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The generation of young Taliban fighters that conquered Kabul has gone through the euphoria of victory to face an uncertain future as the country they won after two decades of war plunges ever deeper into economic crisis.
SINGAPORE — Two Singapore mosques that authorities said were the targets of a planned terrorist attack by a 16-year-old student stayed open Thursday as police stepped up patrols in the area. Staff at the Assyafaah Mosque and Yusof Ishak Mosque in northern Singapore said already-frequent patrols had been tightened. Singapore authorities on Wednesday said they had detained without trial an ethnic Indian Christian teen who was preparing to launch “terrorist attacks” on the mosques with a machete. He was inspired by an Australian white supremacist who killed 51 worshippers at two mosques...
Singapore mosques, worshippers react to teen’s attack plans by Annabelle Liang, The Associated Press Posted Jan 28, 2021 8:43 am EDT Last Updated Jan 28, 2021 at 8:44 am EDT SINGAPORE — Two Singapore mosques that authorities said were the targets of a planned terrorist attack by a 16-year-old student stayed open Thursday as police stepped up patrols in the area. Staff at the Assyafaah Mosque and Yusof Ishak Mosque in northern Singapore said already-frequent patrols had been tightened. Singapore authorities on Wednesday said they had detained without trial an ethnic Indian Christian teen w...
January 23, 2021 at 11:25 am | Published in: Iraq, Middle East, News Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi in Ankara, Turkey on 17 December 2020 [Ali Balıkçı/Anadolu Agency] January 23, 2021 at 11:25 am Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi has announced the firing of five senior security officials, stressing that he would personally oversee reforms to address "challenges" facing intelligence services in the country, Anadolu Agency reported on Friday. Following a meeting with Defence Minister Juma Inad, Interior Minister Othman Al-Ghanimi and security chiefs in the aftermath of the...