Jordanians mourn victims of deadly church attack
Jordanians mourn victims of deadly church attack
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Jordanians mourn victims of deadly church attack
Jordan's prime minister represents king at funeral for eight of the church attack victims as hunt for gunmen continues.
Adding to the tensions, France is reeling from a shooting that authorities are investigating as a potentially racist and Islamophobic terrorist attack. One person was killed and five others wounded in the Paris suburbs of Trappes and La Verrière, including a 12-year-old girl who was shot eight times. Police arrested the suspected gunman, and investigators reportedly found three gas cylinders rigged to a timer in his apartment, as well as a submachine gun in his car. The French president has condemned the attack, while the mayor of Saint-Denis has denounced the impact of hate speech.
Authorities are still searching for the attackers and say it is too early to determine if they had ties to known groups.
Gunmen killed at least seven people and wounded dozens at a church in southern Jordan on Friday, authorities said, with the king vowing retaliation for the rare attack on Christians in the majority Sunni Muslim kingdom. Assailants stormed the compound of a Greek Orthodox church in the village of Hammoud in Karak governorate and opened fire, authorities said. The gunmen got out of a vehicle and started shooting during a funeral procession, the public security directorate said in a statement,...
The Lieutenant-Governor said the Government of India’s commitment to strengthening peace and progress in Jammu and Kashmir
British police said on Tuesday that they had rearrested two men on suspicion of assisting Iran’s intelligence service in a suspected plot at a US-run airbase in England last month. Counter Terrorism Policing said the men, a 24-year-old British national and a 25-year-old dual UK-Iranian national, were arrested under the National Security Act. One of the suspects was first arrested on September 27, when the suspected plot against the US-run base at RAF Fairford took place. The airbase in western...
There is no place for those who finance, support, or provide safe havens to terrorists, says Defence Minister; India supports adoption of action plan for trade and economic cooperation among SCO members
French schoolteacher Samuel Paty was killed on October 16, 2020 after false rumours circulated about racism following one of his lessons in which cartoons from the satirical publication Charlie Hebdo were shown. For the first time since his murder, journalists from France Télévisions were allowed to film inside the school where he taught in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, near Paris. They met a new generation of young people, who are determined to play their part in the fight against terrorism.
Pakistan’s counterterrorism campaign against Taliban insurgents risks being undermined by public resentment, following the dismissal of the opposition-led administration of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province. According to a statement issued by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s office after an emergency cabinet meeting last Sunday, the decision to impose temporary federal rule was necessitated by the “provincial government’s deliberate disengagement from the fight against terrorism”. The KP...
Trump-appointed Ambassador Mike Huckabee calls attack in occupied West Bank a 'despicable act of terror'.
"Pakistan rejects and condemns the Indian Defence Minister's provocative remarks...," Foreign Office spokesperson Sajjad Haider Khan said
The alleged plot only failed because the 19-year-old suspect's gun jammed outside the place of worship, say police.
President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the Pentagon would no longer live stream the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan after the announcement faced bipartisan criticism and Vice-President J.D. Vance said he would not watch it. Trump said on social media that publicly airing the execution “might have been a strong deterrent for the World to witness how America deals with Terrorists and SCUM like Hasan”. But, he continued, “any very good and well meaning people...
The former British Army member harboured 'extreme right-wing' views and was ordering explosives components, say police.
Pakistan says it intercepted 23 suicide drones launched from Afghanistan into Pakistani airspace in September alone. Since the conflict began in February 2026, the Taliban have increasingly used drones to attack Pakistan, raising concerns in Islamabad.
Meeting of Home Ministers calls for action against terror financing, recruitment and misuse of emerging technologies; Bangladesh sends senior Home Ministry official instead of its Home Minister
The US Treasury sanctioned four people and eleven companies tied to Mexico's Cartel del Noreste, a group Washington lists as a terrorist organisation. The post US Sanctions 11 Firms Tied to a Mexican Cartel appeared first on The Rio Times.
Sir Ken McCallum says operations to tackle terrorism and state threats are now roughly of an "equal scale".
Guatemala's High-Risk Court A sentenced Kevin Castellanos to 79 years over the January killing of two police officers, with a terrorism count tied to Barrio 18. The post Guatemala Gives Barrio 18 Man 79 Years in Terror Case appeared first on The Rio Times.
Brazil's Senate takes up a gang crackdown on Wednesday as Lula vows a security ministry and Washington lists two Brazilian gangs as terrorists. The post Brazil Senators to Vote on Gang Crackdown on 14 October appeared first on The Rio Times.
Algerian authorities said on Sunday that they had arrested 61 Moroccan nationals earlier this month on suspicion of planning "acts of sabotage". The General Directorate of National Security referred to "an international Moroccan criminal network" but did not provide details of the alleged plots.
A Melbourne man whose Islamic community centre has been linked by prosecutors in the United Arab Emirates to the co-pilot who allegedly attacked the captain of a Flydubai jet has hit out at “false accusations”. The Omani co-pilot, now in custody in the UAE, had drawn inspiration from al-Qaeda’s September 11, 2001 suicide attacks, and carried out his attempt “with the aim of causing the greatest possible loss of life”, according to the Emirati prosecutor’s findings published by state media last...
CCTV footage shows the moment of a Russian strike on a residential street in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
The family was travelling to Madinah after performing Umrah when the attack occurred; the victim’s wife and daughter are safe, while his aunt sustained head injuries
Pakistan’s president declared a state of emergency and suspended the provincial government of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan on Sunday, the president’s office said, following allegations it has failed to tackle Islamist militancy. The constitution allows the federal government to take over some or all provincial government functions during an emergency. The provincial governor will take charge with an advisory council, Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar told a news conference in Islamabad,...