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FBI focuses on contacts of suspected California killers

Photographs of Tashfeen Malik and Syed Farook have been released of them entering the US at Chicago airport in 2014 having just visited Saudi Arabia

07/12/2015

USA

ISIL claims San Bernardino attackers were its followers

In an online radio broadcast, ISIL claimed on Saturday that California killers Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and his wife Tashfeen Malik, 29, were

05/12/2015

USA

California shooting: First picture of killer wife as FBI probes 'act of terrorism'

She is said to have pledged allegiance to ISIL’s leader. He reportedly had contact with militant groups, including al Qaeda’s Syria-wing, the Nusra

05/12/2015

World News

FBI investigating San Bernardino shooting as "act of terrorism"

Wednesday's San Bernardino massacre of 14 people is now being investigated by the FBI as an "act of terrorism."

04/12/2015

USA

Vigils held for California shooting victims as suspect is described as 'a nice person'

Some 3,500 mourners held a candlelit vigil in San Bernardino, California, on Thursday night for the 14 people shot dead in a gun rampage at a

04/12/2015

World News

Bombs and ammunition found at San Bernardino shooting suspects' home

California police say a dozen pipe bombs and thousands of rounds of ammunition are found at the home of the San Bernardino shooting suspects.

04/12/2015

World News

Authorities struggle to find motive for San Bernardino massacre

US House Democratic Leader has backed congressional efforts to address mental illness

03/12/2015

USA

US police name suspects in San Bernadino shootings in which 14 people died

Police in California say they believe the two people who shot and killed fourteen people in San Bernadino were the only suspects involved

03/12/2015

USA

Two suspects are killed after a mass shooting in California leaves 14 dead

A man and a woman suspected of taking part in a gun attack at a social services agency in California, died in a shootout with police, several hours

03/12/2015

USA

Two suspects are killed after a mass shooting in California leaves 14 dead

A man and a woman suspected of taking part in a gun attack at a social services agency in California, died in a shootout with police, several hours

02/12/2015

Turkey

Top Kurdish lawyer Tahir Elci shot dead in Turkey

A top Kurdish lawyer was killed by an unidentified gunman on Saturday amid chaotic scenes in Turkey. Some reports suggest that Tahir Elci was caught

28/11/2015

USA

Police name Planned Parenthood shooting suspect

A gunman has killed at least three people after opening fire on a family planning clinic in the US state of Colorado. The suspect was later

28/11/2015

USA

Three killed in shooting at Colorado abortion clinic

Three people, including one police officer, have been killed after a gunman opened fire at an abortion clinic in the US state of Colorado. Nine

28/11/2015

Israel

Mideast violence continues to surge ahead of Kerry visit

At least two people have been killed in another day of deadly violence in the West Bank. In Jerusalem, two Palestinian girls attacked and slightly

23/11/2015

Mali

At least 22 people killed as Mali hotel siege ends

At least 22 people have been killed in a siege at a luxury hotel in the Mali capital Bamako. Islamist gunmen stormed the Radisson and took 170

20/11/2015

France

Two suspected terrorists dead, seven arrests in police raid on apartment in Saint-Denis, Paris

French special forces are conducting an operation in St Denis north of Paris. Officers are said to have surrounded an apartment where up to five

18/11/2015

World News

Paris bombers identified, hunt intensifies for remaining suspect

The French authorities have identified more of the suicide bombers involved in the wave of attacks on Paris on Friday evening, including one who

16/11/2015

France

The Islamic State militant group claims responsibility for Paris attacks in which at least 128 die

The group calling iself Islamic State has said it was behind a series of bomb blasts and shootings that have left at least 128 people dead and dozens

14/11/2015

USA

Three men in Missouri charged with making threats to shoot people on college campuses

In the United States three men have been charged in Missouri with making threats on social media# to shoot people on college campuses. Two of the

13/11/2015

Jordan

Gunman kills five including US staff at police training centre in Jordan

A gunman has killed five people at a police training facility in Jordan before being shot dead by security forces. The country’s embassy in

09/11/2015