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MEPs sing "La Marseillaise"

MEPs sing the Marseillaise as a tribute to those killed and injured in last week’s attacks in Paris. A minute’s silence was also observed. #

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Paris attacks give momentum to fight against ISIL

The Paris attacks continue to add urgency to the international fight against ISIL. The US Secretary of State, John Kerry, arrived in Paris on Monday

France

Bush vs Hollande: can you tell their speeches apart?

They are two speeches made in the wake of two terrorist atrocities. But while the circumstances may have been similar, the two presidents who made

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ISIS Pharmaceuticals 'may look to change name'

It’s worth over seven billion dollars – a Californian biotech company that makes drugs aimed at treating cancer, heart disease and neurological

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Russia intensifies strikes against ISIL in Syria

Russia has intensified airstrikes against ISIL targets in Syria as President Vladimir Putin vows to hunt down those responsible for blowing up a

France

Joie de Vivre: Terror attacks won't stop Parisians enjoying their city

Paris will never forget the attacks that stunned the world. But as tributes are paid to the 129 people whose lives were cut short, a spirit of

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Parisians united in defiance and grief

After the most deadly attack on European soil since the 2004 Madrid bombings, Parisians were united in their defiance and grief on a third national

France

France calls for aid from the EU to fight Daesh as John Kerry flies into Paris

US Secretary of State John Kerry has flown into Paris to meet with President François Hollande for the first time since the deadly Paris attacks of last Friday. Also on Tuesday, France became the firs

Russia

Putin vows retribution as Russia recognises Sinai plane crash was terror attack

The Kremlin recognised for the first time on Tuesday that a bomb brought down a Russian passenger plane last month over the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt

Syria

France intensifies airstrikes against ISIL, calls for "single coalition" to oppose them

The French have continued overnight airstrikes on the so-called Islamic State main base, Raqqa, in Syria. Since the Paris attacks last Friday

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'Anonymous' hackers' group declares 'war' on ISIL

The hackers’ collective known as “Anonymous” has apparently responded to the attacks on Paris by declaring war on ISIL in a video posted on YouTube

France

Hollande vows to place security ahead of austerity

French President Francois Hollande says he is determined to destroy ISIL, the extremist group that has admitted killing scores of people in attacks

World

Spies must change tactics to face new 'hybrid war'

President Francois Hollande says France is at war. In swift response to the deadly events in Paris the country has already launched massive

World

"There has been too much tolerance for too long"

Terror attacks on Charlie Hebdo, the Jewish Museum in Brussels, Madrid commuter trains, and now the latest in Paris all have links to one Brussels

Turkey

G20 pledges to cooperate as ISIL threatens further attacks

G20 leaders have promised to cooperate over border security, airline safety, sharing intelligence on suspected terrorists and freezing their assets

Belgium

'Wanted and dangerous' - Still no sign of Salah Abdeslam after Paris attacks

All roads lead to Belgium, it seems, for police probing the Paris attacks. But while two suspects in the country have now been charged with

France

French show solidarity by attending memorial services

Security surrounding the memorial services was tight after the events of Friday night, but that did not stop thousands of people turning out to join

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Egypt pays tribute to victims of Paris attacks

Tributes from all over the world keep pouring in after the deadly attacks in Paris. The French embassy in Egypt opened on Sunday a condolences

France

'We will eradicate terrorism' Hollande vows in defiant response to Paris slaughter

French President Francois Hollande has called for a single coalition including the United States and Russia to vanquish ISIL militants in Syria, in

France

Questions asked over Syrian passport found by body of a Paris suicide bomber

The reported discovery of a Syrian passport near the body of a suicide bomber outside the Stade de France on Friday seems to have raised more