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Europe News

Ten years on, France honours slain priest Jacques Hamel

The murder of the 86-year-old priest, committed to interfaith dialogue, deeply affected France and the Catholic community beyond its borders.

26/07/2026

Europe News

Austrian police arrest teen for plotting Vienna railway station attack

A teenager has been arrested for allegedly plotting an attack on a major railway station in Vienna.

19/02/2025

Mali

Russian mercenaries accused of serious abuses in Mali, report says

Violence against ordinary Malians appears to have increased since the departure of a UN peacekeeping mission last year.

12/12/2024

Syria

Syrian insurgents close in on Damascus, state media deny Assad flight

Syrian insurgents have reached Damascus suburbs, their first advance near the capital since 2018, while Syrian state media deny rumours of Assad fleeing.

07/12/2024

Syria

Armed rebels occupy centre of Aleppo, Syria's largest city

Thousands of insurgents also fanned out across Aleppo in vehicles with improvised armour and pickups, a day after they entered the city.

30/11/2024

Tunisia

Pre-election crackdown in Tunisia as Islamists arrested en masse

Dozens of members of Tunisia’s largest opposition party were arrested this week ahead of the campaign season for the presidential election.

14/09/2024

USA

Accused 9/11 architect and two others agree to guilty plea

Mohammed is the accused mastermind behind al-Qaeda’s 9/11 attacks on the US.

01/08/2024

Sweden

Four people arrested in Sweden suspects of 'terrorist offences'

The arrests came on the same day that Sweden became the 32nd member of NATO.

08/03/2024

France

Paris 2015 attacker transferred from Belgium to France

He is the only surviving member of the Islamic State-aligned cell that killed 130 people in the French capital in 2015.

07/02/2024

World News

Coup d'état in Niger: Is Russia involved?

By fighting jihadists and curbing illegal migration in recent years, Niger has been a security watchdog not only for the Sahel but also for the European Union

09/08/2023

World News

Somalia: Nine killed after extremist attack on Mogadishu hotel

Police in Somalia say nine people, including three soldiers, were killed in Friday night’s extremist attack on a beachside hotel in the capital, Mogadishu.

10/06/2023

Spain

At least one dead in southern Spanish city machete attack

Spanish police are investigating a suspect who killed a church caretaker with a machete in the city of Algerciras.

26/01/2023

Ukraine

'TikTok warriors': What are Chechen fighters doing in Ukraine?

Chechens - including radical Islamists - are fighting alongside Ukrainian troops, while Russia has used them to execute deserters and do its dirty work on the battlefield.

20/01/2023

Democratic Republic Of Congo

Church bomb attack in DRC kills at least 10 people

The government has urged people to avoid crowds and be vigilant while investigations are underway.

16/01/2023

Syria

Leader of ISIS killed by US drone strike in Syria, says Pentagon

Maher al-Agal was reportedly killed in a strike near Syria's northern border with Turkey.

12/07/2022

United Kingdom

London to commemorate 16 years since the 7/7 bombings of 2005

The terrorist bombing of three Underground stations and a double-decker bus constituted the worst attack on the UK capital since World War II.

07/07/2021