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France

Slain French priest remembered in his Normandy town

Several thousand people gathered on Thursday in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, in Normandy, to pay tribute to Jacques Hamel, the priest murdered by Islamist militants this…

28/07/2016

France

Reporting on terror: drawing the line between wanting and needing to know

Photos and videos of the recent attacks in France and those suspected of perpetrating them have been continuously featured across Europe’s news channels and other…

28/07/2016

Germany

Angela Merkel stands by refugee policy after attacks in Germany

The German Chancellor interrupted her summer holidays to defend her open-door refugee policy following recent attacks in Germany.

28/07/2016

Germany

Angela Merkel stands by refugee policy after attacks in Germany

The German Chancellor interrupted her summer holidays to defend her open-door refugee policy following recent attacks in Germany.

28/07/2016

World News

"France is still France, Mr Trump"

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls reacted with anger at US Presidential candidate Donald Trump’s assertion that “France is no longer France”.

28/07/2016

France

French police formally identify second church attack suspect

French police have formally identified the second suspect who attacked a Normandy church.

28/07/2016

France

Notre Dame Mass commemorates slain priest Jacques Hamel

The French president and prime minister attended a service in Notre Dame cathedral on Wednesday (July 27) the day after two militants murdered 85-year-old priest Jacques Hamel in a Normandy…

27/07/2016

France

France must 'do everything to defend the Republic' in wake of attacks

The wave of attacks in France is not only ramping up pressure on Francois Hollande’s government over security – it’s also putting inter-faith unity in the…

27/07/2016

World News

'World is at war', Pope on recent attacks

Pope Francis has said that the recent string of attacks, including the killing of a French priest, was proof the 'world is at war' but 'not a war of religions'.

27/07/2016

France

French interior minister says jailing suspects counterproductive

Locals in the Normandy village of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray are struggling to come to terms with Tuesday’s (July 26) tragedy when two knifemen interrupted a church service and brutally murdered the eld

27/07/2016

France

Priest killer was "under surveillance" yet still attacked French church

Shocked residents in Saint Etienne du Rouvray in Normandy have paid their respects with candles and flowers after the brutal killing of a catholic priest.

27/07/2016

France

France demonstrates solidarity after second terror attack in two weeks

France is reeling from a second terror attack in under two weeks.

27/07/2016

France

Normandy church assailant identified as Adel Kermiche

One of the two Normandy church knifemen has been formally identified as Adel Kermiche, according to the Paris prosecutor leading the investigation.

26/07/2016

Europe News

Terrorism expert calls latest attack a direct attack on rural, Catholic France

Belgian terror expert says latest attack in France is a direct attack on rural, Catholic France

26/07/2016

Europe News

Latest attack in France provokes rural, Catholic France, says expert Didier Leroy

The latest terrorist attack in France is highly symbolic as it directly targets a Christian place of worship but it is not the start of a religious war, says Belgian researcher Didier Leroy.

26/07/2016

Germany

Bavarian governor calls for improved security following series of violent attacks

Germans are seeking answers following four violent attacks on civilians in the space of a week.

26/07/2016

France

Vatican condemns 'barbarous killing' of priest in French church

The Vatican has condemned what it called the “barbarous killing” of a Catholic priest with a knife in a French church.

26/07/2016

France

ISIL says its 'soldiers' murdered elderly priest in French church attack

The group calling itself Islamic State (ISIL) says two of its “soldiers” carried out a church attack in the French region of Normandy in which a priest was murdered and worshippers taken…

26/07/2016

World

Blood on the streets of Germany: four attacks in eight days

An axe, a gun, a machete, and a bomb: all weapons used on the streets of Germany over the past week.

26/07/2016

France

Attack in Nice: Two more people arrested

Two more people have been arrested in connection with the attacker in Nice who killed 84 people in the coastal city on July 14.

26/07/2016