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A 29-year-old Frenchman shouted “Allahu Akbar” (God is Greatest) as he stabbed a British woman to death and wounded two people at a backpackers’ hotel in northern Queensland, police said on Wednesday. The man was in Australia on a valid tourist visa and had no known links to radical groups …

DAMASCUS: (Web Desk)- The Syrian crisis can only be resolved through dialogue and on the basis of international law, the Russian foreign Ministry said Wednesday, expressing worry over reports of Turkey’s cross-border attack into Northern Syria. The Turkish Army with the air support of the US-led coalition launched a military …

The death toll from a powerful earthquake that devastated parts of central Italy has reached 247 as rescue and search operations are underway to find possible survivors. On Thursday, Italy’s civil protection agency said a tally by local officials showed that 190 people were killed Rieti Province and 57 in …

KABUL: Over a dozen people have been killed after Afghan forces put an end to an hours-long armed attack on the American University in the capital, Kabul, police sources say. Afghan police officials said early Thursday that seven students, three police and two security guards were killed, while 44 others, …

LAGOS: (Web Desk)- Nigeria’s military said Tuesday it believes an airstrike has “fatally wounded” Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, but there was no way to confirm yet another claim of the death of Nigeria’s Islamic extremist leader. A statement does not say how the military got the information but identifies …

LONDON: (Web Desk)-Three siblings have said they were hauled off an easyJet plane for questioning by counter-terrorism officers after a fellow passenger made false allegations they were looking at Islamic State propaganda on their phones. Sakina Dharas and her brother and sister were interrogated on the tarmac for an hour …

BEIJING: (Web Desk)- Chinese military official has said that Beijing is seeking closer military ties with Damascus and upgrades military cooperation with Syria. Guan Youfei, the Chinese military official charged with overseeing international cooperation, announced the development on Tuesday. The official, who visited Syria for talks with Syrian Defense Minister …

KABUL:(Web Desk)- An American soldier was killed Tuesday during an anti-Taliban operation near the capital of the southern Afghan province of Helmand, US-led NATO forces said. The news comes after NATO on Monday announced the deployment of around 100 US troops to Lashkar Gah to help head off a potential …

Canada’s police force has announced that its Muslim officers can wear hijab as part of a drive to encourage more Muslim recruitment. The government said Tuesday that officers working for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) can wear hijab, a rare addition to the symbolic uniform of the force. “The …

PYONGYANG:  (Web Desk)- The US military has denounced North Korea’s ballistic missile as a “provocation” and vowed to defend Washington and its allies allies from any attack from the East Asian country. North Korea fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile at 2029 GMT Tuesday (4:59 am Wednesday local time), just two …