terrorism

Suspected Tunis suicide bombing plotter killed, ministry says

The suspected mastermind of twin suicide bombings in Tunis was killed when he blew himself up during a police manhunt outside the capital

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Sri Lanka defense secretary and police chief arrested over Easter bombing ‘negligence’

Sri Lanka police arrested their top commander and a former defense chief over alleged failures to prevent the Easter bombings that killed 258 people

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Sri Lanka ex-defense secretary faces charges over security ‘lapses’ before Easter attacks

Sri Lanka's former most senior defense official, Hemasiri Fernando, faces possible criminal charges over "major lapses" linked to the Easter Sunday bombings that killed 258 people

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Syria: HTS rocket fire kills 12 people south of Aleppo

Rocket fire killed 12 civilians in a regime-held village in Syria, state news agency SANA has said blaming al-Qaeda affiliate Hayat Tahrir al-Sham

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Saudi Arabia extradites 5 to Sri Lanka in connection with Easter bombings

Five Sri Lankans wanted in connection with the Easter bombings that killed 258 people were arrested in Saudi Arabia and extradited

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New IRA says it planted bomb under Northern Ireland police officer’s car

The New IRA dissident republican group said it put an explosive device found under the car of a Northern Ireland police officer

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Bomb found under Northern Ireland police officer’s car at east Belfast golf club

A "viable bomb" was found under a Police Service of Northern Ireland officer's car at Shandon Park Golf Club in east Belfast

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France bomb suspect ‘pledged allegiance’ to ISIS

An Algerian suspected of setting off a package bomb in southeast France last week has told investigators that he pledged allegiance to ISIS

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France: ‘Package bomb’ explosion on Lyon street injures at least 8

At least seven people were injured in a suspected package bomb explosion on a pedestrian street in the heart of Lyon, southeast France

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DNA tests confirm Sri Lanka Easter attacks ringleader was Shangri-La bomber

Sri Lanka police said DNA tests confirmed that the ringleader of the Easter attacks, Zahran Hashim, was one of the suicide bombers

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