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Leaders take part in 'Christchurch Call' to prevent radicalisation

Leaders from around the world have been taking part in the "Christchurch Call" on how to tackle online radicalisation more effectively

World

Day of mourning held to honour victims of Kazan school shooting

Many local residents have left candles, flowers and toys at a makeshift memorial set up outside the school gates after Tuesday's horrific incident.

France

France honours police worker stabbed to death near Paris

French authorities said the stabbing inside the police station was an Islamic extremist attack.

Nigeria

Police confirm abduction of at least 317 girls in Zamfara state

Gunmen abducted 317 girls from a boarding school in northern Nigeria on Friday, police said.

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Germany

Germany marks one year since far-right extremist attack in Hanau

The families of the nine victims have repeatedly questioned the authorities over the shootings in Hanau, which heightened concerns of far-right extremism in Germany.

Belgium

Iranian diplomat jailed for 20 years for planned attack in France

An Iranian diplomat was sentenced to the maximum 20-year prison term by a Belgian court for planning an attack against opponents of the Tehran regime in France in 2018.

Germany

German prosecutors charge woman with planning far-right attack

Prosecutors allege that the woman started planning bomb attack last year and was held xenophobic and extreme-right views.

Niger

Niger: At least 100 dead after extremist attacks on two villages

Islamic extremists staged attacks on two villages in Niger near its border with Mali, killing at least 100 people, Niger’s prime minister said.

Germany

Perpetrator of anti-semitic attack in Germany gets life in prison

The verdict is in: the perpetrator of the anti-semitic attack in Halle, Germany gets life in prison

Afghanistan

Afghanistan: 'Rickshaw bomb' kills children in eastern Gilan district

At least 15 children were killed and 20 others wounded by a bomb attached to a rickshaw, according to a provincial government official.

France

Gunman behind foiled 2015 Thalys train attack gets life behind bars

The foiled attack came just three months before the deadly November 13 attacks in Paris.

Nigeria

Nigeria: Hundreds of students missing after gunmen attack school

Bandits are thought to be behind the attack in the northwestern Katsina state, an area where kidnapping for ransom is common.

Saudi Arabia

Three injured in 'explosive' attack at a cemetery in Jeddah

Several people have been injured in an "improvised explosive device attack" on an international Armistice ceremony at a non-Muslim cemetery in the Saudi city of Jeddah.

Saudi Arabia

One person injured in 'knife attack' on French Embassy in Saudi Arabia

One person was injured in a 'knife attack' on the French Embassy in the city of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. The assailant was immediately apprehended at the scene.

Germany

Germany health institute attacked amid tensions over COVID-19 rules

A building of the agency for disease control, the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin, was attacked with Molotov cocktails this weekend.

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People pay tribute to beheaded teacher outside his former school

Demonstrations were planned across France on Sunday in Samuel Paty's memory.

United Kingdom

Murderer who helped stop London Bridge attacker granted royal pardon

Steven Gallant, who confronted London Bridge attacker Usman Khan using a large, ornamental narwhal tusk, will be considered for parole 10 months early.

Germany

Swastikas painted on artwork honouring victims of anti-Semitic attack

The vandalism comes on the first anniversary of the attack in Halle, which left two people dead.

Germany

Student assaulted outside Hamburg synagogue in 'anti-Semitic attack'

A Jewish student was "seriously injured" on Sunday outside a synagogue in Hamburg, northern Germany, in what police have described as "anti-Semitic motivated attack".

Spain

Keeper mauled by 200-kg gorilla in attack at Madrid Zoo

The zookeeper, who is in a serious condition in hospital, suffered head and chest traumas and open fractures on both arms.

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