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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

14/01/2016

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

13/01/2016

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

13/01/2016

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

13/01/2016

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

13/01/2016

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

13/01/2016

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

12/01/2016

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

12/01/2016

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.

12/01/2016

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

12/01/2016

Turkey

Most Istanbul blast victims 'were German', says Turkey

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

12/01/2016

Turkey

Turkey: a rapid and remorseless response from Erdogan

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

12/01/2016

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Explosion in Istanbul's tourist district

A bomb has exploded in Sultanahmet Square, a popular tourist spot in Istanbul. The Istanbul governor’s office has said at least 10 people have been

12/01/2016

Iraq

Baghdad: clearing up begins at Jawhara mall

Counting the cost in Iraq after dozens die in three attacks over two days

12/01/2016

World News

Kosovo anti-government rally turns violent

Crowds gathered in Kosovo to rally against an EU-brokered deal to give the country’s Serb minority greater local government powers. Opposition

10/01/2016

World News

Tel Aviv suspect shot by police

Israeli special forces storm hideout in Arara

09/01/2016

Egypt

Tourists injured in attack on Red Sea resort hotel in Egypt

Two attackers armed with a gun, knife and suicide belt have launched an assault at the entrance to a popular hotel in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of

08/01/2016

Egypt

Foreigners wounded in hotel gun attack in Egyptian resort town of Hurghada

Three foreign tourists have been injured after a gunman opened fire at the entrance to a hotel in the Egyptian resort town of Hurghada.

08/01/2016

Israel

Suspect in New Year's Day shooting rampage killed by police in Israel

Arab citizen Nashat Melham was accused of killing three people, in an attack in which the motive remains unclear.

08/01/2016

France

Paris: doubts over the identity of man shot outside police station

Police are not sure if the man shot yesterday is a Moroccan or Tunisian national. He is said to have been wearing a fake suicide belt and wielding a machete.

08/01/2016