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A mini armoured car, resembling a bullet-proof golf buggy with firing ports, has gone on display at an Indian arms fair. The car is designed for use in confined spaces such as airports and hotels targeted in terror attacks.
Iraq has top terror risk, Thai danger up: ranking
Iraq is the country most at risk from terrorist attacks for the second straight year, according to a ranking by global analysts Maplecroft, while Thailand has joined the nine countries most in danger for the first time.
Australian court sentences 5 men in terror plot
SYDNEY — An Australian court Monday sentenced five Muslim men to prison terms of 23 to 28 years after convicting them of preparing for terror attacks on unspecified targets by stockpiling explosive chemicals and firearms.
India-Pakistan talks under threat after bomb kills nine
Long-awaited peace talks between India and Pakistan are hanging in the balance after a terrorist bomb attack in Pune, Western India, killed nine and injured 57.
Suicide Attack Kills 17, Mostly Police, in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — In one of the bloodiest days for Pakistani security forces, at least 17 people, including 13 police officials, were killed Wednesday when a suicide bomber attacked a convoy in the northwestern tribal area of Khyber, local new...
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula urges jihad
A Yemen-based offshoot of al-Qaeda has called on Muslims in the region to wage holy war against the US and its allies. A purported audio statement by Said al-Shihri, deputy leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, warned "American and Crusader...
Iraqi police: Car bomb kills 27 Shiite pilgrims
BAGHDAD -- A suicide attacker detonated a car bomb Friday alongside a crowd of Shiite pilgrims walking to a holy city south of Baghdad, killing at least 27 people and wounding 60, Iraqi police officials said.
US soldiers and teenage girls killed in bombing near Pakistan school
Three American soldiers were killed and two others injured today in a bomb attack that marked the first fatal Taliban ambush on the US military in Pakistan.
Bomb kills 20 Shi'ite pilgrims in Iraq, banned Sunni candidates back in election race
A bomb killed at least 20 Shi'ite pilgrims on Wednesday as they poured into Iraq's holy city of Kerbala, triggering criticism of security forces and politicians before a potentially bloody March election.
Female Suicide Bomber Kills 41 Shiite Pilgrims in Baghdad
A female suicide bomber on Monday killed at least 41 Shiite pilgrims in northern Baghdad who were making an annual pilgrimage to the holy city of Karbala.