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Journalist group comes under attack en-route to Chechnya

Journalists and human rights activists heading to Chechnya on a press trip have been attacked and their minibus set on fire. That is according to the

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Biden slams Palestinian silence

The US Vice President has criticised those who fail to condemn attacks on Israeli citizens. Joe Biden made his comments during a visit to the Middle East

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Israel: US tourist is killed and dozens wounded in wave of attacks

A wave of Palestinian attacks have left one American dead and a dozen Israelis wounded near Tel Aviv and East Jerusalem, according to Israeli police

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Pakistani Taliban faction claims 'revenge' suicide bombing

A dozen people were killed and 30 wounded in the blast that rocked the town of Shabqadar, northwest of the capital Islamabad.

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Tunisia

'Militants' attack Tunisian border town of Ben Guerdan

Tunisia’s government said dozens of Islamist militants attacked army and police posts in the town of Ben Guerdan. It said at least fifty people were

Turkey

Turkish police targeted in two separate attacks

Turkish police have been the target of two assaults in as many days. Two female assailants were killed following gunfire and grenade attacks in

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Turkish police shoot dead two female militants in Istanbul

Startling video has emerged of the moment two female Turkish militants launched an attack on a police bus in Istanbul. The drama unfolded in the

Europe News

Belgian officials probe Abdeslam 'tip-off'

Belgian officials are investigating whether anti-terror police missed an important tip-off about two alleged participants in the Paris attacks. Two

Turkey

Two women 'killed by police' after attack and siege in Istanbul

Police in Istanbul have come under attack, apparently from two women. According to Turkish media they have both since been killed. As a police bus

Israel

Two Palestinians shot dead after attacking Israeli in West Bank

Israeli soldiers have shot dead two Palestinian teens after they allegedly attacked an Israeli settler at his home in the occupied West Bank

Ireland

Real IRA Omagh bombing: case against Seamus Daly collapses

A court case against has collapsed against a 45-year-old bricklayer suspected of murdering 29 people in the 1998 Real IRA bomb attack in Omagh

Germany

German government slams migrant attacks

The German government has condemned the latest outbreak of far-right, anti-migrant sentiment in the country as “shameful”. Szenen in #Clausnitz

Syria

A deadly day in Syria as dozens die in Damascus and Homs

It is feared dozens of people have been killed in a series of explosions in the Syrian city of Homs and the capital, Damascus.

Syria

Twin explosions in Homs, Syria kill 46, says monitor

A monitoring group says 46 people have been killed in twin explosions in the Syrian town of Homs. The Syria Observatory for Human Rights says at

World News

Russia detains airport owner over 2011 suicide bombing

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been told about the arrest of the owner of one of Russia’s largest airports, according to Kremlin spokesman

Turkey

Turkey grows tense after bomb attacks

Istanbul is a tense city now after Wednesday’s car bomb attack in the Turkish capital Ankara. The city’s famous Taksim square would normally be

Turkey

Turkey 'will boost military response' after Ankara bombing

Wednesday’s car bomb attack only a few hundred metres from the parliament in the capital Ankara was a strike at the heart of the Turkish government

Turkey

Turkish army says six officers killed by bomb near Diyarbakir

A handmade bomb detonated by remote control is believed to have been used in an attack on a Turkish military convoy in the mainly Kurdish southeast

Turkey

Turkish press says 'foreign powers' behind Ankara blast

There is widespread agreement across the Turkish press that the Ankara bombing was a direct attack on the country and that so-called "foreign powers" are to blame.

Turkey

Turkish PM blames Syrian Kurd militants for deadly Ankara blast

Turkey’s Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has accused the Syrian-based Kurdish YPG militia of being behind Wednesday’s deadly bombing in Ankara

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