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Germany: hand grenade thrown at asylum centre

The German government pledges action as the number of attacks soars

Cameroon

Cameroon: suicide bombers kill more than 20

Four attackers target the market and main roads in Bodo, a village in the Far North area of the country.

Somalia

19 dead as al-Shabaab attacks tourist spot near Mogadishu

Somali police say at least 19 people have been killed when al-Shabaab Islamic militants shot up a beach resort near the capital, Mogadishu. Two bombs

Egypt

Egypt: at least nine dead in bomb blast on road to Giza pyramids

A bomb blast in a residential building in Giza, Egypt, has killed at least nine people, including six police officers. The bomb site lies on the road

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Pakistan

Student slaughter in Pakistan as gunmen attack university

Student groups took to the streets of the Pakistani city of Karachi to condemn the attack at the Bacha Khan University in Charsadda in the north west

Germany

Cologne police sweep Kalk district in search for New Year's Eve attackers

Police in Cologne have raided a number of games arcades and betting shops as part of their investigations into the New Year’s Eve sexual attacks in

Pakistan

Taliban calls attack on university in NW Pakistan which left 30 dead "un-Islamic"

Pakistani police say that the operation against gunmen who attacked a university in the northwest of the country is over, and that at least 30 people

Pakistan

21 dead after gunmen storm university in northwest Pakistan

Gunmen have stormed Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, northwestern Pakistan and opened fire on students and teachers. Several explosions have been

World News

Photographer Leila Alaoui latest victim of Hotel Splendid attack

The death has been announced of Franco-Moroccan photographer Leila Alaoui, who succumbed to the wounds she received in the Hotel Splendid attack in

Turkey

ISIL accused of firing rockets from Syria at Turkish schools

At least three rockets were fired into Turkey from Syria on Monday aimed at the border city of Kilis. One struck two schools, killing at least one

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso and Mali agree to work together to fight Islamic militants

Burkina Faso and Mali agreed on Sunday to cooperate in countering the growing threat of Islamic militants in West Africa following two deadly attacks

Afghanistan

Afghanistan: suicide bomb 'kills man celebrating release from Taliban'

At least 13 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad. The blast appears to have targeted the home of

Burkina Faso

Death toll from islamist militant attack on hotel rises

The death toll from Friday night’s attack by islamist militants on a hotel in Burkina Faso has risen to twenty-nine. Thirty people were also injured

Germany

German victims of Istanbul suicide bombing repatriated

The bodies of those who died in a bomb attack in Istanbul have been repatriated. All ten of the victims were German, making the suicide bombing the

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso siege: witnesses describe moment gunmen entered

Witnesses to the Ouagadougou attack say suspected Islamist militants shot indiscriminately at them and did not speak French – the national language

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso attack: 23 dead, of 18 nationalities - correspondent

Burkina Faso’s President Kaboré has condemned the attack on the Splendid Hotel as “cowardly and vile.” With the news of multiple operations taking

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso siege: women among dead attackers, all operations over

Operation at Splendid Hotel and Hotel Yibi both over At least 126 hostages released At least 23 people dead President condemns attack Four suspected

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: siege over, four Islamists killed, 'including two women'

Operations over at both Splendid Hotel and Hotel Yibi At least 126 hostages released At least 23 people dead President condemns attack Four suspected

Burkina Faso

Security forces in Burkina Faso storm hotel to free hostages taken by suspected Islamic militants - reports of 20 dead

Security forces in the West African country of Burkina Faso have launched an assault on a hotel in the capital where a number of hostages were being

Indonesia

Indonesia beefs up police presence after Jakarta blasts

The president of Indonesia Joko Widodo has ordered more police at hotels, airports, shopping centres across the country after Thursday’s (January 14)

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