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LONDON, April 14, 2024 (AFP) – UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called Sunday for “calm heads to prevail” as he confirmed that British fighter jets had shot down Iranian drones during Tehran’s unprecedented attack on Israel. Israel and its allies intercepted almost all of the missiles and drones fired by Iran during its first-ever attack on Israeli territory. Sunak joined world leaders in urging restraint as Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi warned against any “reckless” Israeli […]
By David WILLIAMS SYDNEY, April 14, 2024 (AFP) – In the midst of a Sydney mall stabbing rampage, witnesses say a fatally wounded mother handed over her injured nine-month-old baby to a stranger to save the infant’s life. Stories of courage are still emerging from Saturday’s attack, in which a 40-year-old knifeman with mental illness roamed the packed shopping centre, killing six people and seriously wounding a dozen others. Lone senior police officer Amy Scott […]
By Jay Deshmukh and Louis Baudoin-Laarman JERUSALEM, April 14, 2024 (AFP) – Iran’s unprecedented overnight attack on Israel has been “foiled”, the Israeli military said Sunday, with hundreds of missiles and drones intercepted with the help of the United States and allies. The attack which began late Saturday marks a major escalation of the long-running covert war between the regional foes, and comes against the backdrop of the ongoing war between Israel and Palestinian militant […]
By Jérôme RIVET, Ramin KHANIZADEH TEHRAN, April 14, 2024 (AFP) – Iran on Sunday urged Israel not to retaliate militarily to an unprecedented attack overnight, which Tehran presented as a justified response to a strike that destroyed its consulate building in Damascus earlier this month. “The matter can be deemed concluded,” Iran’s mission to the United Nations said in a post on X just a few hours after the start of the operation late Saturday. […]
By Danny Kemp and W.G. Dunlop WASHINGTON, April 14, 2024 (AFP) – President Joe Biden said US forces helped Israel shoot down nearly all the drones and missiles fired by Iran Saturday, but appeared to guide the key US ally away from retaliating against Tehran by saying Israel had now shown its strength. Biden added that he was convening fellow G7 leaders on Sunday to coordinate a diplomatic response against Tehran, in another sign that […]
SYDNEY, April 14, 2024 (AFP) – Australian police on Sunday said a 40-year-old itinerant with mental illness was behind a Sydney shopping centre stabbing rampage that killed six people, including a new mum whose nine-month-old baby is still in hospital with serious wounds. New South Wales police Assistant Commissioner Anthony Cooke said the assailant — who was shot dead by a senior police officer at the scene on Saturday — was Queensland man Joel Cauchi. […]
MOSCOW, April 9, 2024 (AFP) – Russia on Tuesday opened a probe into “financing terrorism” that implicates Western countries, saying funds received by US firms in Ukraine — including one that employed Joe Biden’s son — were used for “terrorism acts” in Russia. The announcement came with Moscow continuing to blame the West and Ukraine for the attack on a concert hall last month that left 144 dead. The attack on the Crocus City […]
LONDON, March 29, 2024 (AFP) – Counter-terrorism officers are investigating the stabbing Friday of a journalist working for UK-based independent Iranian media, following previous hostile threats by Iran against perceived opponents in Britain, London police said. Officers found the victim — a man in his 30s — at an address in Wimbledon, in the southwest of the British capital, with injuries to his leg from an attack, the Metropolitan Police said. He was taken […]
MOSCOW, March 29, 2024 (AFP) – Russian officials said Friday they had arrested three people plotting an attack in the country’s south, a week after the assault on a Moscow concert hall killed at least 144 people. The FSB security agency said it had “put an end to the terrorist activities of three nationals from a Central Asian country”, Russian news agencies reported. The three suspects had been “planning to commit a terrorist act by […]
MOSCOW, March 26, 2024 (AFP) – Russia on Tuesday sought to shift blame for the Moscow concert hall attack onto Ukraine and its Western backers, despite the Islamic State group claiming responsibility for the massacre of at least 139 people. The Kremlin’s security services have been scrambling to explain how gunmen on Friday managed to carry out the worst attack in Russia in over two decades. President Vladimir Putin has acknowledged that “radical Islamists” conducted […]
MOSCOW, March 25, 2024 (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin on Monday acknowledged for the first time that “radical Islamists” were behind last week’s attack on a concert hall outside Moscow, but suggested they were linked to Ukraine somehow. Eleven people have been detained in connection with the attack, which saw camouflaged gunmen storm into Crocus City Hall, open fire on concert-goers and set the building ablaze, killing at least 139 people. “We know that the […]
MOSCOW, March 25, 2024 (AFP) – Four men accused of involvement in a massacre at a Moscow concert hall that killed 137 people were remanded in custody Sunday, as Russia observed a national day of mourning following the attack claimed by the Islamic State. All four suspects have been charged with terrorism, according to Moscow’s Basmanny district court, and face life imprisonment. Their detention is set until May 22 but may be extended depending on […]
