Reuters
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At least four Paris attackers were on US watchlists, officials say
At least four of the Paris attackers were listed in a central counter-terrorism database maintained by the US intelligence community, five US officials said on Thursday.
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US House votes to suspend acceptance of Syrian refugees
The US House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed legislation to suspend Obama's program to admit 10,000 Syrian refugees in the next year.
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Five dead in Palestinian stabbing attack
A Palestinian fatally stabbed two people in a Tel Aviv office building and three other people were killed in an attack in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, Israeli police and the army said.
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ISIS releases photo of 'Schweppes bomb' used to bring down Russian plane
Islamic State's official magazine carried a photo on Wednesday of a Schweppes soft drink can it said was used to make an improvised bomb that brought down a Russian airliner over Egypt's Sinai Peninsula last month, killing all 224 people on board.
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Obama: Assad must go to end war in Syria
US President Barack Obama said on Thursday it may take some months for Russia, Iran and the Syrian ruling elite to accept that there can be no end to Syria's civil war or a political settlement while President Bashar al-Assad remains in power.
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Charlie Hebdo strikes back after latest Paris attacks
France's Charlie Hebdo journal, the target of lethal attacks by Islamist militants last January, defended party-goers over gun-toters in a new edition following Friday's Paris assault.
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Gunfire erupts in Paris as police hunt suspected attack leader
Gunfire and explosions shook the Paris suburb of St Denis early on Wednesday as French police surrounded a building where a Belgian Islamist militant suspected of masterminding last week's attacks in the French capital was believed to be holed up.
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Terror in Germany as soccer match against Holland gets cancelled due to bomb threat
A soccer game between hosts Germany and Netherlands which German Chancellor Angel Merkel was due to attend in Hanover was called off two hours before its scheduled start on Tuesday over fears of a planned bombing.
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France calls for global coalition against ISIS after overnight airstrikes
France's President Francois Hollande called on the United States and Russia to join a global coalition to destroy Islamic State following the attacks in Paris, and hours later French fighter jets launched fresh strikes on targets in Syria.
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ISIS plotting deadly cyber-attacks on UK
Islamic State militants are trying to develop the capability to launch deadly cyber attacks against Britain's infrastructure, finance minister George Osborne will say on Tuesday as he announces a doubling of spending on cyber security.
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Islamic State threatens attack on Washington, other countries
Islamic State warned in a new video on Monday that countries taking part in air strikes against Syria would suffer the same fate as France, and threatened to attack in Washington.
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Police raid suspected Islamist homes across France, following Friday's attack
Police raided homes of suspected Islamist militants across France overnight following Friday's Paris attacks, and a source close to the investigation said a Belgian national in Syria was the possible mastermind.