GOTHENBURG, Sweden (AFP) — Four men were injured, one critically, late Sunday in the centre of Sweden’s southern city of Malmo, in what police said appeared to be a targeted attack by gunmen riding scooters. The shooting broke out shortly before 7pm (1700 GMT) in a street in the southern city’s Fosie district. Police in the area evacuated one of the wounded to the city hospital. “The three other injured were able to make their […]
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Yahoo hack hit 500 million users, likely ‘state sponsored’
by Glenn CHAPMAN SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Yahoo said Thursday a massive attack on its network in 2014 allowed hackers to steal data from half a billion users and may have been “state sponsored.” Yahoo, which confirmed details of the breach months after reports of a major hack, said its investigation concluded that “certain user account information was stolen” and that the attack came from “what it believes is a state-sponsored actor.” “Based […]
Death toll in Nice truck ‘attack’ rises to at least 70: prosecutors
by Vincent-Xavier MORVAN with Fran BLANDY in Paris NICE, France (AFP) — A truck ploughed into a crowd in the French resort of Nice Thursday, leaving at least 70 dead and scores injured in an “attack” after a Bastille Day fireworks display, prosecutors said. The government said the driver of the truck was shot dead after barrelling down the palm-lined Promenade des Anglais, sending hundreds of terrified people fleeing and leaving the seaside path strewn with […]
Turkish PM says first signs in Istanbul attack point to IS
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said Wednesday that early signs suggested the Islamic State group was behind a triple suicide bombing at Istanbul airport, as he announced the death toll in the attack had risen to 36. “According to the most recent information, 36 people have lost their lives,” Yildirim told journalists at the scene of the attack, adding that “the evidence points to Daesh”, using another name for IS. The […]
UN chief condemns Istanbul airport attack
UNITED NATION, United States (AFP) — UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called for stepped-up cooperation in the fight against terrorism on Tuesday, following an attack on Istanbul’s Ataturk airport that left at least 36 dead and scores wounded. Ban “condemns today’s terrorist attack” and “expresses his deepest sympathy and condolences to the families of the victims and to the government and people of Turkey,” his spokesman said in a statement. The UN chief “stands firmly […]
Trump bans Washington Post from his campaign events
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — White House hopeful Donald Trump, in his latest attack on the media, said Monday he was rescinding The Washington Post’s press credentials for covering his campaign events. “Based on the incredibly inaccurate coverage and reporting of the record-setting Trump campaign, we are hereby revoking the press credentials of the phony and dishonest Washington Post,” Trump wrote in a tweet. Later, the campaign said in a statement that “we no longer […]
‘Terror attack’ kills 5 Jordan intelligence agents
AMMAN, Jordan (AFP) — Five Jordanian intelligence agents were killed in an attack on their office in a Palestinian refugee camp north of the capital Amman on Monday, government spokesman Mohammed Momani said. “The intelligence agency office in the Baqa’a camp was the target of a cowardly attack shortly before 7:00 am (0400 GMT) today that left five agents dead,” Momani said. msh/ila/kir/mm © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
Suicide raid on Iraq gas plant kills seven
Baghdad, Iraq (AFP)—Suicide attackers broke into a gas plant north of Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least seven people and setting fire to gas tanks, officials said. The attack on the Taji plant, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) north of the capital, took place around 6 a.m. (0300 GMT). Eight suicide bombers broke into the gas plant and blew up a car bomb at one of its entrances, interior ministry spokesperson Saad Maan said […]
Suspects in Paris attack, trained by Al Qaeda
Two of the suspects of the Paris attack at a satirical newspaper’s office was trained by Al Qaeda. The French police is concentrating its manhunt in the northern part of Paris. Said attack resulted in the death of 12 people.
Surveillance video shows attack on Canadian parliament
Surveillance video released by the Canadian Royal Mounted Police shows the sequence of events on the recent attack on the Canadian parliament.
