WASHINGTON – The United States has issued a global travel warning after recent ****** ******* in France, Australia and Canada.

The alert comes hours after French ****** ****** three *******-takers in a pair of *********. Two of the men are believed responsible for Wednesday’s ****** on a satirical magazine in Paris. Twelve people were ****** in that *******, France’s deadliest ****** ******** in decades.

The State Department’s warning says ******* against Americans are becoming increasingly prevalent. It also cites an increased risk of reprisals against U.S. and Western targets for the U.S.-led intervention against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq.

The warning also cited last month’s ******* standoff at a Sydney cafe and the October ******* of a soldier near Canada’s parliament.