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Russia: ISIL says it was behind deadly Dagestan shooting

ISIL says it was behind a gun attack at an historic fortress in southern Russia that left one person dead and 11 others injured. A group of

31/12/2015

World News

Russia: Manhunt underway after deadly gun attack on sightseers

An historic fortress in southern Russia was the scene of a deadly shooting targeting sightseers on Tuesday evening. Who was behind the bloodshed is

30/12/2015

Pakistan

Motorbike bomber kills at least 23 people in Mardan, Pakistan

A suicide bomber riding a motorbike laden with explosives blew himself up outside a government office in Pakistan killing at least 23 people and

29/12/2015

France

Corsica prayer hall and kebab shop targeted in 'revenge attack'

Demonstrators have vandalised a prayer hall on the French island of Corsica .. setting fire to prayer books and copies of the Koran. A kebab shop was

26/12/2015

Israel

Fatal attack in Jerusalem at the Jaffa Gate

There was a fatal attack in Jerusalem when two Palestinians went on a stabbing spree outside the Jaffa gate, one of the main entrances to the Old

23/12/2015

Pakistan

Peshawar school massacre anniversary marked

One year after Pakistan’s worst militant attack, families of children killed or wounded in the Peshawar school massacre say the local government has

16/12/2015

World News

One year on since Sydney cafe siege

Sydney marks one year since the Lindt cafe siege

15/12/2015

France

Teacher retracts ISIL accusation in Paris nursery school stabbing

A French nursery school teacher who was stabbed early on Monday morning in his school near Paris, and who claimed his assailant said the attack was a

14/12/2015

France

French schoolteacher 'invented ISIL knife attack'

A school teacher has admitted inventing a story that he was attacked by a terrorist knifeman. The nursery school teacher earlier said the hooded man

14/12/2015

France

French police hunt for man who stabbed teacher as a "DAESH warning"

A huge manhunt is underway in St Denis north of Paris after a teacher was stabbed in a nursery school before classes began. Police immediately sealed

14/12/2015

Pakistan

Deadly blast in Pakistan kills at least 10

A bomb blast has targeted a crowded clothes market in Pakistan. Sources vary as to the number killed in the explosion which happened in the

13/12/2015

Afghanistan

Spanish police officers among dead in Taliban attack

At least ten people have been killed in an attack near the Spanish embassy in Kabul. It is reported that among the dead are two Spanish police

12/12/2015

Italy

King Abdullah: give Palestinians their rights

The Italian Prime Minister has outlined his long-term solution to the turmoil in the Middle East. Speaking at the opening of the Mediterranean

10/12/2015

Afghanistan

Taliban attack on Kandahar airport leaves almost 30 people dead

Half a dozen people were earlier reported to have been taken hostage, but there is no word on their fate.

09/12/2015

World News

The Eagles of Death Metal make an emotional return to Bataclan

The Eagles Of Death Metal have made an emotional return to Bataclan. 130 people died in coordinated militant attacks in the French capital on

08/12/2015

World News

Attack on Serbs in Kosovo village

Police are investigating an attack in an ethnically Serb village in Kosovo. Shots have been fired at a house and a car set alight, and a memorial to

07/12/2015

World News

Cairo petrol bomb attack kills 16

Egyptian security officials say 16 people have been killed after a petrol bomb was hurled at this entertainment complex in the Egyptian capital

04/12/2015

Kosovo

Tear gas protest hits Kosovo parliament ahead of Kerry visit

Kosovo’s parliament was disrupted again on Monday. Members of the opposition have been causing chaos by repeatedly releasing tear gas in protest at

30/11/2015

Israel

Palestinian shot dead after stabbing Israeli officer in Jerusalem

A Palestinian has been shot dead by Israeli border authorities after stabbing a police officer in Jerusalem. The incident, which was confirmed by a

29/11/2015

Mali

Islamist rebel group claims responsibility for deadly attack on UN base in northern Mali

The Malian Islamist rebel group Ansar Dine has reportedly claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on a UN peacekeeping base in northern Mali

29/11/2015