It was like terrorist attack to topple govt: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday likened the recent violence in the country as 'almost a terrorist attack' aimed at creating a situation like what had happened in Sri Lanka to oust her government. "It was not a movement at all, and at one stage it almost into a terrorist attack,"

Terrorist attack took place in Ankara: Turkey

A "terrorist attack" took place near Turkey's parliament in Ankara on Sunday leaving two police officers injured, the interior ministry said. The ministry said two attackers arrived in a commercial vehicle around 9:30 am (0630 GMT) "in front of the entrance gate of the General Directorate of Security of our Ministry

UN chief condemns terrorist attacks in Pakistan:Death toll rises to 54

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned Friday's two separate terrorist attacks in Pakistan. "We very much condemn the terrorist attacks that took place in Pakistan, killing more than 50 people. The people responsible need to be held to account," said StephaneDujarric, spokesman for the UN chief, when asked for Guterres' reaction

Bomb kills 10 at DR Congo church in attack claimed by IS group

At least 10 people were killed and 39 wounded Sunday in a bomb attack on a church in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo claimed by Islamic State jihadists.Congolese military spokesman Antony Mualushayi said the "terrorist act" happened in a Pentecostal church in North Kivu province's Kasindi, a town on the

Israel closes Palestinian rights groups

Israel raided the offices of several Palestinian advocacy groups it had previously designated as terrorist organizations, sealing entrance doors and leaving notices declaring them closed, the groups said Thursday. Israel has claimed some of these groups had ties to the militant Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a secular, left-wing

12 killed in Burkina Faso terrorist attack

Suspected militants in northern Burkina Faso have killed three soldiers and nine civilian auxiliaries, local and security sources said on Friday. The twin attacks were carried out on Thursday in Bourzanga district, a security source and an official with the VDP auxiliary force said. The landlocked Sahel state is wrestling with a