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Coe under renewed scrutiny over decision to award Eugene 2021 world championships

France

Paris attacker Abdelhamid Abaaoud 'returned to scene of shootings'

Abdelhamid Abaaoud appears to have returned to the scene of the Paris attacks. Prosecutor François Mollins says he was also planning explosions at la Defense, the capital's business district.

France

French police hunt new suspect over Paris attacks

Olivier Corel is the latest person wanted by French police investigating the deadly Paris attacks. Known as the “white emir”, the 69-year-old Imam is

France

Device 'resembling suicide belt' found in bin in Paris suburb

Device resembling suicide belt found in Montrouge, same French suburb phone data puts suspect Salah Abdeslam in on night of Paris attacks.

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Belgium

Brussels on third day of high security alert

Brussels awoke on Monday morning after 19 raids and 16 arrests overnight and with Interior Minister Jan Jambon telling radio listeners that the

France

Paris: suspected ISIL scout arrested in Turkey

Police in Turkey have arrested a man suspected of scouting out potential targets in Paris for the self-titled Islamic State group ahead of last

France

Hasna Aitboulahcen did not detonate a suicide vest during the St. Denis shoot out

Hasna Aitboulahcen,one of the bodies found after the dawn raids in Paris did not detonate a suicide vest as was first thought. Witness accounts

France

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve praises 'courageous' police

Arriving on the scene of Wednesday’s police operation in the Parisian suburb of Saint-Denis some seven hours after it started, the French Interior

World

"There has been too much tolerance for too long"

Terror attacks on Charlie Hebdo, the Jewish Museum in Brussels, Madrid commuter trains, and now the latest in Paris all have links to one Brussels

Belgium

'Wanted and dangerous' - Still no sign of Salah Abdeslam after Paris attacks

All roads lead to Belgium, it seems, for police probing the Paris attacks. But while two suspects in the country have now been charged with

Italy

Jewish man stabbed outside restaurant in Milan

Security has been boosted at Jewish sites across Milan after an Israeli Jew was stabbed. Nathan Graff was wounded in the back and face on Thursday by

Germany

Germany: remains of at least 8 babies found in house

Police in Germany say the bodies of at least eight babies have been found in a house in a town close to the Czech border. The alarm was raised in the

Egypt

'Egypt is safe' says President al-Sisi, visiting Sharm al-Sheikh after plane crash

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi visited Sharm al-Sheikh on Wednesday in what he said was a message of support for investors and businesses in

World

Winning back the trust of athletes and spectators after the doping revelations

The damning report from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) could draw in other Russian sports which used the same laboratory which now stands

Sport

Athletes challenge validity of Russian medal winners

In light of the doping revelations some athletes are questioning the results of competitions involving Russians. At London 2012 Australian Jared

Economy

Athletics sponsors 'may review deals' over Russia doping claims

The scandal over Russian doping in athletics could send sponsors running for cover and turn off fans worried that their track and field heroes may be

Egypt

Russia admits 'act of terror' possibly downed passenger jet in Egypt

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has acknowledged for the first time that an act of terror may have been behind the downing of a passenger jet

World News

Athletics doping report calls for Russia to be suspended from competition

A report into doping in athletics recommends that Russia should be banned from international competition including the Rio Olympics in 2016. The

Russia

St Petersburg remembers victims of Metrojet flight 9268

A memorial service has taken place at Saint Issac’s Cathedral in the Russian city of St Petersburg for victims of last month’s Metrojet plane crash

Romania

Bucharest Colectiv nightclub death toll rises to at least 45

More people have died from injuries sustained in a fire and stampede at Bucharest’s hip Colectiv nightclub. The death toll has risen to at least 45