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United Kingdom

More armed police officers to guard London against 'severe' terrorist threat

London's police force is to put 600 more armed officers on London's streets to deter would be attackers from carrying out acts of terror.

Brazil

Brazil tightens border security amid fears of attack on Rio Olympics

It’s Brazil’s busiest border point – and with tens of thousands of people crossing back and forth each day from Paraguay and Argentina – security forces have stepped up checks amid fears of arms traff

USA

Sex offenders in New York to be barred from playing Pokemon Go

Sex offenders in New York are to be barred from playing Pokemon Go while on parole .

Netherlands

Europe on edge: Bomb scare at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport

A bomb scare on Monday forced the closure of a motorway leading to Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport.

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Brazil

Australians' Rio mishaps: and now, robbery

The Australians sure will remember their stay at the Olympic Village in Rio.

United Kingdom

London police chief warns of UK terror attack risk

The head of London’s Metropolitan Police has warned that it is a question of “if, not when” the UK will be hit by a terror attack.

France

France admits justice system failed over church attacker

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has admitted the French justice system failed over church attacker Adel Kermiche but says won't set up "French-style Guantanamo centres".

Turkey

Turkey media crackdown sees 131 outlets shut down

16 TV stations, 45 Newspapers, 15 magazines, 29 publishers shut in post-coup purge, sparking concern for press freedom.

Germany

Angela Merkel stands by refugee policy after attacks in Germany

The German Chancellor interrupted her summer holidays to defend her open-door refugee policy following recent attacks in Germany.

Economy

Tourists shun Turkey, visitor numbers slump in June

The number of foreigners visiting Turkey plummeted by over 40 percent in June, the biggest fall in tourist numbers in over two decades.

France

French police formally identify second church attack suspect

French police have formally identified the second suspect who attacked a Normandy church.

France

France must 'do everything to defend the Republic' in wake of attacks

The wave of attacks in France is not only ramping up pressure on Francois Hollande’s government over security – it’s also putting inter-faith unity in the…

France

France must 'do everything to defend the Republic' in wake of attacks

The wave of attacks in France is not only ramping up pressure on Francois Hollande’s government over security – it’s also putting inter-faith unity in the…

Business Series

Air France-KLM warns on falling travel demand from terrorism and Brexit

Air France-KLM is downbeat about profits this year amid terrorist attacks in Europe and Brexit uncertainty.

France

French interior minister says jailing suspects counterproductive

Locals in the Normandy village of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray are struggling to come to terms with Tuesday’s (July 26) tragedy when two knifemen interrupted a church service and brutally murdered the eld

World

Blood on the streets of Germany: four attacks in eight days

An axe, a gun, a machete, and a bomb: all weapons used on the streets of Germany over the past week.

France

Nice attack: French president seeks to defuse row over security report 'alterations'

The French president has sought to defuse a row over allegations government officials tried to alter a report into the Bastille Day attack in Nice.

World News

Public awareness is best prevention against mass shootings, expert says

World News

The quite different states of emergency in France and Turkey

The extraordinary recent events in Turkey and France have led the governments of both countries to declare and extend, respectively, extraordinary measures: a national state of…

Turkey

Turkey's parliament votes 3-to-1 to back Erdogan's state of emergency

The Turkish parliament has voted by three-to-one to approve the state of emergency announced by President Erdogan after last week’s failed coup attempt.