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TERRORISM

Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 10, 2018
U.S. weighs multinational military response to Syria attack, sources say
The United States is weighing a multinational military response to the suspected Syrian poison gas attack, U.S. officials said Monday, as experts listed several key facilities that could be viable targets.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 3, 2018
20 killed in brazen Boko Haram attack on Nigerian army base and villages
AFP-Jiji
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 27, 2018
War crimes evidence in Syria so 'overwhelming' not all can be pursued: U.N.
War crimes investigators and activists have amassed an "overwhelming volume" of testimonies, images and videos documenting atrocities committed by all sides during Syria's war, a U.N. quasi-prosecutorial body said in its first report.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 27, 2018
FBI probing suspicious packages found at U.S. installations in D.C.; explosive residue found
Suspicious packages were found at multiple U.S. government installations in the Washington, D.C. area on Monday and were being analyzed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to determine their contents, law enforcement officials said.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 24, 2018
Malaysia arrests seven men with Islamic State links over attacks plot
Malaysian police have arrested seven men with links to the Islamic State militant group who were planning attacks on non-Muslim places of worship and other targets, authorities said on Saturday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 24, 2018
Islamist gunman kills three at French supermarket
A gunman killed three people in southwestern France on Friday as he held up a car, fired on police and seized hostages in a supermarket, screaming "Allahu akbar" before security forces stormed the building and he was killed, authorities said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 23, 2018
In Indonesia, a shadowy campaign, attacks on Islamist stokes unrest as elections loom
A spate of mysterious attacks on Islamic clerics, schools and mosques in Indonesia in recent weeks has ramped up tensions as the world's most populous Muslim-majority country heads into provincial elections and a presidential poll next year.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 22, 2018
FedEx evidence helped identify Texas bombing suspect: memo
FedEx Corp. said on Wednesday "key evidence" it provided to law enforcement officials led to the identification of the Texas bombing suspect, according to an internal FedEx memo seen by Reuters.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 21, 2018
TSA says it does not search travelers' devices for content
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said on Tuesday in response to a lawsuit that it does not search electronic devices of air travelers for content.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 21, 2018
Sixth parcel bomb blast in Texas leaves U.S. investigators baffled
The series of parcel bombs in Texas that have killed two people and put residents on edge escalated on Tuesday with two more incidents, a bomb that exploded at a FedEx distribution center near San Antonio and one that was discovered before it detonated.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / Deep Dive
Mar 19, 2018
1995 Aum sarin attack on Tokyo subway still haunts, leaving questions unanswered
Hitoshi Jin describes his younger brother spending the booming 1980s "cult surfing," exploring what new religions had to offer to fill the gaping spiritual void left by a childhood scarred by an abusive father.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 14, 2018
Only Putin could be behind U.K. poison attack: 'incurable' toxin's exiled co-developer
A Russian chemist who helped develop the Soviet-era nerve agent used to poison a former Russian double agent in southern England said only the Russian government could have carried out the attack with such a deadly and advanced toxin.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 14, 2018
U.K. counterterrorism police probe death of Russian associate of late tycoon foe of Putin
British counterterrorism police were on Tuesday investigating the unexplained death of a Russian associate of late tycoon Boris Berezovsky but said the death was not thought to be linked to a nerve agent attack on a former Russian double agent.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 10, 2018
Convoy delivers food to Syria's besieged Ghouta amid shelling
A convoy of relief trucks crossed front lines into the rebel-held Damascus suburb of eastern Ghouta on Friday and unloaded all its food for the trapped population, despite fighting that the Red Cross said had come "extremely close."
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 8, 2018
Four people seriously hurt in two knife attacks in Vienna but no link established
Four people were seriously wounded in two knife attacks in one district of Vienna on Wednesday evening but any motive or connection between the assaults was unclear, a police spokesman said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 7, 2018
Britain warns Russia over double agent's mysterious illness
Britain warned Russia on Tuesday of a robust response if the Kremlin was behind a mysterious illness that has struck down a former double agent convicted of betraying dozens of spies to British intelligence.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 26, 2018
Nigeria confirms 110 girls unaccounted for after Boko Haram attack on school
ABUJA, Nigeria
WORLD
Feb 25, 2018
Dozens killed or wounded in south Yemen suicide attacks on anti-terrorism forces
Dozens of people were killed or wounded in two suicide car bombings in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden on Saturday, witnesses and local medics said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 23, 2018
Nigerian official says abducted schoolgirls were not rescued after all
The governor of Nigeria's Yobe state told locals in the village of Dapchi on Thursday that 76 of their schoolgirls who were reported to have been rescued from Islamist Boko Haram kidnappers were in fact still missing.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 21, 2018
Two-day toll in rebel Ghouta area outside Damascus reportedly 250, highest since 2013
Pro-government forces pounded the rebel-held district of eastern Ghouta outside the Syrian capital of Damascus on Tuesday, in a surge of violence that a war monitor said had killed at least 250 people since Sunday night.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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