Two men armed with axes and guns have launched an attack on a traffic police station in Moscow region, injuring at least two officers, security officials said. The attackers were killed in a standoff. The incident took place east of the capital at a traffic police station on a busy highway. Police officers had stopped […]
Indonesian law enforcement has detained two terrorist suspects in Lampung and South Sumatra, who allegedly have links to a suicide bomber attack on a police station in July, National Police spokesman Agus Riyanto said. BALI (Sputnik) — On July 5, the suicide bomber attacked a police station in the city of Solo, killing himself and […]
The Chinese government is asking school children in the northwestern Xinjiang region to tell authorities who in their family prays, who wears a hajib, and who wears a beard, sources tell RFA’s Uyghur Service. While the sources say all middle and high school students in Aksu (in Chinese, Akesu) and Hotan (Hetian) prefectures are required […]
Daesh sympathizers could be plotting grenade attacks on government offices and public areas across Malaysia, a counterterror police unit chief said Tuesday. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — A grenade blast at the Movida nightclub outside the Southeast Asian nation’s capital of Kuala Lumpur injured eight people in late June. Authorities said that Malaysians fighting alongside Daesh in […]
Media in Iran are reporting that authorities have detained a dual Iranian-British citizen on suspicion of spying. The state IRNA news agency reported on August 16 that the unidentified detainee had “been active in the economic field, related to Iran.” The British government has not commented on the report. Iranian authorities have detained at least […]
Stimson Center think tank said that United States run the risk of losing control over dozens of nuclear weapons deployed at Turkey’s Incirlik Air Base to terrorists. MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The United States run the risk of losing control over dozens of nuclear weapons deployed at Turkey’s Incirlik Air Base to terrorists, the Stimson Center […]
The effects of the July 15 coup attempt in Turkey continue to ripple through the country, and indeed far beyond. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has placed blame for the coup attempt squarely at the feet of cleric Fethullah Gulen, who is living in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania. The coup attempt is just the latest […]
A group of far-right protesters dressed in mock-Islamic clothing has interrupted an Anglican church mass in Australia, chanting about a “Muslim invasion.” The church minister said he was appalled by the stunt, but said he supports people’s right to protest. The group Party for Freedom gathered at Gosford Anglican Church in New South Wales on […]
