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Manchester Attack: Others May Still Be at Large, Say U.K. Police
The attacker who bombed an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester wasn’t part of a large network, but other people involved in the crime may still be at large, a senior police officer said Thursday.
Egypt extends emergency after police killed
Egypt’s parliament has approved an extension of a nationwide state of emergency until the end of September as a police officer and two conscripts were killed by a roadside bomb in the Sinai.
North Korea says its ICBM can carry nuclear warhead; U.S. calls for global action
North Korea said on Wednesday its newly developed intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) can carry a large nuclear warhead, triggering a call by Washington for global action to hold it accountable for pursuing nuclear weapons.
Man Plotted Bastille Day Assassination Attempt Against French President Emmanuel Macron, Police Say
A man was arrested and charged for “threatening to kill” newly-elected French President Emmanuel Macron, French officials told NBC News on Monday.
Ukrainian Software Firm’s Servers Seized After Cyber Attack
Ukrainian police on Tuesday seized the servers of an accounting software firm suspected of spreading a malware virus the crippled computer systems at major companies around the world last week, a senior police official said.
Suicide attacker kills at least 20 in Damascus
A suicide bomber blew himself up in central Damascus on Sunday, killing at least 20 people, according to the Syrian foreign ministry.
US pushes foreign airports to install explosives scanners within three weeks
The 280 airports that send direct flights to the U.S. must have explosives-detecting scanners within 21 days, one step the Department of Homeland Security has mandated to avoid a broader ban on laptops aboard flights.
Experts: Global cyberattack looks more like ‘sabotage’ than ransomware
Cybersecurity experts believe it was sabotage, not cash, that may have motivated the hackers behind this week’s crippling global cyberattack.
IS suicide bomber dressed as woman kills 14 at Iraq camp
A suicide bomber disguised in women’s clothing killed 14 people at a camp for displaced Iraqis on Sunday evening, security and medical sources say.
ISIS Militants Live Among Liberated Civilians in Mosul, Say Residents
Residents of ISIS’s former Iraqi stronghold of Mosul have warned that extremists were still living among civilians in parts of the city liberated by U.S.-backed troops.
