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IS-linked group suspected of Jakarta attacks
AFP, Published on 14/01/2016
» JAKARTA - An Indonesian organisation with links to the Islamic State group is suspected of carrying out deadly shootings and suicide bombings in Jakarta Thursday, and was thought to be copying November attacks in Paris, police said.
7 dead as suicide attackers strike Jakarta
AFP, Published on 14/01/2016
» JAKARTA -- Suicide attackers struck the Indonesian capital Thursday, with a series of explosions and gunfire that tore through a Starbucks cafe and shook an embassy district in the Muslim-majority nation.
Eight killed as gunmen take hostages in Baghdad mall
AFP, Published on 11/01/2016
» BAGHDAD - Gunmen detonated a car bomb, sprayed gunfire in a crowded area and took hostages in a shopping mall in eastern Baghdad Monday, killing at least eight people, police said.
Turkey detains two IS suspects over New Year attack plot
AFP, Published on 30/12/2015
» ANKARA - Turkish police on Wednesday detained two Islamic State suspects accused of plotting a suicide bomb attack on New Year's Eve celebrations in the capital Ankara.
China adopts first counter-terrorism law
AFP, Published on 27/12/2015
» BEIJING - China adopted its first counter-terrorism law on Sunday after early drafts of the bill attracted strong criticism for provisions that may tighten media controls and threaten the intellectual property of foreign firms.
China appoints first anti-terror czar: state media
AFP, Published on 21/12/2015
» BEIJING - China has appointed its first counter-terrorism chief, state media said Monday, as it wages a controversial campaign to stamp out ethnic violence linked to the western Xinjiang region.
China says Communist Party officials among Xinjiang attackers
AFP, Published on 25/11/2015
» BEIJING - Officials from China's ruling Communist Party have supported violent attacks in restive Xinjiang, a top regional official said in remarks highlighting internal opposition to tough local policies.
Duty-free loss piles woes on troubled Lotte Group
AFP, Published on 18/11/2015
» SEOUL - Troubled South Korean retail giant Lotte, already struggling with a prolonged founder-family feud, has seen its business woes deepen with the loss of the state licence for one of its biggest duty-free shops ahead of a key IPO.
All change for India's stylish dressers
Business, AFP, Published on 09/11/2015
» Rifling through sweaters in India's first Gap store in a glitzy New Delhi mall, 21-year-old Ridhi Goel says her grandmother doesn't mind how she dresses as long as it's not too revealing.
Red carpets, protests to greet China's Xi in Britain
AFP, Published on 20/10/2015
» LONDON - China's President Xi Jinping starts a four-day state visit to Britain on Tuesday as Prime Minister David Cameron's government rolls out the red carpet in a bid to build closer business links.