Friday 27 April, 2018
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Afghan security forces killed all six attackers during the night-time siege.
The attack took place during weekly prayers at a mosque in Egypt, police officials said.
The victims’ nationalities have yet to be confirmed.
After his death, his mother was told: “Your son has died a martyr with his brothers on 13 November.”
Pictures have been widely circulated of gunmen carrying Kalashnikov weapons into the Regency Hotel. The pictures are significant for a number of reasons, writes Tom Clonan.
Marines found a tunnel that led to Mexico’s storm sewer.
It is unclear why the men were in the Interior Ministry complex.
“The killer came here because there were foreigners. He wanted to kill foreigners, that’s for sure,” a waiter at the club said.
It happened at around 8:40 last night.
The Irish National Teachers’ Organisation has described it as an “outrage that beggars belief”.
The two gunmen later surrendered.
The unidentified gunmen opened fire on the plane as it landed.
The US and European Union are readying sanctions against Russia amid tensions over the kidnapping of international observers.
It has thousands of troops along the border with Ukraine, ready to act, it says.
The group was kidnapped early this morning.
Islamists held protest marches after hundreds of supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi were killed in a crackdown on Wednesday.
Attackers equipped with high-powered rifles and grenades carried out a carefully-planned attack against federal police in western Mexcio.
It is reported that the man was abducted while travelling into the city after landing at the airport.
The attackers struck at the foot of one of the world’s highest mountains, killing Chinese and Ukrainian climbers.
A man and a woman were seized today while they were outside a hotel in the eastern part of the central Yemeni city of Taiz.
A security guard was killed in the attack, police have said.
The group of hostages include a citizen from Northern Ireland who holds an Irish passport.
Meanwhile, media group reports shooting dead of TV presenter in Mosul.
A local military official says that the attackers caused some damage to the facility and stole a “sizeable quantity” of food.
The clashes follow Saturday’s car bombings, which killed 27 people. Three strong explosions were reported in Damascus last night.
David Cameron has confirmed the deaths of the Briton and Italian who were kidnapped in May while working on a construction project.
Gunmen have assassinated a senior prosecutor and a judge in a northwestern province of Syria.
The four were in a restaurant in Timbuktu when four armed men forced them out of the building.
The two colleagues work for a Danish organisation which works to remove unexploded mines.
IT’S REPORTED THAT six suicide bombers have entered a compound in Parwan in central Afghanistan.
Reuters reports that at least two large blasts have been heard, while Al Jazeera says that all six bombs have been detonated.
Gunmen have also been involved in the attack, which took place while government officials were holding a meeting
Hooded gunmen have shot dead 14 people playing a football match in Honduras.
SEVENTEEN PEOPLE have died following an ambush during a birthday party in the city of Torreon, Mexico.
The victims details have not yet been released but women and children are believed to be among the victims. At least 18 people were wounded.
Police found over 120 rounds of bullet casings at the scene, where gunman reportedly arrived and opened fire without a word.
Investigators have said they currently have no leads in the case.
The state of Coahuila state has been plagued by drug-related gang violence and has seen a spike in killings recently. Local authorities point to a feud between the Gulf cartel and its former enforcers, the Zetas.
FORMER HEALTH MINISTER James Reilly yesterday told the Seanad that the likes of Tesco, Supervalu, Dunnes and other big stores should stop selling cigarettes.
Reilly, a major opponent of tobacco, argued that supermarkets should be “providers of nourishment and nutritional goods”.
But, do you agree? Or should people be able to pick up cigarettes where they shop?
We’re asking: Should supermarkets stop selling cigarettes?
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