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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

Somalia

Al-Shabaab militants claim to have killed 61 Kenyan soldiers in Somalia

Al-Shabaab militants claim to have killed 61 Kenyan soldiers in an assault on an African Union military base in south-west Somalia. The Islamist

Indonesia

Three arrested in hunt for Jakarta attackers

Anti-terrorism police in Indonesia have made three arrests after the attack in the capital Jakarta on Thursday that left seven people dead including

Turkey

Turkey kills 200 ISIL fighters, says PM Davutoglu

Turkey’s prime minister said Turkish tanks and artillery have killed almost 200 fighters from the so-called Islamic State, or ISIL. Ahmet Davutoglu

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Indonesia

Indonesian president: let's not be cowed by attacks

Indonesian President Joko Widodo urged people not to be cowed by the gun and bomb attacks that rocked the capital Jakarta on Thursday.

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Terror hits Indonesia

Militants launched a gun and bomb assault in the center of the Indonesian capital on Thursday, killing at least six people, police said, in an attack

Turkey

Car bomb attack leaves six dead in Turkey

Six people were killed and some 39 injured when a car bomb exploded in front of a local police station in Cinar, in the Diyarbakir region of Turkey

Indonesia

ISIL claim responsibility for deadly Jakarta gun and bomb attacks

A series of gun and bomb attacks has caused terror in the centre of the Indonesian capital Jakarta, leaving several people dead – including a number

World News

Car bomb and shootout in southeast Turkey leave two dead and several injured

A car bomb explosion followed by a shootout in front of a police headquarters in Diyarbakir province in southeast Turkey has left five people dead

Israel

Israel summons Swedish diplomat after 'delusional' Palestinian comments

Israel has summoned the Swedish ambassador after the country’s foreign minister called for a probe into claims by human rights groups. that Israeli

Turkey

Footage emerges of suspected Istanbul suicide bomber

Turkish media on Wednesday (Jan 13) released what they say is footage of the man who blew himself up in the center of Istanbul, killing himself and

World News

German-Turkish tribute to victims of Istanbul attack

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere paid their respects on Wednesday (Jan. 13) to victims of the

Afghanistan

Militants killed in suicide attack and siege in Jalalabad

A siege in the Afghan city of Jalalabad has ended with the killing by security forces of two militants who had barricaded themselves into a house

Pakistan

'Suicide bomber' strikes Pakistan polio centre

At least 15 people, including 12 police officers, are said to have died as a suspected suicide bomber struck outside a polio vaccination centre in

Germany

Germany's Merkel offers condolences to families of Istanbul bomb victims

“Terrorists are the enemies of freedom:” a powerful statement from German Chancellor Angela Merkel following the suicide bomb attack in the Turkish

Turkey

Turkey assesses security after Istanbul suicide bomb

Tuesday morning’s suicide bomb in Istanbul came as Turkey was still in shock after last October’s attacks in Ankara, which killed more than 100

Turkey

Turkey blames ISIL for bomb in Istanbul's tourist heart

Germany says eight of its nationals were among at least 10 killed in a blast in the centre of the Turkish city.

Turkey

Istanbul blast: "I thought there was an earthquake"

Turkish police have made clear the attack could have been much more devastating if the square, also known as the Hippodrome of Constantinople, had

Turkey

Most Istanbul blast victims 'were German', says Turkey

President Erdogan says 'Syrian suicide bomber' blamed for attack which killed 10 people

Turkey

Turkey: a rapid and remorseless response from Erdogan

The Turkish president slams intellectuals and the human rights lobby for influencing debate

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