New twist in Crocus City Hall massacre as Russia casts doubt on Islamic State involvement

New twist in Crocus City Hall massacre as Russia casts doubt on Islamic State involvement

President Vladimir Putin has not publicly mentioned the Islamist militant group in connection with the attackers, who he said had been trying to escape to Ukraine.

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Terrorism: Security experts say Islamic State claim for Russian concert attack is credible

Terrorism: Security experts say Islamic State claim for Russian concert attack is credible

In the past, militant groups have been known to claim attacks carried out by others, if they fit with their preferred targets and propaganda goals. IS has strong motivation to strike Russia, which intervened against it in Syria’s civil war in 2015 on the side of President Bashar al-Assad.

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Death toll in Russia concert terrorist attack rises to 143 as Putin vows to punish perpetrators of the massacre

Death toll in Russia concert terrorist attack rises to 143 as Putin vows to punish perpetrators of the massacre

In a televised address, Putin said 11 people had been detained, including the four gunmen. “They tried to hide and moved towards Ukraine, where, according to preliminary data, a window was prepared for them on the Ukrainian side to cross the state border,” he said.

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Prince William’s wife announces she’s undergoing preventive chemotherapy after cancer diagnosis

Prince William’s wife announces she’s undergoing preventive chemotherapy after cancer diagnosis

King Charles, 75, underwent a corrective procedure for an enlarged prostate at the same hospital as Kate in January. Buckingham Palace then revealed in February that he was to have treatment for cancer, meaning he has had to postpone his public royal duties.

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World unites in condemning attacks, killing of 60 people near Moscow by Islamic State militants

World unites in condemning attacks, killing of 60 people near Moscow by Islamic State militants

Hours before the embassy warning, the FSB said it had foiled an attack on a Moscow synagogue by Islamic State’s affiliate in Afghanistan, known as ISIS-Khorasan or ISIS-K, and seeks a caliphate across Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Iran.

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Black football managers are 50 per cent likely to be sacked or not promoted than Whites in England – report

Black football managers are 50 per cent likely to be sacked or not promoted than Whites in England – report

In the latest report, academics Sam Hoey from the University of Liverpool, Thomas Peeters from Erasmus University, Rotterdam and Stefan Szymanski from the University of Michigan studied a sample of about 3,500 players from England’s top two divisions from 1990 to 2010 and who stopped playing in 2013 or earlier.

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Britain’s Sunak awaits with bated breath legislature’s verdict to relocate assylum seekers to Rwanda

Britain’s Sunak awaits with bated breath legislature’s verdict to relocate assylum seekers to Rwanda

The plan is key to Sunak’s pledge to “stop the boats” bringing unauthorized migrants to the U.K. Sunak argues that deporting unauthorized asylum-seekers will deter people from making risky journeys and break the business model of people-smuggling gangs.

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West calls Russia’s ‘election was an election without choice’ but China, India back Putin

West calls Russia’s ‘election was an election without choice’ but China, India back Putin

Arriving in Brussels on Monday, EU foreign ministers roundly dismissed the election result as a sham ahead of agreeing sanctions on individuals linked to the mistreatment and death of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.

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Putin shocks world with landslide win in Russia poll West says was not free and fair

Putin shocks world with landslide win in Russia poll West says was not free and fair

First official results indicated the polls were accurate. The United States, Germany, the United Kingdom and other nations have said the vote was neither free nor fair due to the imprisonment of political opponents and censorship.

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Looming Armageddon: Putin warns America and allies Russia is ‘technically ready’ for nuclear war

Looming Armageddon: Putin warns America and allies Russia is ‘technically ready’ for nuclear war

Putin’s nuclear warning came alongside another offer for talks on Ukraine as part of a new post-Cold War demarcation of European security. The US says Putin is not ready for serious talks over Ukraine.

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