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A devotee prays at the shrine of Sufi saint Syed Usman Marwandi, also known as Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, in Sehwan Sharif, in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province, September 5, 2013. Picture taken September 5, 2013. To match Feature PAKISTAN-SUFI/ REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN – Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION)
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Members of the New York Police Department’s Counterterrorism Bureau patrol Times Square in the lead up to New Year’s celebrations in Manhattan, New York City, U.S. December 29, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Sand Trucks to Secure Times Square on New Year’s Eve
WASHINGTON- New York City’s iconic New Year’s Eve celebration will be surrounded by sanitation vehicles to stop truck-driving attackers like those in Germany and France. As many as 2 million people are expected to gather on Saturday to welcome the new...Caption:
FILE – In this Aug. 22 2015 file photo, members of the police forensics team take part in an investigation next to a Thalys train on the platform at Arras train station, northern France. The main suspect in the case of a high-speed train attack thwarted by three Americans last year in northern France will be questioned by counter-terrorism judges Wednesday Dec. 14, 2016 in Paris. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)
Suspect Says ISIS Ordered 2015 High-Speed Train Attack in France
PARIS — The main suspect in the August 2015 attack on a high-speed train in northern France was under orders from the same ISIS terrorist cell that orchestrated the Paris attacks in November 2015, his lawyer said Thursday. Ayoub El Khazzani, 26, a Moroccan citizen who...Caption:
Rescue services personnel work near covered bodies outside a restaurant following a shooting incident in Paris, France, November 13, 2015. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer
France Arrests Four Terror Accomplices
Paris- French authorities arrested four suspected accomplices of a university student who allegedly carried out terrorist acts. France Info News Station in addition to other French media outlets reported on Wednesday that the four were arrested separately early on...Caption:
The second tower of the World Trade Center bursts into flames after being hit by a hijacked airplane in New York in this September 11, 2001 file photograph. Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed in a firefight with U.S. forces in Pakistan on May 1, 2011, ending a nearly 10-year worldwide hunt for the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks. The Brooklyn bridge is seen in the foreground. REUTERS/Sara K. Schwittek/Files (UNITED STATES – Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)