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Police tightened security in Kabul as the lightning Taliban offensive continued to close on Afghanistan's capital.
Norway marks a decade since Utoya massacre killed 77 people
On July 22, 2011, right-wing extremist Anders Breivik set off a bomb in the capital, Oslo, killing eight people, before heading to tiny Utoya island where he stalked and shot dead 69 mostly teen members of the Labor Party’s youth wing.
British woman pleads guilty to St Paul's Cathedral terror plot
Safiyya Shaikh, 36, was planning on planting a bomb at the famed London cathedral as she prepared her pledge of allegiance to the so-called Islamic State group.
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Protecting the endangered Asiatic cheetah. Tweeting a satirical poem. Attending a climate conference. Campaigning against a power plant. These actions hardly conjure images of suicide bombers or coup plotters. Yet, they have been labelled “eco-terrorism,” “extremism,” “threats to national security".
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Dutch police arrest two suspected of 'preparing terrorist attack'
Authorities believe the attack would have been carried out at the end of the year, involving bomb vests and "one or more car bombs".
Christmas market reopens in defiance of terror attack
Christmas markets around Europe are open for business — including in Strasbourg, which refuses to be cowed by last year’s Islamist gun rampage.
UK terror threat level downgraded to 'substantial'
"Despite the change in the threat level, terrorism remains one of the most direct and immediate risks to our National Security," Home Secretary Priti Patel said in a statement.
All suspects in Sri Lanka bombings arrested or dead - police
All suspected plotters and those directly linked to Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday bombings have either been arrested or are dead, the country's acting police chief said on Monday.
Dead body believed to be Benin guide found
A body allegedly belonging to Benin guide was found by authorities after two French tourists and their guide were reported missing on Wednesday.
Sri Lankan Airlines puts flight marshals on planes, tourist numbers to drop by 500,000
One week after the attacks in Sri Lanka, executives from the country’s Tourism Development Authority and national airline attended the Arabian Travel Market in Dubai.
Sri Lanka bans face veil amid alerts for 'imminent attacks'
Sri Lanka banned women from wearing face veils as security officials warned that Islamist militants behind Easter Sunday's bombings are planning ' imminent attacks.'
Police arrests suspect in series of bomb threats in Germany
The town halls of Augsburg, Göttingen, Chemnitz, Kaiserslautern and Neunkirch were affected.
Dutch prosecutors investigate terrorist motive in tram shooting
"Up to this point, a terrorist motive is seriously being considered," prosecutors said in a statement, citing "the nature of the shooting and a letter found in the getaway car."
Hundreds of Syrian civilians arrive at screening centre
Hundreds of men, women and children, including supporters of the so-called Islamic State, continued to arrive at an open-air medical screening centre in the Syrian desert on Tuesday.
Catalan police arrest over 17 people in anti-terrorist raid
The Catalan regional police service, Mossos d’Esquadra, have arrested a least 17 people who they believe are linked to a jihadist cell based in and around Barcelona.
Swedish security police arrest terror plot suspect
Swedish security police have arrested one person suspected of planning a terror attack.
Terrorism deaths down but far-right attacks are rising, says report
The number of deaths from terrorism is down for the third consecutive year, the Global Terrorism Index 2018 says. But the far-right political terrorism is on the rise, it adds.
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By concentrating power in the hands of the [French] government - completely outside of the normal criminal justice system - administrative [anti-terrorist] control measures are open to abuse and discriminatory application, including toward Muslims.
Where are the 'safest places' to go on holiday, according to new data?
In some categories, European and American destinations were shown to pose more of a risk to travellers than areas in the Middle East and North Africa, according to data collated by Which? Travel.
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