Critics blast US president Barack Obama for lack of leadership amid rising terror threats worldwide

Critics are lambasting U.S. President Barack Obama for what they have billed as a lack of leadership in fighting terrorism at a time when the threat is on the rise worldwide.

This comes after last week's bloody terror attacks in Paris, when two Islamist gunmen stormed French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, killing a dozen journalists and cartoonists. Another attacker later killed a policewomen and took hostages inside a Jewish grocery store in Paris, setting off a standoff with French police that ended with the killings of the assailant and four hostages.