Spotlight: Paris probe finds 9th man involved in attacks as countries move toward more united global response

As French investigators proceed with the probe into the multiple attacks that claimed at least 129 people in Paris on Friday night, members of the international community are making clear efforts to form a united front against terrorism.

There was a ninth man involved in Friday's deadly attacks, French broadsheet Le Figaro reported Tuesday evening, citing investigators.

The investigators also made progress in tracing the Syrian passport found near the French national stadium Stade de France, the report said.

While still reeling from the Friday bloodbath, France on Tuesday invoked an article in the Lisbon Treaty for other EU members to give "aid and assistance by all the means in their power" to a member country that is "the victim of armed aggression on its territory."

French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said the EU partners responded positively to the French request.

According to media reports, Finland is speeding up legal preparations to make it possible to deploy military resources abroad in case an EU partner asked for such assistance.

Meanwhile, British Prime Minister David Cameron rolled out a "full spectrum" anti-terror approach in a speech in parliament, saying that the Paris attacks had strengthened the case for air strikes in Syria.

Just as if to reinforce the case for EU nations to put more resources into the anti-terror efforts, Germany experienced hours of intensive fear after intelligence of a planned terror attack targeting a stadium in the Germany city of Hanover.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and several cabinet ministers were expected to attend a football match there, media reports said.

"We have had concrete evidence that someone wanted to ignite an explosive device at the stadium," Hanover's police chief Volker Kluwe said to German media on Tuesday night.

The match was canceled and the "official visitors" and the teams are safe, Kluwe said, adding that the evacuation of the stadium went smoothly.

No suspects have been arrested and no explosives have been found in the following police operation.

Meanwhile, in an apparent bid to ratchet up global support, French President Francois Hollande will meet with his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama in Washington on Nov. 24 and also Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Nov. 26, according to a release by Elysee.

In order to form "one great coalition" facing the terrorists in Syria, the French head of state had a conversation with Putin via telephone on Tuesday to prepare his visit, calling for "coordination of efforts" to fight against the Islamic State (IS).

Earlier Tuesday, Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) announced that the downing of the plane in Sinai, Egypt, was the result of a terrorist attack, and Putin vowed vengeance and a massive anti-terror campaign in Syria

Faced with the common enemy of terrorism, experts expect that Russia and French will probably close ranks regarding their approach in Syria and Iraq. Endi