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Public beheading fears: Tony Abbott conf...

Public beheading fears: Tony Abbott confirms police believed terrorists pla...

Fairfax Media understands police will allege that the suspects were planning to snatch and behead a random member of the public, then drape them in the flag of the Islamic State, also known as ISIL. Mr Abbott, who is in Arnhem Land to fulfil an election pledge to spend a week in a remote community,... read more »

Iran Minister: Islamic State Won’t...

Iran Minister: Islamic State Won’t Be Eradicated by Aerial Bombardmen...

NEW YORK—Sunni extremist group Islamic State cannot be destroyed by Western bombing attacks, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said Wednesday. Speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, Mr. Zarif said the best thing a U.S.-led coalition can do to fight Islamic State, formerly... read more »

Aus cops foiled ISIS beheading plot: PM ...

Aus cops foiled ISIS beheading plot: PM Abbott

Intelligence showed that militants connected with Islamic State were planning to behead a member of the public in Australia, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Thursday after hundreds of police raided homes in a sweeping counter-terrorism operation. Abbott said there was a “serious risk from... read more »

French parliament approves jihadist trav...

French parliament approves jihadist travel ban

PARIS: France’s parliament on Tuesday approved a new anti-terror bill aimed at preventing potential jihadists from travelling to Iraq, Syria or elsewhere by confiscating their passports. The travel ban on French nationals could be imposed “where there are serious reasons to believe... read more »

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Dhaka: Authorities in Bangladesh on Thursday said they could recover 23 bodies so far and listed 138 as missing passengers three days after an overloaded ferry plying with an expired... read more »

Toll Hits 25 as Yemen Troops Clash With Militants

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Australians mourn victims of downed Malaysian jet

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s prime minister said Thursday that those responsible for shooting down the Malaysian airliner over Ukraine will face justice, as his nation marked a day... read more »

Barack Obama hails ‘new Africa emerging’

US President Barack Obama has hailed a new emerging Africa, on the last day of a summit in Washington DC with 40 African leaders. Wednesday’s talks covered security concerns and corruption... read more »