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Chinese investors weigh risks after Kabul hotel attack

In one of the office towers of Kabul's China Town, entrepreneur Yu Minghui sat gauging the aftershocks of the militant attack that severely wounded five of his compatriots in a city centre hotel.

Reuters · Dec 15, 2022

Tunisia's path from revolution to presidential power grab

Tunisia holds an election for a new parliament on Saturday. Opposition parties say the legislative chamber - introduced under reforms that concentrated power in the hands of President Kais Saied - is illegal and are boycotting the vote.

Reuters · Dec 15, 2022

Horror of Nice truck rampage that killed 86 recalled as 8 people convicted 6 years on

A French judge has sentenced eight defendants to prison terms ranging from two to 18 years after three-and-a-half months of heart-wrenching testimony from survivors of the Nice terror attacks - which saw driver Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel smash his truck into a crowd of people watching fireworks on Bastille Day in 2016,…

Daily Mirror · Dec 14, 2022

Kabul hotel attack: 3 killed and others injured as ISIS storm building in 'bomb vests'

ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, saying its regional affiliate, ISIS-K, targeted Chinese nationals as well as Taliban members

Daily Mirror · Dec 13, 2022

Attack on Chinese diplomats, executives in Afghanistan: ISIS claims responsibility

KABUL: An Islamic State offshoot took credit for an attack at a Kabul hotel popular with Chinese diplomats and businessmen, the first attack targeting citizens from one of the few countries with good ties with the Taliban since it came to power last year.

The Times of India · Dec 13, 2022

Five Chinese citizens badly injured in Kabul attack, businessman says

Over a dozen Chinese citizens were wounded, five of them seriously, in a gun and bomb attack on a hotel in downtown Kabul, a Chinese businessman in the Afghan capital said on Tuesday, as local authorities kept the premises sealed.

Reuters · Dec 13, 2022

Islamic State group claims attack on hotel in Afghan capital

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a coordinated attack on a hotel in Afghanistan’s capital

The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2022

Islamic State group claims responsibility for deadly Kabul hotel attack

The Islamic State group claimed on Monday responsibility for an attack on a hotel in central Kabul popular with Chinese nationals, the group said on its channel on Telegram.

France 24 · Dec 13, 2022

Islamic State claims responsibility for Kabul hotel attack -group on Telegram

Islamic State claimed on Monday responsibility for an attack on a hotel in central Kabul popular with Chinese nationals, the group said on its channel on Telegram.

Reuters · Dec 12, 2022

Terrorists execute 33 'ISIS brides' in revenge slaughter by rival extremist group

Militants from Boko Haram killed the partners of so-called Islamic State fighters in retaliation for previous attacks.

Daily Record · Dec 10, 2022