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France

Vatican condemns 'barbarous killing' of priest in French church

The Vatican has condemned what it called the “barbarous killing” of a Catholic priest with a knife in a French church.

France

ISIL says its 'soldiers' murdered elderly priest in French church attack

The group calling itself Islamic State (ISIL) says two of its “soldiers” carried out a church attack in the French region of Normandy in which a priest was murdered and worshippers taken…

Germany

Police claim evidence linking Ansbach bomber to ISIL

The German authorities claim to have found a video in which the suspected Ansbach bomber pledges allegiance to ISIL militants.

Afghanistan

Bloodshed in Kabul as ISIL murder scores of minority Hazara

As many as 80 people have been killed and around 230 injured in a suicide bomb attack in the Afghan capital Kabul.

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Germany

Questions over Germany's refugee policy after train attack

Germany’s Interior Minister sought to play down any link between the government’s refugee policy and the axe attack by an Afghan asylum seeker aboard a train in…

Germany

German train attacker vowed revenge on 'infidels'

The teenage Afghan teenager who carried out the axe-and-knife attack on a train in southern Germany left behind a letter and a video saying he sought to avenge the deaths of civilians in Muslim…

World News

Radicalisation the key ISIL strategy

Politicians in the West along with security services, the business community and the general public feel ever more under threat.

World News

ISIL claims responsibility for Nice truck attack

Police still don’t know how Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel managed to get access to the Promenade des Anglais and plough a rented truck through dozens of people celebrating Bastille…

Afghanistan

Militant behind Peshawar school massacre 'killed in US drone strike'

Taliban-linked militant leader Umar Narai, the alleged mastermind of the Peshawar school massacre, has been killed by a American drone strike, according to US and Pakistani…

Iraq

ISIL 'top commander' Omar al-Shishani killed in Iraq

News agency affiliated with militant group confirms Omar al-Shishani was killed in combat in Iraq.

Iraq

Stunning drone footage of the world’s biggest cemetery in Iraq

Syria

Syrian rebels prepare for Aleppo siege

Syrian government troops say they are moving in against rebel held positions in the Syrian city of Aleppo.

Syria

Two Russian pilots killed in Syria - Russian defence ministry

Militants in Syria shot down a military helicopter near Palmyra on Friday, killing two Russian pilots – according to Russian media, quoting the defence ministry.

Iraq

Iraqi PM sacks top Baghdad security officials after bombing

Iraq’s prime minister has fired three officials in charge of Baghdad’s security after a spate of deadly bombings.

World News

Ramadan - a month of sorrow after deadly attacks by so-called Islamic State

Tragedy in Orlando.

France

France jails seven men for recruiting and training for ISIL

Seven men have been found guilty in France of supporting ISIL, either by recruiting or suppling logistical or other support, or by travelling to Syria for military…

Iraq

Death toll in Baghdad car bombing rises to 250

Scores of funerals in Baghdad following massive car bombing Death toll rises to250 Interior minister offers resignation Mourners gather in central Baghdad for one of the victims of Saturday night’s

Belgium

Belgian court gives heavy sentences to Verviers ISIL cell members

A Belgian judge on Tuesday sentenced 15 members of an ISIL militant cell, nine of them in absentia, to up to 16 years in prison after convicting them of plotting attacks on targets including Brussels…

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Devastation of Ramadi shown from the air

Rare aerial footage gathered by the ICRC shows the once-prosperous central Iraqi city of Ramadi now in tatters – a ghost town.

United Kingdom

How the West and its media feed the 'monster' of Jihad

Government policies, isolation, misogyny, racism, despair and denial.