| Muslims face threats of violence, harassment in wake of Paris attacks Posted: 16 Nov 2015 05:56 AM PST  Worshipers of Islam reacted in horror to Friday's deadly terror attacks in Paris and braced for threats, harassment, and violence at home.
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| Obama: Attacks 'terrible' setback in Islamic State campaign Posted: 16 Nov 2015 08:36 AM PST  ANTALYA, Turkey (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday conceded that the Paris terror attacks were a "terrible and sickening setback" in the fight against the Islamic State, but forcefully dismissed critics who have called for the U.S. to change or expand its military campaign against the extremists.
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| After Paris attacks, Hollande urges grand coalition in Syria Posted: 16 Nov 2015 09:01 AM PST  By Emile Picy VERSAILLES, France (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande appealed on Monday for a single coalition including the United States and Russia to eradicate Islamic State militants in Syria after bloody attacks on Paris. In a solemn address to a joint session of parliament in the Palace of Versailles that began with the words "France is at war", Hollande announced an increase in police recruitment, a halt to layoffs in the army, and a constitutional amendment to strengthen the fight against terrorism. The attacks by gunmen and suicide bombers at restaurants, bars, a soccer stadium and a music hall that killed 129 people and wounded more than 350 people were ordered from Syria, planned in Belgium and carried out with the help of French people, he said.
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| France seeks united US-Russia assault on Islamic State Posted: 16 Nov 2015 10:41 AM PST  PARIS (AP) — France wants to bring the United States and Russia together in a grand coalition dedicated to smashing the Islamic State group, President Francois Hollande told lawmakers Monday in a rare joint session in the Palace of Versailles as authorities worldwide struggled to pinpoint those responsible for the deadliest attacks on French soil since World War II.
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| Obama rules out U.S. troops on the ground to fight Islamic State Posted: 16 Nov 2015 07:53 AM PST  By Matt Spetalnick BELEK, Turkey (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday ruled out a shift in strategy in the fight against the Islamic State despite the deadly attacks in Paris last week, saying putting U.S. troops on the ground to combat the group "would be a mistake." Obama, speaking at a news conference following a G20 leaders' summit in Turkey, said the U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State in Iraq and Syria would redouble efforts to implement its current strategy rather than moving in a new direction. "There will be an intensification of the strategy that we put forward but the strategy that we put forward is the strategy that ultimately is going to work," Obama told reporters.
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| Harvard University searching buildings after bomb threat Posted: 16 Nov 2015 10:23 AM PST  BOSTON (Reuters) - Harvard University said on Monday it had evacuated four buildings on its campus outside Boston after receiving an "unconfirmed" bomb threat and that the search would likely take several hours. Three classroom buildings - The Science Center, Sever and Emerson Halls - and one dormitory, Thayer Hall, were affected, the Ivy League school said on its website. The threat comes three days after coordinated attacks by gunmen and suicide bombers killed 129 people in Paris. (Reporting by Scott Malone; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and James Dalgleish)
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| Seven U.S. states shut doors to Syrian refugees after Paris attack Posted: 16 Nov 2015 09:52 AM PST  (Reuters) - Five U.S. governors on Monday said they would not allow Syrian refugees to be settled in their states, joining Alabama and Michigan and contending it is too dangerous to let in people from that war-torn country following Friday's deadly Paris attacks.
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| Focus on passport in Paris highlights lack of migrant checks Posted: 16 Nov 2015 02:59 AM PST  BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The focus on a Syrian passport found near the body of a suicide bomber in the Paris attacks highlights an uncomfortable reality: European authorities are completing few checks on the hundreds of thousands of people moving across their territory fleeing war and poverty.
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| Paris attacks: Video shows firefight outside Bataclan Posted: 15 Nov 2015 08:55 AM PST  An award-winning French photographer captured dramatic video footage of police as they surrounded the Bataclan concert hall, where at least 89 people were killed during Friday's terror attacks in Paris.
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