its cyber warfare against Russia, China, and Iran under the pretext of deflecting alleged interference from the trio in its 2020 presidential elections, according to The New York Times.
Read More »Australia Joins India, US and Japan in Indian Ocean War Games
The Australian navy joined Indian, Japanese and American warships for annual Malabar exercises that began Tuesday in the Indian Ocean marking the growing strategic convergence of the four countries amid rising concerns about Chinese assertiveness in Asia.
Read More »N Korea building 2 submarines capable of launching ballistic missiles: South
South Korea’s spy agency has alleged that the rival North is building two new submarines capable of launching ballistic missiles. South Korea’s Yonhap news agency on Tuesday cited the country’s National Intelligence Service as making the allegation, without elaborating or producing any evidence about the claim.
Read More »Libya rivals agree on implementation of ceasefire deal: UN
Rival Libyan military officers have agreed on a road map for implementing a ceasefire deal reached last month, UN acting envoy to Libya Stephanie Williams said Tuesday. The announcement came after a meeting of a joint military commission to discuss the implementation of the deal opened Monday on home soil …
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