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United Kingdom

Car attacker mows down crowds and stabs policeman outside UK parliament

A car has mowed down pedestrians near the Houses of Parliament, injuring many. Inside the grounds a man stabbed a policeman before being shot.

United Kingdom

Westminster attack witness: 'I saw six to seven people lying down'

The terror attack on London’s Westminster Bridge and the UK Parliament came in broad daylight, when many people were out and about in central London.

United Kingdom

Eyewitness accounts of Westminster attack

In London near the Westminster Palace, a vehicle struck multiple pedestrians while a knife-wielding assailant was killed after stabbing a policeman.

Iraq

Iraqi forces near ISIL-prized mosque in western Mosul

Iraqi government forces are meeting fierce resistance from ISIL militants as they close in on western Mosul.

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France

Video shows Paris Orly airport attack on soldier

Video has emerged of last weekend’s attack at a Paris airport, when an armed man briefly took a soldier hostage before being shot dead.

France

Tests show Paris airport attacker had taken drink and drugs

French authorities say blood tests show the man shot dead after attacking soldiers at Orly airport had taken alcohol, cocaine and cannabis.

Syria

Syrian forces bombard rebel positions on the outskirts of Damascus

Syrian forces engaged in fierce fighting with rebels and jihadists on Sunday, responding to an onslaught with intense bombardments.

France

Orly attacker was known to French police

The 39-year-old, identified by prosecutors as French-born Zied ben Belgacem was shot and killed after he grabbed a solder's gun at the airport.

France

France Orly airport: man shot dead after grabbing soldier's gun

A man has been shot dead at Paris’ Orly airport after trying to grab a soldier’s weapon.

Greece

IMF letter bomb inquiry focuses on Greece

An envelope which exploded at the European offices of the International Monetary Fund in Paris on Thursday bore a Greek return address.

Syria

Deadly airstrike hits Syrian mosque during evening worship killing up to 58

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports air strikes have hit a mosque in the rebel-held village of al-Jina in the northwest of the country.

France

Letter bomb injures IMF employee after Greek militants announce campaign

Paris is on high alert after a letter bomb sent to the IMF’s office there exploded on Thursday, as it was opened by a secretary, injuring her in the face and…

France

French student in custody after Grasse school shooting

A teenage student has opened fire at a high school in southern France, injuring several people including his head teacher.

France

Shooting at high school at Grasse in southern France

At least three people have been injured in a shooting at a secondary school in Grasse, southern France, on Thursday lunchtime.

France

Letter bomb injures IMF employee

Syria

Twin suicide bomb attacks kill dozens in Syria

At least 31 people have been killed and dozens more wounded in two suicide bomb attacks in Damascus.

Syria

Suicide blasts in Damascus on six year Syria conflict anniversary

Six years to the day since the start of Syria’s conflict, twin suicide attacks brought terror to Damascus on Wednesday.

Afghanistan

Afghanistan blast: one dead and nearly 20 injured in deadly minibus explosion

At least one woman has been killed and nearly 20 other people wounded after a huge blast in the Afghan capital Kabul.

Somalia

Deadly explosions rip through Somali capital

Somali police sources say two blasts in Mogadishu have killed more than ten people and wounded over a dozen.

Spain

Spain remembers historic attack on Madrid's train network

March 11 2004 is an infamous date in the Spanish calendar, as on that day an al-Qaeda cell killed 191 people and injured 2000 in a series of bomb attacks in Madrid.

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