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Six arrested in Brussels after Tuesday's suicide attacks

Belgian authorities say six people have been arrested as part of the investigation into Tuesday’s suicide bombings in Brussels. Three of them were

World News

'ISIL have 400 fighters trained to target Europe'

"ISIL extremists have trained 400 fighters to target Europe", according to unnamed security officials quoted in an article by the Associated Press.

Belgium

Belgium ups security at nuclear plants following Brussels bombings

Security has been stepped up at nuclear plants around Belgium amid fears they could be the next target after the Brussels attacks. The alert follows

Europe News

Impossible to prevent all terror attacks, warns top security analyst

Euronews spoke to Serge Stroobants, a defence analyst at the Institute for Economics and Peace think-tank. Stroobants, who also served with a

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Belgium

A four-month manhunt - the capture of Salah Abdeslam

Belgium was put at the centre of the investigation immediately after the attacks of November 13 in Paris. The following day controls at the French –

Turkey

Turkey on high alert after Saturday's suicide bombing

A high profile football match in Istanbul was called off and the stadium evacuated two hours before kick-off on Sunday with the Turkish authorities

USA

Kerry declares ISIL violence against minorities 'genocide'

US Secretary of State John Kerry says that violence by the group calling itself Islamic State (ISIL) against religious minorities was genocide

France

Four arrested during counter-terrorism operation in France

Dawn raids took place in Paris and nearby Seine-Saint-Denis

Egypt

Arab League declares Hezbollah a 'terrorist organization'

Reports from Egypt say the Arab League has labelled the Lebanese Shi’ite Hezbollah movement a terrorist organisation. Egypt’s state news agency

Turkey

Syrian Kurdish party denies Ankara attack

As the funerals for the 28 soldiers who died in Wednesday’s suicide bomb attack in Ankara take place, Turkey is on the offensive. The Turkish

Turkey

Ankara blast: Witness describes narrow escape

The explosion which targeted an army convoy was witnessed by an Ankara resident. Noury had only seconds before driven past the scene of the blast and

Syria

Syria: a deadly political chess game

Saudi Arabia's role in the Syrian conflict is evolving as it sends warplanes to a Turkish base has openly declared it is willing to intervene on the ground if the US-led coalition introduces ground tr

Turkey

Turkey blames US for 'sea of blood' in region

Turkey lashes out at the US for refusing to acknowledge the Syrian Kurdish PYD party as a terrorist organisation.

France

France: controversial reforms clear first hurdle

The lower house narrowly approves plan to strip convicted terrorists of their dual nationality

Canada

Canada to end bombing campaign against ISIL within two weeks

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that the country would be pulling out by 22 February its six fighter jets that have been bombing

Spain

Spain: puppeteers charged with "glorifying terrorism"

Complaint brought by ETA victims' association

Ireland

Continuity IRA reportedly behind Dublin shooting

The killing is claimed to be in revenge for the death of an associate in 2012.

USA

Twitter suspends over 125,000 accounts for "promoting terrorist acts"

Germany

German police arrest two in coordinated terror raids

A series of coordinated raids across Germany has resulted in the arrests of at least two people suspected of planning a terror attack in Berlin

United Kingdom

Jailed for joining ISIL - British woman gets six years after returning from Syria

A twenty-six year-old British mother who took her toddler son to Syria has been jailed for six years for belonging to the jihadist group