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Paris attacks expose failures, challenges for intelligence services
The intelligence services are also taking flak over one of the gunman who blew himself up at the Bataclan concert hall, Omar Ismail Mostefai.
'France is at war,' says President Francois Hollande, seeks global coalition against Islamic State
French President Francois Hollande called on the United States and Russia to join a global coalition to destroy Islamic State in the wake of the attacks across Paris.
Harvard University says evacuates four buildings after bomb threat
The threat comes three days after a coordinated attack by gunmen and suicide bombers killed 127 people in Paris.
Islamic State threatens attack on Washington, other countries
The French government has called the Paris attacks an act of war and said it would not end its air strikes against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.
US-led strikes destroy 116 Islamic State fuel trucks in east Syria
IS controls most of the oil-rich Deir Ezzor province and part of the city, but has tried for months to seize all of the provincial capital.
Firecrackers and fear trigger scenes of panic in Paris
A few blocks away there were similar scenes when a heater or a light bulb exploded on a terrace, sowing panic as passersby warned friends on social media of a new attack.
France hits back, strikes Islamic State in Syria after Paris carnage
The strike destroyed an IS command post, jihadist recruitment centre, a munitions depot and a "terrorist" training camp, the defence ministry said.
IS claims Paris attacks, threatens more strikes against France 'as long as it continues its Crusader campaign'
The statement said the targets of Friday's attacks, which included the national sports stadium and the Bataclan concert hall, "were carefully chosen".
Iconic One World Trade Center and CN Tower spire lit blue, white and red in solidarity with France
The landmark CN Tower was lit blue, white and red in the colors of the French flag following Paris attacks.
Facebook sets up safety check for Paris friends
The "Paris Terror Attacks" safety check let people signal whether they were out of harm's way, then notified all those they know at the leading social network.
End sale of defence equipment to Pakistan: US think-tank
"The US should demand that Pakistan meet its obligations as a state to tackle terrorism emanating from its territory, in both India and Afghanistan," the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), a top American think-tank, said in a report.
Kerry tells UN two-state solution 'not impossible dream'
Kerry traveled to UN headquarters in New York to attend a commemoration of the 1975 speech delivered by Israeli ambassador Chaim Herzog denouncing a UN resolution that declared Zionism a form of racism.
War with India is not an option, says Pakistan PM Sharif
Sharif said his government desired friendly ties with India, all its neighbours and the world at large for sustainable development.
European Union predicts 3 million more migrants could arrive by end 2016
More than 700,000 people have come to Europe seeking sanctuary or jobs so far this year, overwhelming reception centres and border authorities.
Bomb by Islamic State may have caused Russian plane crash: Security sources
Islamic State, which controls swathes of Iraq and Syria and is battling the Egyptian army in the Sinai Peninsula, said again on Wednesday it brought down the airplane.
Chinese woman reaches Pakistan to search for boyfriend; held
Tein Domi alias Dolly, 23, who is a clerk at a medical college in China, met Amin who was studying medicine. She claimed that both were in a relationship and that she even sold her house to pay his college fee.
