Paris-style Attack

Suspects detained by Russian authorities were plotting simultaneous "Paris-style" attacks on Moscow and Saint Petersburg, local media reported on Sunday, the first anniversary of the massacre in the French capital.

Dreaded terror group ISIS has the capability to stage a Paris-style attack in the US using its local cells to strike in multiple locations and inflict dozens of casualties, top American intelligence official has said.

14 people, suspected to be sympathisers of the ISIS, were today picked up for interrogation from across the country in an anti-terror operation by the National Investigation Agency or NIA, sources said. Five were arrested and the other nine suspects were being interrogated.

London police could deal with an attack by heavily armed marauding terrorists, one of the capital's most senior officers said on Wednesday, rejecting suggestions the mostly unarmed force would struggle to cope with a Paris-style assault.

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull today called for greater intelligence sharing in Southeast Asia to stop a Paris-style terror attack and ordered local law enforcement officials to test their readiness to handle a mass casualty attack.

Belgian police arrested 16 more people in late-night raids searching for those behind the deadly November 13 attacks in Paris, but failed to find a prime suspect as the government locked down the capital for a third day on Monday.

Brussels was on terror lockdown Saturday in fear of a Paris-style attack, with a gunman wanted over the deadly rampage in the French capital a week ago still on the run.

The director of the FBI said on Thursday there was no specific threat to the United States of a Paris-style terror attack and played down video warnings by the Islamic State group.

Turkish authorities suspect a high-profile British jihadist detained in Turkey last week may have been planning attacks in Istanbul similar to those in Paris, two security sources told Reuters on Sunday.

Suspects detained by Russian authorities were plotting simultaneous "Paris-style" attacks on Moscow and Saint Petersburg, local media reported on Sunday, the first anniversary of the massacre in the French capital.

Dreaded terror group ISIS has the capability to stage a Paris-style attack in the US using its local cells to strike in multiple locations and inflict dozens of casualties, top American intelligence official has said.

14 people, suspected to be sympathisers of the ISIS, were today picked up for interrogation from across the country in an anti-terror operation by the National Investigation Agency or NIA, sources said. Five were arrested and the other nine suspects were being interrogated.

London police could deal with an attack by heavily armed marauding terrorists, one of the capital's most senior officers said on Wednesday, rejecting suggestions the mostly unarmed force would struggle to cope with a Paris-style assault.

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull today called for greater intelligence sharing in Southeast Asia to stop a Paris-style terror attack and ordered local law enforcement officials to test their readiness to handle a mass casualty attack.

Belgian police arrested 16 more people in late-night raids searching for those behind the deadly November 13 attacks in Paris, but failed to find a prime suspect as the government locked down the capital for a third day on Monday.

Brussels was on terror lockdown Saturday in fear of a Paris-style attack, with a gunman wanted over the deadly rampage in the French capital a week ago still on the run.

The director of the FBI said on Thursday there was no specific threat to the United States of a Paris-style terror attack and played down video warnings by the Islamic State group.

Turkish authorities suspect a high-profile British jihadist detained in Turkey last week may have been planning attacks in Istanbul similar to those in Paris, two security sources told Reuters on Sunday.