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Afghanistan

Five women airport workers gunned down in Afghanistan

A spokesman for the governor of Kandahar says the women were in charge of searching female travellers at Kandahar airport.

Egypt

Egypt: Sisi names Coptic Cathedral bomber as funeral is held

A 22-year-old suicide bomber was behind Sunday’s massacre at Cairo’s Coptic Christian Cathedral complex, Egypt’s President said on Monday.

Germany

Police close on man who kicked woman down Berlin subway stairs

German police are questioning a man who is believed to have been part of a group filmed attacking a woman in a Berlin subway station.

Egypt

Cairo attack: 25 dead, dozens wounded in Coptic cathedral bombing

A bombing at Cairo’s largest Coptic cathedral has killed at least 25 people and wounded nearly 50 others.

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Turkey

Istanbul stadium attack: Offshoot of Kurdish PKK claims responsibility

An offshoot of the Kurdish militant group the PKK has said it was behind Saturday’s twin bomb attack outside a football stadium in Istanbul.

Turkey

Dozens killed in explosions near Istanbul football stadium

Dozens of people have been killed and more than 160 wounded in two explosions near a football stadium in Istanbul, according to Turkey’s interior minister.

Egypt

Cairo bombing: Hasm movement claims responsibility for attack that killed six policemen

Six policemen have been killed and three wounded after a roadside bomb exploded near a security checkpoint in Cairo.

World News

Call for Iraq inquiry over 'dozens killed' in air strikes

Iraq’s parliamentary speaker has called for a government inquiry into air strikes on a town controlled by ISIL, amid reports that dozens of people, mostly civilians, were…

USA

ISIL claims Ohio campus car and knife rampage

Students at Ohio State University remain shaken by Monday’s campus attack (Nov.

USA

Police investigate if Ohio university attack was "terror related"

A student who drove his car into a crowd of pedestrians and then got out and stabbed several people has been identified as Abdul Razak Ali Artan.

France

Paris prosecutor claims terror attack on capital prevented

The Paris Prosecutor claimed on Friday that a terror attack planned for next Thursday has been prevented.

France

France: suspect still at large after retirement home attack

French police are searching for an armed suspect, after a woman was killed in an attack on a retirement home for missionaries near Montpellier

France

France: woman killed in retirement home attack near Montpellier

A woman has been killed after a man burst into a retirement home for African missionaries near Montpellier in southern France.

Pakistan

Kashmir bus shelling: Pakistan blames India for deadly attack

Cross-border shelling from India has killed at least nine passengers on a bus in Kashmir, Pakistani officials claim.

Libya

'Children among dead' in Benghazi bomb blast

Three children are believed to be among at least seven people killed in a car bomb attack in Benghazi.

Greece

Tensions high as migrant camp attacked

It is the second time the camp on the Greek island of Chios has been targeted. Rocks and petrol bombs were hurled at a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants.

USA

New York bomb suspect Rahimi pleads not guilty

Bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahimi appeared in court in New York on Thursday and denied setting off an explosive device on a street in the city.

France

A survivor of the Bataclan bloodshed remembers

Survivor recalls Bataclan bloodshed

Pakistan

Pakistan: dozens killed in Muslim shrine blast claimed by ISIL

An explosion claimed by the militant Islamic State group has ripped through a Muslim shrine in southwestern Pakistan, killing more than 40 people and wounding scores of…

France

A year on: Paris terror attack survivors tell their stories

Parisians who came through the horror as gunmen went on the rampage in the name of political Islam, recall the events of November 2015 and the year since.

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