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VIOLENCE

COMMENTARY / World
Nov 23, 2015
United with Putin against terror?
Putin sees the Paris terrorist attacks as an opening for Russia to improve its ties with the West, and he wants to take advantage of it. The West should not shut him out.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Nov 23, 2015
Before Paris terrorist attacks, authorities across Europe missed many red flags
In hindsight, there were multiple chances to stop the terrorists who attacked Paris.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 23, 2015
French youth line up to join the military after Paris attacks
France says it's at war and its young people are heeding the call of duty.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 22, 2015
Few dissenting voices as France curbs rights after massacre
France calls itself "the homeland of human rights" but has focused in the past week on limiting them as the government pushed through sweeping curbs on basic freedoms in the wake of the Paris massacre.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 21, 2015
In Paris attacks, nurse discovered the man he was trying to save was a bomber
In the chaos of the explosion at the Comptoir Voltaire cafe, one of several targets hit in the Nov. 13 Paris attacks, nurse David sought to help the wounded.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 21, 2015
Tapped phone led Paris attack leader to his death
Police watched the suspected mastermind of the Paris attacks being led by a woman into an apartment the evening before both died there in a raid by special forces, a police source said on Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 21, 2015
Belgium raises terror alert to highest level in Brussels, warns of 'imminent threat'
Belgium raised the alert status for its capital, Brussels, to the highest level on Saturday, shutting the metro and warning the public to avoid crowds because of a "serious and imminent" threat of an attack.
WORLD
Nov 21, 2015
In rare admission, U.S. says civilians were killed in an airstrike in Iraq
A U.S. airstrike that targeted an Islamic State checkpoint in Iraq in March likely killed four civilians, one of whom may have been a child, the U.S. military said on Friday in a rare statement acknowledging the death of civilians.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 21, 2015
Paris attacks may have cost militants as little as $7,500
The militants who killed 130 people in Paris, triggering new airstrikes on Syria and security alerts around the world, may have spent as little as €7,000 ($7,500) on their attacks.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 21, 2015
U.S. likely to make another patrol in South China Sea before year's end: official
The U.S. Navy will likely carry out another patrol within 12 nautical miles (22 km) of artificial islands in the South China Sea before the end of the year, a U.S. Navy official said Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 21, 2015
At least 19 dead after Islamists seize hotel in Mali capital
Islamist militants killed 19 people in an attack on a top hotel in the capital of Mali on Friday before Malian commandos stormed the building and rescued 170 people, many of them foreigners.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 20, 2015
Life after Schengen: What a Europe with borders would look like
Continental Europeans have gone so long — two decades — without internal border controls that the younger generation doesn't know what life is like with them. For a glimpse of the past, and the fortress mentality setting in after the Paris terrorist attacks, look no further than France's frontier...
WORLD
Nov 19, 2015
Jihadi attacks frequently kill other Muslims
Among the dead in last week's Paris attacks were two sisters celebrating a birthday, a promising architect, a talented musician and a woman shot while out doing some late shopping.
WORLD
Nov 18, 2015
Air France flights from U.S. to Paris diverted after threats: FAA
Two Air France flights en route to Paris from the United States were diverted on Tuesday following anonymous threats, and passengers and crew were safely removed, the airline and the Federal Aviation Administration said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 18, 2015
Activist hackers battle Islamic State in cyberspace
Islamic State sympathizers using social media to spread propaganda and recruit fighters are drawing an increasing amount of return fire from activists who have been knocking some sites offline and infiltrating others.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 18, 2015
Paris terrorist attacks reshape U.S. politicians' debate over refugees, security
U.S. lawmakers Tuesday called for even tighter scrutiny of Syrian refugees fleeing to the United States as last week's deadly Paris attacks recast America's debate over immigration and national security, prompting a sharp rebuke from President Barack Obama, who said attempts to block entry were "offensive...
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 18, 2015
South Korea to boost counterterrorism budget after Paris attacks
South Korea plans to increase its counterterrorism budget by around 100 billion won ($85 million) in the wake of Friday's attacks in Paris, the ruling party said on Wednesday.

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