Terrorism

The verdict includes Islamist preacher Naufer Moulavi guilty, deemed the ideologue behind the group whose suicide attacks killed 279 people in three churches and three hotels. Nine other defendants were acquitted. A separate issue concerns officials who knew about the threat but failed to prevent the attacks.

In the wake of an attack against a mosque in Kohat, Pakistan hit targets in Afghanistan. At the heart of this new escalation is the Ittehad-ul-Mujahideen Pakistan, an alliance of various jihadi groups, including al-Qaida, which has a strong presence according to the UN. Bishop Shukardin says that places of prayer should be respected.

A flight attendant of Chinese descent, she was the first to raise the alarm from the first aeroplane to hit the Twin Towers. Today, the leisure centre where she used to play as a child bears her name, and a foundation set up by her family supports children and the elderly. Her memory is intertwined with that of San Francisco’s Chinese-American community.

The bombings in the Syrian capital, coinciding precisely with Macron’s visit and his meeting with Trump in Turkey, have reignited doubts about the extent to which the former jihadist-turned-president truly controls the country. The army is ‘absorbing’ more than sixty militias but without dismantling the local power bases, while international players pursue different objectives regarding the ‘new Syria’.