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TERRORISM

Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 28, 2015
Boko Haram attack near key Nigeria town repelled; seven killed
Up to seven people died when Nigeria's army repelled an attack on Sunday by suspected Boko Haram fighters on a village near a northern state capital, residents and military sources said.
EDITORIALS
Dec 27, 2015
2015, Syria and the butterfly effect
The Syrian civil war had an outsized place on the international stage in 2015, and no doubt this will continue well into next year.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 25, 2015
Islamic State sanctioned organ harvesting in document taken in U.S. raid
Islamic State has sanctioned the harvesting of human organs in a previously undisclosed ruling by the group's Islamic scholars, raising concerns that the violent extremist group may be trafficking in body parts.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 25, 2015
Indonesia to step up hunt for IS militant Santoso
Indonesian forces are mobilizing for a manhunt in steamy jungles on the far-flung island of Sulawesi to flush the country's most-wanted man from his hideout and deal a pre-emptive blow to the Islamic State group. The real threat could be much closer to home.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 23, 2015
Forceful defense posture shift could lay Japan open to attack, LDP's Seiko Noda warns
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's defense policy shift to allow the military to fight abroad for the first time since 1945 could be used by militants as an excuse to attack Japan, a ruling party lawmaker who hopes one day to succeed Abe said Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 23, 2015
San Bernardino shooter denied militant leanings in U.S. visa application; Saudi date discrepancies seen
San Bernardino shooter Tashfeen Malik denied having any militant sympathies or intentions when she was asked in an application form for a U.S. visa two years ago, documents described to Reuters on Tuesday showed.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 22, 2015
China poised to pass anti-terror law this month with West-opposed cyber-provisions
China's controversial anti-terrorism law could be passed as soon as the end of this month, state news agency Xinhua said on Monday, legislation that has drawn concern in Western capitals for its cyber-provisions.
EDITORIALS
Dec 20, 2015
How to combat the Islamic State
Islamic State and other radicals must be confronted, contained and destroyed, and how modern societies go about this effort will determine its success or failure.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 20, 2015
A war on terror with Chinese characteristics
With some policy changes, China could play a significant and positive role in contributing to a reduction of terrorist risks worldwide.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 19, 2015
Iran may ease its opposition to Syrian President Assad stepping down
Iran has decided to unify its stance with Russia's in the push for a political deal to end Syria's civil war, Iranian officials said, in a sign it could ease its opposition to the departure of Syrian President Bashar Assad as part of the agreement.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 16, 2015
Xi defends China's web controls in call for 'Internet sovereignty of all countries'
Chinese President Xi Jinping urged world leaders to respect each country's sovereignty over its own Internet as he sought broader support for strict controls like China's on Wednesday.
WORLD
Dec 14, 2015
Australian teenager pleads guilty to 'terrorism' charge
A Melbourne teen arrested after police found explosives at his home pleaded guilty on Monday to a terrorism-related charge, highlighting concerns about youth radicalization following last week's arrest of a 15-year-old Sydney boy in police raids.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 14, 2015
Pakistan blast claimed by banned Sunni group kills at least 24
A blast killed 24 people and injured 70 in the northwestern Pakistani city of Parachinar on Sunday, officials said, and a banned Sunni Islamist group claimed responsibility for the attack.
EDITORIALS
Dec 12, 2015
Abe's anti-terrorism measures
The government should weigh the benefits of measures to prevent terrorist acts against the risk of violating people's constitutional rights.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 12, 2015
Calling on Batman to explain our dark world
From World War II to today's war on terror, the comic book hero Batman evolves with the times to reflect America's fears.
WORLD
Dec 12, 2015
Islamic State can make fake Syrian passports: U.S. report
A U.S. government report has warned that the Islamic State group has the ability to create fake Syrian passports, a federal official confirmed on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 12, 2015
China's security chief calls for better intelligence on terrorism
China needs to improve its intelligence-gathering abilities and intelligence sharing between different departments it if wants to better deal with the threat of terrorism, its domestic security chief said Friday in a rare admission of the problems faced.
WORLD
Dec 12, 2015
Turkey to keep trainers in Iraqi camp; Baghdad turns to U.N. to get them out
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared on Friday he would not bow to Iraqi demands that he withdraw Turkish troops from a camp close to the Islamic State-held city of Mosul, and Baghdad said it would ask the U.N. Security Council to order them to leave.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 12, 2015
Assad rejects negotiating with armed groups, possibly dashing upcoming peace talks
Syrian President Bashar Assad declared on Friday that he will not negotiate with armed groups, appearing to scupper peace talks that Russia and the United States hope to bring about next month.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 12, 2015
South Korean suspect in Yasukuni blast had no gunpowder in luggage, Seoul airport says
A South Korean man arrested over a bombing at the controversial Tokyo shrine was not in possession of gunpowder when he left a Seoul airport, reports say.

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