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Double suicide attacks kill more than 70 in Libya

A car bomb in the Libyan oil port of Ras Lanuf has killed at least a dozen people and wounded more than forty others. Blazes continue at five oil

France

Wolinski's last words to wife before dying at Charlie Hebdo

Writer and journalist Maryse Wolinski and Georges Wolinski were together for 47 years until the attack on Charlie Hebdo separated them. His widow has

France

Man shot dead after attacking Paris police station 'identified'

A man shot dead by police as he apparently tried to attack a police station in Paris has reportedly been identified. French media reports say he was

Libya

Truck bomb attack in Libya most deadly since fall of Gaddafi

At least 60 people have died in a blast at a police training school in the north of the country

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Libya

Libya: Dozens killed in truck bomb attack at police training centre

Dozens of people have been killed in a truck bomb attack on a police training centre in the Libyan town of Zliten. There are conflicting reports

France

'Paper with ISIL flag' found on knifeman shot dead at Paris police station

A man said to be carrying a knife and wearing a fake suicide belt has been shot dead as he tried to enter a police station in Paris. Reportedly

France

Hollande pays tribute to security forces on Charlie Hebdo anniversary

The French President François Hollande has given more details of planned new security measures in a New Year speech at the Paris police headquarters

Yemen

Tehran blames Iranian embassy air strike on Saudi Arabia

Iran has accused Saudi Arabia of an aerial attack on its embassy in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. A foreign ministry spokesman in Tehran, Hossein Jaber

World News

Charlie Hebdo attacks: five ways France has changed

It’s one year since two gunmen, brothers Saïd and Chérif Kouachi, burst into the Paris offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and opened

Yemen

School for the blind reportedly among sites hit in new airstrikes in Yemen

After a lull of several weeks Saudi-led airstrikes have resumed in Yemen, amid fresh concern about the impact on civilians

Germany

Unknown attacker rakes German refugee shelter with gunfire

German police are investigating who fired several shots into a migrant shelter in a small town south of Frankfurt. A 23-year-old man was hit by a

Afghanistan

Afghan forces battle insurgents after Indian consulate attack

Afghan forces have been battling with insurgents after attacks against an Indian consulate. A small group of gunmen barricaded themselves in a house

Afghanistan

Indian consulate comes under attack in northern Afghanistan

An Indian consulate in northern Afghanistan came under attack on Sunday evening with gunmen attempting to enter the compound. Afghan security forces

West Bank

West Bank: two charged over Dawabsha family arson attack

Charges come five months after deaths of a young couple and their baby son

World News

Indian opposition party protests militant attack on air base

Members of India’s opposition Congress party have been protesting over an attack on an air force base near the Pakistan border.

Israel

Tel Aviv: name released of bar shooting suspect

Case is “complex and unique”.

India

4 attackers, 2 soldiers killed in militant attack on Indian AF base

*Gunmen entered Indian air force base on Saturday *Fire exchanged with security forces leave two of them dead Four gunmen and two soldiers were

Israel

Israeli forces hunt gunman who killed two in busy Tel Aviv street

Israeli authorities are hunting a gunman who opened fire in a busy street in Tel Aviv, killing two and injuring at least seven others. The attacker

France

Car drives at soldiers on guard outside Mosque in southern France

In southern France soldiers opened fired on a car which tried to ram them twice. They were on guard outside a Mosque. The driver of the car is now in

Syria

ISIL claims fatal bomb attacks in Kurdish area of Syria

ISIL has claimed responsibility for bomb attacks on three restaurants in a predominately Kurdish area in northeast Syria, close to the Turkish

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