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Germany has foiled planned Islamist attack, says security officials

A 20-year-old Moroccan-German suspect was detained by police in August after trying to buy weapons online.

Australia

Australia adds Hezbollah and neo-nazi group The Base to terror list

The Australian government listed Hezbollah as a "terrorist organisation", extending an existing ban on armed units to the entire organisation. It also listed the far-right group "The Base" as a terror group.

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French PM, mayor mark 6th anniversary of Paris attacks

French prime minister Jean Castex and the mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo laid flowers' wreaths outside the Bataclan concert complex and Stade de France football stadium on Saturday as the country marked six years since the gun and bomb attacks in the French capital.

France

France commemorates 6th anniversary of Paris terror attacks

France has been holding commemorations to mark the sixth anniversary of the terror attacks in the capital that left 130 people dead.

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Bulgaria

Terrorist linked to Paris attacks mastermind arrested in Bulgaria

The suspect was sentenced in 2015 by a Belgian court for his alleged role in an Islamist recruitment network.

France

Mother of Bataclan attacker facing trial for 'financing terrorism'

Fatima Hajji is accused of sending money to her son and his partner while they were in Iraq and Syria between 2014 and 2015.

Austria

Vienna pays tribute to victims on anniversary of terrorist attack

Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said at the ceremony that terrorism "must not succeed in dividing us".

USA

Two US neo-Nazi group members sentenced to 9 years in prison

The judge who sentenced Mathews and Lemley to prison concluded that they intended to engage in terrorist activity.

United Kingdom

UK police charge 25-year-old man with murder of Conservative MP

Ali Harbi Ali was arrested shortly after the attack on MP Sir David Amess last Friday as he was meeting constituents in the Essex town of Leigh-on-Sea.

Spain

ETA ten years on: The rise and fall of the Basque terror group

Over 43 years, more than 800 people were killed in attacks by the Basque separatists.

United Kingdom

Sir David Amess: UK's parliament pays tribute to murdered MP

He died on Friday after being stabbed multiple times during meetings with constituents.

United Kingdom

Spotlight on politicians' safety after fatal stabbing of British MP

Amess was stabbed at a constituent meeting known as a surgery in Leigh-on-Sea on Friday and died at the scene. In 2016, MP Jo Cox was shot and stabbed while on her way to a surgery.

Afghanistan

Islamic State claims mosque bombing in south Afghanistan

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a deadly suicide bombing on a Shiite mosque in southern Afghanistan that killed 47 people and wounded scores more.

World News

Euroviews. Europe should take action against Hezbollah's growing strength | View

Europe as well as Lebanon is under threat from Hezbollah and must fully designate the group as a terrorist entity, argues the Counter Extremism Project's Hans-Jakob Schindler

Sweden

Swedish artist known for depiction of Prophet Muhammad dies in crash

The Swedish artist Lars Vilks, known for his 2007 drawing of the Prophet Muhammad and the subsequent death threats that followed, died in a car crash on Sunday.

France

Paris attacks survivors begin testifying at historic trial

Survivors of the November 2015 terror attacks on Paris began recounting their trauma in the presence of over a dozen accused in court.

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Mass attacks and victim support: how has France changed since 2015?

Hundreds of victims of the November 13th, 2015 terror attack on Paris are now beginning to testify at the biggest trial in French history. Many of these victims are now fighting for change to care and help systems in the aftermath of attacks. What has changed since 2015, have lessons been learnt?

Germany

Four indicted in Germany over links to Islamic extremist group

German citizen Marius A. is alleged to have travelled to Syria in 2013 to fight with the Al-Qaida splinter group, while three other men are accused of collecting funds on his behalf.

Germany

Teen arrested in Germany over alleged synagogue attack plot

The interior minister of North Rhine-Westphalia said officials had been tipped off about an "Islamist-motivated threat" ahead of the Jewish holiday.

World News

French troops kill head of Islamic State in Greater Sahara: Macron

The French leader described the killing is a "major success" in the fight against terrorist groups in the Sahel.