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TERRORISM

Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 14, 2017
Assad linked to Syrian chemical attacks for first time
International investigators have said for the first time that they suspect President Bashar Assad and his brother are responsible for the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian conflict, according to a document seen by Reuters.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 11, 2017
Attack on fishing boat in southern Philippines leaves eight crew members dead
Eight people have been shot dead in an attack Monday on a fishing boat in the southern Philippines, a military official said Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 8, 2017
Myanmar faces danger from IS militants, Malaysian police say
Myanmar faces a growing danger of attacks by foreign supporters of the Islamic State group recruited from Southeast Asian networks in support of persecuted Muslim Rohingyas, Malaysia's top counterterrorism official has said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 6, 2017
Berlin truck attacker used at least 14 names; Tunisian associate seen posing as Libyan
The Tunisian man who killed 12 people last month by plowing a truck into a Berlin Christmas market had lived under at least 14 different names in Germany, a regional police chief said on Thursday, raising more questions about security lapses.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 5, 2017
Germany collars Tunisian who used aliases, once probed as terrorist, over links to Berlin truck attacker
German police have detained a 26-year-old Tunisian man over links with the perpetrator of an Islamist truck attack on a Berlin Christmas market that killed 12 people, a federal prosecutors' spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
WORLD
Jan 4, 2017
Turkey says identity of Istanbul attacker established, manhunt continues
Turkey has established the identity of the gunman who killed 39 people in an attack on an Istanbul nightclub on New Year's Day, its foreign minister said, and further arrests were made on Wednesday, but the attacker himself remains at large.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 2, 2017
Islamic State attack on Iraq police checkpoint kills seven, shows guerrilla-style capability
Islamic State attacked an Iraqi police checkpoint near the southern city of Najaf on Sunday, killing seven policemen as government forces in the north made more gains against the militants in Mosul, their last major stronghold in the country.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 30, 2016
Man claiming to be Boko Haram chief says in video group not routed from Sambisa stronghold
A man purporting to be the leader of Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, denied the jihadi group has been pushed out of its stronghold in the Sambisa forest.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 29, 2016
Five dead in attack in China's Xinjiang
Attackers drove a car into a government building in China's unruly far western region of Xinjiang on Wednesday and set off an explosive device, killing one person, the regional government said. All four of the attackers were shot dead.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 29, 2016
Nigerian army says Boko Haram may have used Chibok girls as shields while fleeing in forest
Boko Haram fighters fleeing an attack on their base last week may have used some of the girls kidnapped in 2014 from northeast Nigeria's Chibok as human shields to prevent being fired upon by fighter jets, a military commander said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 28, 2016
Polish trucker shot dead by hijacker hours before Berlin attack: report
A Polish truck driver whose hijacked vehicle was used to crash into a Berlin Christmas market was shot in the head several hours before the attack and could not have attempted to foil it as previously thought, the Bild newspaper reported on Tuesday.
WORLD
Dec 27, 2016
Turkey seeks U.S.-led coalition air support against Islamic State forces in north Syria town
Turkey on Monday called on members of the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State to provide air support for Turkish-backed troops besieging the Syrian town of al-Bab, held by the group.
EDITORIALS
Dec 26, 2016
The year the establishment failed
Key events in 2016 were moments of disintegration that exposed a frail and fragile political order.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 26, 2016
Yes, 2016 was bad — and 2017 could be worse
This has been a complicated year. Don't count on 2017 being any easier.
WORLD
Dec 26, 2016
Indonesian police say IS-backed militants planned to carry out New Year's Eve attack
Indonesian militants supporting the Islamic State militant group planned to attack a police post on New Year's Eve with machetes and knives, a police spokesman said Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 26, 2016
French-Swiss aid worker abducted in Malian city of Gao
A French-Swiss aid worker has been kidnapped in the city of Gao in northern Mali, and French and Malian authorities are working together to rescue her, the French foreign ministry said on Sunday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 23, 2016
Trump's tweet on expanding U.S. nuclear weapons arsenal raises questions and fears
A call by President-elect Donald Trump for an expansion of the United States' nuclear capabilities has alarmed nonproliferation experts, who said a boost to the U.S. arsenal could fuel global tensions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 22, 2016
Terrorism: a small threat designed to look big
The sensible response to terrorist attacks is prevention: good intelligence-gathering and smarter security measures, not mass arrests and foreign wars.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 22, 2016
Indonesia police kill three suspected terrorists, arrest four, foil yearend suicide bomb plots
Indonesian counterterrorism police shot and killed three suspected militants, including two would-be suicide bombers, and arrested four others during several raids on Wednesday, foiling yearend terror plots.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 22, 2016
Trump: Berlin truck massacre 'an attack against humanity'
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump condemned the attack at a Christmas market in Berlin as "an attack against humanity" on Wednesday.

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