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Islamist terror threat ‘persistently high’ in Germany- Minister says
Germany faces a “persistently high” threat from Islamist terrorism, Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said on Monday. Faeser made the remarks days after Taylor Swift’s shows in Vienna were cancelled due to an alleged attack plot. She said security authorities in neighbouring Austria had confronted a “serious Islamist threat situation” when they thwarted a plan to attack Swift’s shows in the…
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Terror threat in Vienna ‘very serious’ – Nehammer
Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said the terror threat was “very serious’’ following the cancellation of three Taylor Swift performances in Vienna. Organisers cancelled Swift’s shows after two suspects were arrested for allegedly plotting terrorist attacks on Wednesday. “Thanks to the intensive cooperation between our police and the newly established DSN (Directorate of State Security and Intelligence) with foreign services. “The…
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Nigeria’s Boko Haram pledges allegiance to Islamic State: video text
Nigeria’s militant Islamist group Boko Haram has pledged allegiance to Islamic State, which rules a self-declared caliphate in parts of Iraq and Syria, according to a video posted online on Saturday. “We announce our allegiance to the Caliph … and will hear and obey in times of difficulty and prosperity,” read an English language translation of the video broadcast in…
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Africa
Britain pushes U.N. resolution against ransom payments to extremists
Britain submitted a draft resolution to the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that calls on countries to prevent the payment of kidnap ransoms to extremist groups, like al Qaeda, which have earned hundreds of millions of dollars from such crimes. British U.N. Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant said he hoped the 15-member council would be able to adopt the resolution by…
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