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Turkish-German man jailed in connection with plans for a bomb attack

German police said that they thwarted an attack by the 36-year-old, known only as Halil D, in April last year. He has been jailed for weapons offences.

Israel

Israel ripostes against families of Palestinian knife attackers

The Israeli army has moved in to arrest two brothers of the attacker who stabbed a 13-year-old girl to death in her bedroom last week.

USA

USA apologises to UAE over arrest of 'suspected terrorist'

The United Arab Emirates has advised its male citizens not to wear the white robes, headscarf and headband of the national dress when travelling abroad.

France

Armed police to patrol French beaches

Some French beaches will be monitored by armed patrols, according to reports quoting a police source, as the country tightens security for the summer holiday…

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Spain

Tax inspectors raid Google's Spanish offices

Spanish tax inspectors have raided Google’s offices in Madrid as part of an ongoing investigation into possible tax evasion.

Turkey

Arrests in Turkey after Ataturk Airport atrocity

Turkish police and special forces have raided more than a dozen suspected ISIL cells in the cities of Istanbul and Izmir.

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Clashes in Paris

Riot police and demonstrators clashed in Paris on Tuesday, June 28, as thousands of protesters took to the streets under heavy police presence to demonstrate against changes to labour laws that will m

Myanmar

Myanmar burns large pile of heroin and marijuana on UN anti-drugs day

Myanmar – otherwise known as Burma – has marked Sunday’s UN international day against drug trafficking and abuse by burning a vast quantity of substances in a public…

Belgium

Belgium arrests two on terrorism charges

Belgian security forces have arrested two people and charged them with "participating in the activities of a terrorist group."

Turkey

Turkish police stop Istanbul gay pride event with tear gas and plastic bullets

Turkish police used tear gas and plastic bullets to disperse demonstrators who gathered for a gay pride rally in Istanbul in defiance of a government ban.

France

Pair quizzed by anti-terror judge after slaying of French police couple

Two people arrested in connection with the killing of a police commander and his partner in France were being questioned by an anti-terrorist judge on Saturday.

World News

Hollande pays tribute to police couple murdered in terror attack

A memorial ceremony has been held in Versailles for the French police couple murdered last Monday at their home in Magnanville, west of Paris.

France

France pays tribute to murdered police couple

Memorials have been held across the country in tribute to the two police officials murdered in a western suburb of Paris on Monday.

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Paris protesters clash with police

French riot police fired tear gas and chased after protesters as clashes broke out during an anti-labour reform demonstration on Tuesday.

USA

Alligator drags toddler into Disney lagoon

A frantic search for the two-year-old boy is underway in Orlando, Florida.

USA

Wife of Orlando gunman, Noor Salman, could face charges

US officials are considering whether to charge the wife of the gunman who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, in connection with the attack.

France

French police make several arrests in connection with a terror knife attack

*French parliament pays tribute to victims of knife terror attack Police make three arrests List of other possible targets found French police have arrested three men in connection with the murder

France

"It was terrorism" - Francois Hollande

The French government says it is treating the killing of a police commander and his partner as a terrorist attack.

Bangladesh

Hindu priest hacked to death in Bangladesh

Suspected militants in Bangladesh have hacked to death an elderly Hindu priest.

Ukraine

'Normandy Quartet' agrees on OSCE mission, says Poroshenko

Ukraine’s president Petro Poroshenko said on Friday the leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine — the “Normandy Quartet” — have agreed on deploying an OSCE police mission to Ukraine’s eastern r