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Syria

ISIL targets Kurdish wedding in Syria

At least 22 people were killed and dozens wounded when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest at a Kurdish wedding in the city of Hasakah.

04/10/2016

Syria

Aleppo's main hospital on rebel side bombed again

The largest hospital in the rebel held side of Aleppo has been bombed for the second time in just four days, killing at least three people.

02/10/2016

Somalia

Somali Islamist attack kills three in restaurant

Somali Islamist group al Shabaab have bombed a restaurant frequented by members of the security forces in Mogadishu, killing three, officials said.

01/10/2016

Mexico

At least five soldiers killed in Mexico ambush

The local prosecutor's office says the attack took place in the early morning on the edge of the city of Culiacan in the home state of the Sinaloa cartel.

30/09/2016

Sudan

Amnesty accuses Sudanese government of war crimes

The leading human rights group has accused the government of Sudan of carrying out at least 30 chemical weapons attacks in the Jebel Marra area of Darfur since January.

29/09/2016

India

India's 'surgical strikes' along Kashmir border prompt fury in Pakistan

Tensions threaten to boil over in Kashmir after India carried out what it called ‘‘surgical strikes’‘ along the de facto border with Pakistan.

29/09/2016

Syria

Air strikes hit two hospitals in eastern Aleppo

Monitors say Syria's government and its Russian backers have stepped up air attacks on rebel-held parts of the city since the end of a ceasefire last week.

28/09/2016

Germany

Two bombs explode in Dresden

One device was at a mosque, the second at an international conference centre in the east German city. No one has been hurt.

27/09/2016

Turkey

Attacker shot after storming Israeli embassy in Ankara

An Israeli official said an attacker who tried to storm the Israel embassy in the Turkish capital has been captured.

21/09/2016

USA

New York bomb suspect is formally charged

US prosecutors have formally charged Ahmad Rahami, the suspect who was arrested after weekend bombings in New York and New Jersey in which 29 people were…

21/09/2016

Syria

UN suspends all aid to Syria after convoy attack

The United Nations has suspended all aid convoys in Syria after its trucks were hit during a deadly air raid near Aleppo.

20/09/2016

USA

Clinton and Trump clash over terrorism after bombings

The attacks in New York and New Jersey look set to dominate the presidential debate and both candidates quickly clashed in their reactions to events.

20/09/2016

Syria

Humanitarian aid convoy hit by air strike in Syria

An international aid convoy has been hit by an air strike while delivering aid to 78,000 people in the hard-to-reach town of Urm al-Kubra in Syria.

20/09/2016

USA

Police knew Manhattan bomber as a "noisy neighbour" due to local complaints

Neighbours and acquaintances of the Manhattan bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami have described him as a familiar resident of their community who helped in the family-run chicken…

20/09/2016

USA

New Yorkers say it's "business as usual" following Manhattan blast

All New York blast victims released from hospital * Reports of arrests denied by FBI * As the investigation and media attention goes on around them, New Yorkers who have endured the…

19/09/2016

USA

ISIL claims Minnesota attack

The ISIL-affiliated news agency Amaq says one of the group's followers carried out the stabbing attack that wounded at least eight people at a shopping mall in the US state of Minnesota on Saturday.

18/09/2016

USA

New York explosion and suspect: what we know

Ahmad Khan Rahami, the 28-year-old resident of New Jersey and the prime suspect of planting bombs in New York City and New Jersey, has been captured by police.

18/09/2016

USA

Eight injured and suspect killed following stabbings in St Cloud, Minnesota

Eight people have been injured and a suspect killed following stabbings at a shopping centre in St Cloud, Minnesota.

18/09/2016

USA

At least 29 people injured in 'intentional blast' in New York

Police are still searching for a motive behind the bomb blast that injured 29 people in New York.

18/09/2016

Israel

Fourth death in spate of attacks on Israelis

Israeli forces have shot dead a Palestinian who they say stabbed and wounded a soldier in the West Bank. There has been no immediate comment from Palestinian officials about Saturday's attack.

17/09/2016