MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Parliament on Tuesday passed new gun restrictions and began debating proposed hate speech laws after two gunmen killed 15 people at a Jewish festival in Sydney last month in an attack authorities say was inspired by the Islamic State group. The gun laws create new restrictions on gun ownership and … Read more
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for an explosion at a Chinese restaurant in Afghanistan’s capital that killed at least seven people, including a Chinese national. The cause of the explosion was still under investigation, authorities said Tuesday. The militant group said in a statement published on the Aamaq news … Read more
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An investigation that has extended to the Philippines of two men accused of shooting 15 people at a Sydney Jewish festival has found no evidence they were part of a “wider terrorist cell,” police said Tuesday. Sydney residents Sajid Akram, 50, and his son Naveed Akram, 24, spent most of November … Read more
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday he had ordered a review of police and intelligence services after two gunmen shot and killed 15 people at a Jewish festival in Bondi Beach. A father and son are accused of spraying bullets at a family-filled Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s most famous beach on December 14, … Read more
BEIRUT (AP) — A man who carried out an attack in Syria that killed three American citizens had joined Syria’s internal security forces as a base security guard two months earlier and was recently reassigned amid suspicions he may be affiliated with the Islamic State group, a Syrian official told The Associated Press Sunday. Saturday’s … Read more