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France's anti-terrorism prosecutor says that 364 repatriated children of French parents suspected of joining the Islamic State armed group in Syria and Iraq a decade ago are "doing well".

The house of Yambem Laba, a journalist with The Statesman and long-time critic of Manipur Chief Minister Biren Singh, was shot at by unidentified assailants at Uripok Yambem Leikai in Imphal West in the early hours of Wednesday.  Laba, who was unhurt, subsequently filed a police complaint with the Imphal…

France's counterterrorism prosecutor said on Wednesday that authorities thwarted three plots to attack the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris and other cities that hosted the events. The targets included "Israeli institutions or representatives of Israel in Paris", added the prosecutor.

The former NSW One Nation leader has been ordered to pay costs over a tweet that Greenwich described as ‘defamatory and homophobic’.

The head of a United Nations body investigating crimes by the Islamic State group in Iraq expressed regret over "misunderstandings" that led to the premature end of its crucial mission, at Baghdad's request.

This report has to be the one that finally changes defence in this country.

Austrian authorities announced the arrest of two people on August 7 for planning attacks on large events around Vienna, including Taylor Swift concerts. The suspects, a 19-year-old who was known to security services and a 17-year-old, are Austrian citizens believed to have been radicalised by extremist Islamist propaganda from Islamic…