London attack: Pakistani-origin man among two attackers identified
However, soon after James stepped outside the pub, the attack began and his friends were rushed upstairs to safety and James has yet to be seen since. Eight officers fired an "unprecedented" 50 rounds at the three attackers, according to Mark Rowley, head of national counterterrorism policing, who said that a bystander had also suffered a gunshot wound.
Global News - All News
-
London Bridge attacker known to security services as two terrorists named
Rome: A third man arrested for carrying out Saturday's deadly attack in central London is an Italian-Moroccan who was arrested previous year on suspicion of trying to reach Syria , according to Italian media reports . Armed police arrived and shot the attackers dead within eight minutes of the first emergency call . At least seven people died and nearly 50 were injured when three attackers drove into crowds in central London before going on a stabbing spree.
-
Qatar Row Escalates: Jordan Joins Arab Powers, Downgrades Ties With Qatar
President Donald Trump offered Wednesday to personally broker a resolution to the Persian Gulf's escalating diplomatic crisis, as both he and Qatar looked past his pointed suggestion only a day earlier that the tiny gas-rich nation enables terrorism.
-
IS-claimed attacks on Iran's parliament, shrine kill 12
The Shi'ite regime and Saudi Arabia's Sunni monarchy are bitter regional rivals. A senior Interior Ministry official told Iran's state TV the male attackers wore women's attire. Again, one terrorist detonated a suicide vest and the other three were killed during clashes with security forces as they attempted to reach the upper floors of the parliament building, it said.
-
Trump Offers to Help Resolve Gulf Crisis
It was unclear how Trump's broadside against Qatar might affect the US -led coalition fighting IS. U.S. officials were blindsided by Saudi Arabia's decision to sever diplomatic ties with Qatar in a coordinated move with Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), current and former officials in Washington told Reuters .
-
Trump heading to Ohio to talk infrastructure
As the White House tries to shift the focus back to Trump's legislative agenda, the president traveled to the Rivertowne Marina in Cincinnati to argue his case for efforts to fix aging levees, dams, locks and ports, as well as his larger public works aims.
-
Attacker blows himself up in front Iran parliament
Deputy Interior Minister Mohammad Hossein Zolfaghari told Iran's state TV the apparently male attackers wore women's attire. "I condemn in the strongest terms the attacks in the Iranian parliament building and the tomb of the revolutionary leader (Ayatollah Ruhollah) Khomeini ", he said in a statement.
-
Trump's Tweets on Qatar-Gulf Nations Split Raise Questions
Despite this, Qatar's detractors said they are hopeful that the country won't be able to hold out much longer without their help. In his tweet, Trump voiced support for the regional blockade of Qatar and cited Qatar's funding of terrorist groups.
-
Trinity and UCD climb in latest world university rankings
Overall, 16 of the 24 Russell Group universities have fallen down the rankings. Six other Taiwanese universities were also ranked , with Chang Kung University ranked in the 481st-490th category, National Cheng Chi University, National Chung Hsing University and National Taipei University of Technology in the 601st-650th category, and Feng Chia University and Fu Jen Catholic University in the 801st-1000th category.
-
Egypt Intensifies Strikes against ISIS Offshoots in Libya
A small caravan comprised of two buses and a truck making their way to a monastery south of Cairo were attacked by a team of 10 masked terrorists wearing military uniforms from "Sinai Province", the Egyptian branch of the Islamic State (ISIS/Da'esh) terrorist organization.
-
Russia Rejects Claims It Planted Fake Stories That Caused Qatar Crisis
In his tweet , Trump voiced support for the regional blockade of Qatar and cited Qatar's funding of terrorist groups. Qatar also backs the Palestinian political and militant group Hamas and the worldwide Islamist movement the Muslim Brotherhood , which Saudi Arabia and Egypt oppose.
-
1 dead in twin attacks on Iran parliament, Khomeini shrine
IRIB says that one of four attackers exploded a suicide vest inside the parliament building, though other local news agencies said the explosion may have been caused by grenades thrown by the attackers. At least seven people were killed and 35 others injured in the twin assaults, the semi-official Fars agency reported . Therefore, he noted, it is inevitable that sooner or later their groups are attacked by security forces everywhere around the world, so they decide to carry out suicide ...









