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French foreign minister travels to Iraq to discuss IS fighters

He will spearhead talks on behalf of European governments who are hoping Baghdad can oversee trials of captured fighters.

United Kingdom

Euroviews. To stop the potential "Jihadi Jacks" of the future, British Muslim converts need support ǀ View

The number of people converting to Islam in the UK is growing rapidly, but they often make headlines for all the wrong reasons.

World News

Euroviews. Blindly fighting the symptoms of radicalisation in Europe won’t address the causes ǀ View

The question of what to do with Islamic State fighters, their wives and children keeps policy makers and security experts awake at night. But we should worry less about those returning, and more about convincing them not to go in the first place.

Pakistan

Watch: Puppets teach children religious tolerance in Pakistan

Religious tensions in Pakistan have sparked attacks on churches, Hindu temples and sufi shrines in recent years.

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Syria

US-backed forces claim final victory over so-called IS in Syria

Syrian Democratic Forces claim final victory over so-called Islamic State after last village freed

World News

Why Europe is still fighting the war on terror

Despite major terror attacks diminishing in recent years, the threat is still there, experts tell Euronews.

France

Inmate stabs two French prison guards in 'terrorist attack'

"It was truly a murder attempt. There was blood everywhere," a trade union representative for prison guards said.

USA

Trump says he will not readmit Alabama woman who joined ISIS

Muthana, a 24-year-old Alabama woman, made a desperate plea to U.S. officials earlier this week to be allowed to return home.

USA

Trump expects so-called Islamic State to be defeated by next week

Trump has told a gathering of foreign ministers at the State Department that the so-called Islamic State could be completely defeated by next week.

Egypt

Pyramid tourists undeterred by bomb attack

Tourists continued to visit Egypt's pyramids just 24 hours after a deadly bomb attack

Egypt

Egyptian security forces kill 40 suspected militants

Men were killed in series of co.ordinated raids in Giza and the Sinai.

Chad

Macron takes his chef & celebrities to entertain the troops in Chad

The weekend visit will also include talks with President Idriss Deby.

France

Strasbourg remembers as fifth terror victim dies

The eastern French city of Strasbourg has honoured the victims of Tuesday's terrorist attack.

France

France's first jailed jihadist: From radicalisation to reformation

Euronews talks to David Vallat, a member of the group responsible for the 1995 bombings in Paris and Lyon and the first jihadist born in France to be imprisoned in France.

Mali

Deadly attack on Mali military base leaves six dead

Islamist militants armed with rockets and explosives raided the headquarters of an African military taskforce in central Mali, leaving at least six people dead on Friday, a spokesman for the force said.

Indonesia

Militants armed with swords attack Indonesian police station

Islamic militants are again being blamed for an attack on the Indonesian police after four men were shot dead and one arrested after killing one police officer and wounding two.

United Kingdom

UK's MI5 chief wants greater European cooperation

In the first public speech outside Britain by a serving head of MI5, Andrew Parker told European spy chiefs Islamic State militants are plotting "devastating and more complex attacks"

Indonesia

Indonesian police say sucide bombing family attacks Surabaya police headquarters

Family dies in attack but eight-year-old child survives, while at least one police officer dies and several other victims are wounded a day after an Islamic militant family is blamed for bombing three churches in country's second city, killing 13.

France

Police say Paris knife attacker was born in Checnhya

And they reveal that he was known to be a possible threat to national security.

Indonesia

Suicide bombers kills at least a dozen in attacks on churches in Indonesia

So-called Islamic State claim respnsibility, but police say they suspect the bombers are members of a homegrown group inspired by IS.