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Nigeria

Residents flee as Boko Haram terrorises Baga in northeast Nigeria

Thousands of Nigerians have been fleeing violence at the hands of the Islamist group Boko Haram – amid reports that hundreds, possibly more, may have

France

Francois Hollande leads a minute of silence for a nation in mourning

French President Francois Hollande led a minute of silence held across the country. He joined police officers at the Prefecture of Police in Paris

France

Terrorism evolving, defying protection efforts

Jihadist-inspired local groups or individuals are increasingly challenging traditional security protection against evolving terrorism methods. In

France

euronews' Parisian reporter recounts his meetings with French Muslims in the hours after the Charlie Hebdo attack

One of euronews’ senior French journalists spoke to a German colleague based in Brussels, but who was covering the reactions in the crowds that

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France

Link between Charlie Hebdo attack and fatal shooting of policewoman - police source

Police source says there is a link between the attack at Charlie Hebdo and the shooting of a policewoman in Paris on Thursday morning.

France

Cabu, Tignous and Wolinski - beloved French cartoonists die in Paris shooting

France is struggling to come to terms with the attack at one of the county’s most controversial and irreverent magazines. Known for ridiculing

France

Hooded gunman storm the Paris offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo

Journalists, cartoonists and police officers are killed in what is thought to be the worst militant attack on French soil in decades

Jordan

'Treat him well', says father of Jordanian pilot captured by ISIL

The father of a Jordanian pilot captured by the self-proclaimed Islamic State group in Syria has appealed to the militants to treat his son well

Yemen

Suicide bomb attack at cultural centre in Yemen leaves more than 20 dead

More than 20 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in Yemen. It happened at a cultural centre where

Iraq

Yazidi return home to find mass graves

Yazidi refugees from the Iraqi village of Hardan returned to their homes for the first time on Tuesday after being driven out by Islamic militants in

Syria

ISIL downs coalition warplane and captures pilot

Jordan has confirmed that ISIL militants shot down a coalition warplane over Syria and captured the pilot.

World News

Memorial services held in Sydney for cafe siege victims

Hundreds of mourners gathered at a Sydney church this morning for the funeral of 34-year-old cafe manager, Tori Johnson. Johnson was killed while

France

Third 'lone wolf' injures ten in Western France

A meeting of ministers will discuss a series of "lone wolf" attacks in France over the past three days. The latest, in the western city of Nantes, left 10 people injured.

France

Eleven injured in French car attack

In Dijon France, a man used his car as a weapon to injure eleven pedestrians on Sunday while shouting "Allah Akbar".

Iraq

ISIL fighters 'flee' Iraq's Sinjar as Peshmerga troops 'make gains'

Kurdish Peshmerga troops have been pushing their way into the town of Sinjar on Sunday backed by US-led coalition forces. The battles taking place

Pakistan

New laws to 'wipe out' militants after Pakistan school massacre

Turkey

Turkey issues arrest warrant against US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen

A Turkish court has issued an arrest warrant for US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen. Gulen, a one-time ally of the Turkish President Recep Tayyip

Syria

Militant jihadist group ISIL pose a new threat in the Middle East

It emerged as an offshoot of al-Qaeda and was reinforced by the chaos generated by the civil war in Syria. In 2014 the self-styled Islamic State

Nigeria

Boko Haram suspected of another mass kidnapping in Nigeria

Reports in Nigeria say militants from the Boko Haram group are suspected of carrying out another mass kidnapping of women and children in the

Nigeria

Nigeria soldiers face death penalty for mutiny

A Nigerian court has sentenced 54 soldiers to death for refusing to fight Boko Haram Islamists. The men were found guilty of mutiny, refusing to help