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Khuram Shazad Butt (from left), Rachid Redouane and Youssef Zaghba have been named as the attackers in Saturday's attack at London Bridge.

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British Police Name Third Attacker From Saturday's Rampage In London

11:48am June 06, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

Metropolitan Police say they believe 22-year-old Youssef Zaghba, an Italian of Moroccan descent, was the third attacker in the violent rampage in London that killed at least seven people.

People lay floral tributes to the victims of the March 22 terror attack in Parliament Square outside the Houses of Parliament in central London.

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Keeping Calm In London, In Spite Of Terror

7:45am March 25, 2017

by Scott Simon

Soon after the terrorist attack in London, the Parliament's Twitter account posted a short message restoring business as usual. NPR's Scott Simon remembers another time Brits met terror with calm.

President Trump cited no occasions in which the news media failed to report terrorist attacks.

Trump Says Media Fail To Report Terrorist Attacks, But WH List Shows Otherwise

10:36pm February 06, 2017

by Brian Naylor

The president made the claim while speaking to troops at Central Command headquarters in Florida. Press secretary Sean Spicer later said the White House would give examples of underreported attacks.

The Christmas market in Berlin was targeted in Monday's attack by a man driving a heavy truck into the area, then crowded with shoppers.

Vehicle Attacks Like Berlin's Are Nothing New, And Are Likely To Continue

5:46pm December 21, 2016

by Aki Peritz

Using cars, vans or trucks to kill large numbers of people, a tactic embraced by ISIS, is easy to carry out and hard to deter. Such attacks have taken place across the globe, including in the U.S.

An aerial view shows Christ the Redeemer with Maracana Stadium in the background on July 4 in Rio de Janeiro.

10 Brazilians Arrested, Accused Of Plotting Terrorist Attack On Rio Olympics

3:26pm July 21, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Brazil's justice minister says the group was disorganized and amateur. The members pledged allegiance to ISIS but had no direct contact with the group, authorities say.

Passengers wait to check in at Chicago's O'Hare Airport in June 2015. TSA screenings at U.S. airports are beyond ticket counters, baggage claim and other heavily trafficked areas; after terrorist bombings at the Brussels, Belgium, airport targeted those

Officials Consider How U.S. Airports Could Stop A Brussels-Style Attack

6:40pm March 23, 2016

by David Schaper

Authorities around the world are boosting security at airports and train stations after the suicide-bombings in Belgium. One option, used in other countries, is screening passengers at the front door.

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Suspect Arrested In Stabbing Of Spencer Stone, Paris Train Hero

9:23pm November 04, 2015

by Laura Wagner

Police arrested a man who allegedly stabbed Stone, causing serious wounds, in early October. Stone is one of three Americans who thwarted a terrorist attack on a Paris-bound train this summer.

Three men who helped to disarm an attacker on a train from Amsterdam to France, from left to right, Anthony Sadler, Alek Skarlatos and Chris Norman, a British man living in France, pose with medals they received for their bravery at a restaurant in Arras,

Americans Hailed As Heroes For Subduing Gunman On Train In Belgium

4:48pm August 22, 2015

by Scott Neuman

An Air Force serviceman, a U.S. National Guardsman and a Sacramento State University student brought down the gunman. One was slashed several times with a box cutter and remains in the hospital.

Argentina's Foreign Minister Hector Timerman on Jan. 15 shows a letter he said was sent in 2013 to Interpol informing it of an agreement reached with Iran's government to investigate the 1994 bombing of the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association that killed

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Argentine Official Says He Sought Cooperation With Iran, Not Cover-Up

3:35pm February 01, 2015

by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

In an exclusive interview with NPR, Foreign Minister Hector Timerman says he met Iranian officials as part of the effort to find out who was behind the 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center.

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