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Egypt

Defiant President al-Sisi calls for national unity

Hours after the two blasts against Coptic churches, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi made a defiant speech calling for national unity.

Vatican

Pope offers condolences after Christian bloodshed in Egypt

Pope Francis has condemned Sunday’s violence against Coptic Christians in Egypt, where deadly double attacks are sure to raise security concerns over his own forthcoming trip to the…

Sweden

Stockholm reclaims streets to honour truck attack victims

Swedish police say the suspect held over Friday's lorry attack had been wanted for deportation.

Egypt

Dozens dead as ISIL attacks Coptic Christians in Egypt

ISIL says it was behind two bomb blasts that killed dozens of Coptic Christians in Egypt on Sunday, as they marked Palm Sunday ahead of Easter.

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Egypt

Egypt: Coptic Church bombs hit Tanta and Alexandria

Hours after Sunday’s church bombing in Egypt’s northern city of Tanta, came another blast in front of a Christian church in Alexandria.

Egypt

Egypt: ISIL claims deadly attacks on Coptic Christians

At least 25 people are reported dead and dozens more were injured on Sunday in an explosion at a Coptic Christian Church in Egypt’s northern Nile Delta city of…

Sweden

Sweden mourns as police say 'device' was found in killer truck

Crown Princess Victoria and fellow Swedes paid tribute to the victims of the Stockholm attack on Saturday, laying flowers at the spot where a killer lorry ploughed into…

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Sweden wakes up to the aftermath of truck attack

The people of Stockholm expressed shock and grief on Saturday as they spoke of the deadly truck attack, a day earlier in the city.

Sweden

Stockholm attack: Truck driver suspect 'known to security services'

Police say a man held on suspicion of driving the truck in Friday's deadly attack in Stockholm is an Uzbek known to the security services.

United Kingdom

Romanian injured in Westminster attack dies

Andreea Cristea has become the fifth victim of the Westminster terror attack.

Sweden

Sweden: suspect arrested after truck kills four and injures 15 in central Stockholm

Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said everything indicates a "terror attack".

Sweden

Sweden: four killed, 15 wounded as truck hits Stockholm crowd

Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said everything indicates a "terror attack".

Iran

Fears of more chaos in the Middle East after US strike in Syria

In Iran, Iraq and Egypt, many called the move reckless.

World News

Investors, edgy after US strikes in Syria, turn to oil and gold

Investors in Europe were edgy on Friday following the US air strikes in Syria, but stocks erased most of their initial losses after US officials called the attack a one-off event that would not lead t

Europe News

Syria: US strikes slammed as 'irresponsible'

A Russian official has slammed American air strikes in Syria, describing them as “another repetition of irresponsible behaviour.

World News

Sweden: Three people reported dead after truck drives into pedestrians in central Stockholm

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Pentagon video of missile launch against Syrian airbase

The Pentagon has released a video of Tomahawk cruise missiles being launched from a Navy destroyer, aimed at a Syrian airfield.

USA

Attack, counter-attack - this week in pictures

Here is a selection of pictures that marked the headlines in a week dominated by attacks on civilians, from St.

Russia

St Petersburg metro attack: 'Bomb' found in police raid

Authorities in St Petersburg say they have detained several suspects and made an explosive device safe inside an apartment block in the city.

Israel

Car rams into bus stop in occupied West Bank

One Israeli man in his twenties is killed, and a 19-year old is injured in the attack.

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