CAIRO—Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi said militant attacks on army checkpoints in the Sinai Peninsula that killed 30 troops Friday were a “foreign-funded operation” and those who commit such attacks “must be hanged.” The president vowed Saturday to take drastic measures against the militants, saying there are foreign powers that want to “break the back of Egypt.” Egypt declared […]
ANKARA—United States officials declared on Friday that the country “is at war with ISIL, in the same way that we are at war with al-Qaida and its al-Qaida affiliates all across the globe.” The statements, from spokepersons for the White House, the Pentagon and the State Department, mark the first time that top American officials used […]
HONG KONG — A court in China’s western region of Xinjiang sentenced three people to death Monday for organizing a terrorist plot that targeted Tiananmen Square in China’s capital last October. The speedy trial ended with prison terms for another five people and is part of a crackdown against terrorism in one of the country’s most […]
ISLAMABAD — The Pakistani Taliban is claiming responsibility for Sunday night’s deadly assault on the country’s largest international airport in Karachi that left at least 28 people dead, including 10 “terrorists” and more than a dozen security personnel. Authorities say that just before midnight a group of around 10 heavily armed militants, some wearing military uniforms, […]