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US sending more troops to drive ISIS out of stronghold
The United States is sending extra troops to Syria in a joint effort to drive terror group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) out of its stronghold of Raqqa, Defence Secretary Ashton Carter told a...
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Jakarta terror suspect worked as maid in Singapore
JAKARTA - A woman who was planning to be a suicide bomber had worked in Singapore as a maid.Dian Yulia Novi was arrested in an anti-terror raid last week for plotting to attack the Presidential Palace...
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Indonesian jails are breeding ground for terrorists: Study
Prisons in Indonesia, notorious for being overpopulated and under- staffed, remain a fertile breeding ground for pro-ISIS militants, according to a new study.These structural problems within the prison...
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Indonesian terror cells switch tactics with women recruits
Indonesian militant cells are now recruiting women to mount terror attacks, said national police chief Tito Karnavian.The top cop's warning came after anti-terror police commandos arrested a fourth...
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ISIS may set up terror base in South-east Asia, Malaysian defence minister warns
KUALA LUMPUR - The Islamic State (IS) is now "desperate" and may be looking to the ASEAN region as its next terror base instead of the Middle East, says Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin...
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Indonesia's new worry: Women turning suicide bombers
Dian Yulia Novi was not known to be religious growing up in Cirebon, West Java. She started wearing the hijab only a few years ago, after she left her home town to work in Taiwan and Singapore as a...
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Five maids working in Singapore radicalised
In the past two years, five maids working in Singapore were radicalised, although they "did not pose an imminent security threat" at the time, said the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).The maids were...
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Air France-KLM says attacks hitting revenue
PARIS - Air France-KLM joined other European airlines in warning of the impact on revenue this year of recent attacks in France and political upheaval elsewhere as it reported a drop in sales and...
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