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Islamic State struggling to gain foothold in Pakistan
Pakistan's array of other extremist groups means IS will not become a threat to Islamabad 'any time soon'
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Which kills more in US: Terrorism or gun violence?
Since 2014, there have been far fewer fatalities in terrorism while killings in gun violence have spiked exponentially
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Muslim man's epic tweets on football riots highlight media's biased coverage
Hayder al-Khoei mocked football hooligans while he also satirised media’s portrayal of violence in Middle East
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Pakistan among least peaceful countries in South Asia: report
According to 2016 Global Peace Index GPI, Pakistan’s global ranking improved modestly from 156 in 2015 to 153 in...
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France on high alert two days ahead of Euro 2016
The French government set to launch a smartphone app which would warn visitors of any "major crisis"
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Frankenstein’s monsters
Who gave the thumbs-up to Pakistan to continue to cultivate ties with the Afghan Taliban?
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Civil society takes to streets against terrorism
Protest also held in Lahore, Islamabad, parts of US and UK.
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"We're prepared", says Paris police chief ahead of Euro 2016
France is in a state of emergency after militants killed 130 people in a series of coordinated assaults
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Ukraine arrests Frenchman 'planning Euro 2016 attacks'
Security service says man intended to blow up a Muslim mosque, a Jewish synagogue and numerous other locations
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Bahrain arrests 8 'terrorists' fleeing to Iran by speedboat
The incident follows a jailbreak late on Friday in which 17 prisoners fled Al-Hadd jail, says Bahrain News Agency
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Six people wounded as shots fired on Czech tourist bus in France
Initial investigations indicated the shot was fired from a hunting rifle
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Man arrested after shouting 'Allahu Akbar' on Emirates flight
Sarwar pleaded guilty to using threatening words and behaviour
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Terrorism fell in 2015: report
State dept says military’s operations, govt’s efforts yielded results
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Number of terrorist attacks fell in 2015 - US report
Terrorist attacks fell by 13 per cent compared with 2014, while fatalities declined by 14 per cent
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Pakistani man jailed in Italy for terror threats
Muhammad Baqas, 27, was arrested in July 2015 on suspicion of posting threateining messages on Twitter
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Naval court sentences five officers to death for involvement in shipyard attack
The September 2014 attack on PNS Zulfiqar left one officer and three attackers dead
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Premature blast kills three attackers in Peshawar: police
According to police officials the trio were likely planning an attack in the area
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Examining reasons for extremist support
Our national efforts to counter extremism have specifically identified the need for madrassa reform
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Teen arrested over alleged Sydney terror plot
Australian Federal Police claimed the teenager was scouting possible sites in Sydney to undertake an attack
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Pope criticises West for trying to export own brand of democracy to Iraq, Libya
We cannot advance without taking these cultures into account, Pope Francis says
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Nigeria hosts international summit on Boko Haram
The summit comes as Nigeria's military pushes deep into Boko Haram's Sambisa Forest stronghold
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Baghdad carnage — again
Once again, Iraq has been hit by a series of bombs that have killed at least 94 people and injured at least 150 more
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Within a month: Terrorism cases surge in K-P
Police official says increase suggests militants have regrouped in Afghanistan
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Turkey left to fight Islamic State alone: Erdogan
Erdogan accused the international coalition of abandoning his country to fight the group alone
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Saudi policeman dies in shoot-out as 'terror' plot foiled
Saudi interior ministry says two gunmen were trying to infiltrate a police station parking area in Taif province
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Those living in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones
Limited immunity of foreign sovereigns is now the global norm
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Terrorism in Quetta: Bomb targeting police van injures 5
The van carrying Rapid Response Group personnel was patrolling the Eastern Bypass area
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In 2016, toddlers have shot more people in US than terrorists have
Twenty-three people have been shot by toddlers in the US since the start of 2016
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French journalist infiltrates 'jihadist' cell for six months
Muslim journalist,using the pseudonym Said Ramzi, carried out the investigation for a documentary "Allah's...
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Taliban delegation’s visit to Pakistan draws ire of Afghan officials
Ghani has, for now, limited Pakistan’s role in reconciliation
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Tourism in the shadow of checkposts
In Gilgit-Baltistan, where the law and order situation is stable, there are endless checkpoints
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The alchemy of grief
We feel the pain of an event such as the Lahore blast or the attack on APS Peshawar very acutely
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Traffic to Wikipedia terrorism entries plunged after Snowden revelations, study finds
Knowledge about terror groups and their tools plunged nearly 30 per cent
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Reforms need courage
The law and order in K-P seems to have improved but this is not the police's job alone
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Nisar urges West to take Muslims on board in fighting terrorism
The West should refrain from enforcing a solution to curb terrorism in the South Asian region, says interior minister
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Anatomy of the National Action Plan — I
Independent media has not only liberated human mind, it has fundamentally reshaped the dynamic of public engagement
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Turkish academics go on trial for 'terrorist propoganda'
Four Turkish academics go on trial in a series of court cases, highlights growing restrictions on free speech
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Muslim teens arrested for blast at Sikh wedding in Germany
Police have arrested two 16-year-olds with known links to regional extremists over the attack
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Army will support Sindh Police in all aspects: General Raheel
Army chief telephones Sindh Police chief to condole over killing of policemen in Karachi
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Humanity under attack
It will take at least a generation to reverse the change our society has undergone in the past 35 years
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Islamic State fighters from 70 countries, analysis shows
The treasure trove comes from an IS defector who hands over 11,000 personnel files to US television network
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Countering extremist mindset
Ruling elites shall have to stop pandering to religio-political lobbies that abhor the present edifice of Pakistan
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French terror film stalled twice by Paris attacks gets US bow
The film follows Sam, a Franco-Algerian journalist who is researching extremism and goes undercover at a mosque
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Decriminalising cannabis would hurt Islamic State, Mafia: Italy prosecutor
Legalisation would be a weapon against traffickers, among whom there are terrorists who make money off of it
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'Instant paradise': An Afghan child bomber's journey
The runaway teen was apprehended in 2014 as he was about to blow himself up outside a district governor's office
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Pakistan and globalisation
The rise of extremism and associated terrorism discourages foreign participation in the country’s progress
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Taliban launch major push to retake northern Afghan city
Offensive around Kunduz has begun only days after the Islamist group announced their annual spring offensive
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Belgian court gives top militant recruiter harsher sentence on appeal
Belgium is Europe's biggest supplier of foreign militants, with some 500 leaving for Syria and Iraq
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Who are we hanging? ‘State policies fuelled terrorism’
Terrorism hasn’t come out of the blue, journalist says
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EU lawmakers vote on sharing air passenger data to fight terror
The vote by MEPs comes after interior ministers from the 28 EU nations in December finally settled privacy concerns