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Crimea in mourning after deadly school attack

Friends and colleagues gathered to pay their respects to those that were slain in the Polytechnic College attack

Bosnia and Herzegovina

'Atmosphere of lynching': Journalists under attack in Bosnia

A recent attack on a journalist in the city of Banja Luka, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, has sparked protests across the country and put journalists’ safety in the spotlight.

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Amsterdam station attacker identified as Afghan

Police in the Netherlands say the two victims injured in a stabbing at Amsterdam's central station were U.S. but that the attacker did not know

Spain

Man shot dead wielding knife inside Spanish police station

The incident came just a few days after the first anniversary of the attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils by so-called Islamic State.

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Turkey

Shots fired from vehicle at US embassy in Turkey

Relations between the two countries have deteriorated after the arrest of a US pastor in Turkey and trade disputes.

United Kingdom

Man to appear in court on Monday over UK parliament car incident

A man has been charged with attempted murder after a car crashed outside the Houses of Parliament.

Afghanistan

Bad week in Kabul

Gunmen attacked an intelligence training centre in Kabul on Thursday just hours after at least thirty people died in a suicide bombing at an educational centre in the city

Ireland

Sinn Féin slams attacks on former leaders' homes

Explosive devices were thrown at the homes of two former Sinn Féin leaders on Friday evening, according to the Irish Republican party.

Mali

Deadly attack on Mali military base leaves six dead

Islamist militants armed with rockets and explosives raided the headquarters of an African military taskforce in central Mali, leaving at least six people dead on Friday, a spokesman for the force said.

Ukraine

String of attacks hit Roma settlements in Ukraine

A fatal attack on a Roma settlement near Lviv, Ukraine, left one dead and four injured last Saturday. This was the sixth attack on a Roma settlement in two months.

Gaza

Israeli troops kill 3, injure 600 others along Gaza border: medics

Some 10,000 Palestinians took part in the protest, according to the Israeli army, throwing rocks at troops, burning tyres, and hurling “a number of explosive devices and a grenade” across the fence.

Belgium

Liege gunman may have claimed fourth victim

Thirty-one year old Benjamin Herman was given 36 hour leave from prison on Monday but failed to return

Belgium

Belgium gunman 'killed man before Liege attack': what we know

Belgian authorities face questions over the attacker who had been let out of jail where he was linked to radical Islamists. He is thought to have killed a man the day before murdering three people in Liege.

Belgium

Gunman kills three in Belgium 'terror' attack

A man shot dead two police officers and a passerby in Liege, Belgium before being 'neutralised'.

USA

Driver caught on camera attacking another vehicle and passenger with a

Police say they cannot investigate further until someone involved in the incident comes forward

Greece

Nationalist extremists attack Greek mayor on camera

Police in Greece say they are close to identifying one of the attackers

Indonesia

Militants armed with swords attack Indonesian police station

Islamic militants are again being blamed for an attack on the Indonesian police after four men were shot dead and one arrested after killing one police officer and wounding two.

France

What is France’s ‘fiche S’ national security watch list?

What purpose does France’s list of terror suspects serve, and why have some criticised it?

France

Police say Paris knife attacker was born in Checnhya

And they reveal that he was known to be a possible threat to national security.

Burundi

Armed attackers kill 26 in Burundi

At least 26 people were killed and seven others wounded in an attack in Burundi's north western province of Cibitoke late on Friday, less than a week before a constitutional referendum, a local administrator and residents said.

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