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Japan

ISIL posts video of the beheading of second Japanese hostage Kenji Goto

World

Belgium's Reynders on terrorism, Ukraine and Greece

Belgium is providing Europe’s highest proportion of jihadist volunteers to join the fighting in Syria and Iraq , official figures tell us — in

My Europe Series

Battle for hearts and minds: Denmark's drive to deradicalise homegrown jihadists

Denmark has pioneered a programme to deradicalise citizens drawn to Islamic extremism involving schools, police, and social services.

Philippines

44 police commandos killed in anti-terror op mourned in Philippines

The Philippines president on Friday told relatives of 44 police commandos killed during an anti-terror operation that went wrong that he understood

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Europe News

EU interior ministers back airline data sharing

EU interior ministers have backed plans for airlines to share passenger data. They say it is essential in the fight against terrorism. However, it

Europe News

EU edges closer to airline data sharing after Charlie Hebdo attacks

The EU wants to collect and store air passenger data in a move that officials say will help fight against terrorism. The bloc’s interior ministers

World News

Revealed: Big rise in European fighters in Iraq and Syria

The number of European fighters thought to be in Syria and Iraq has nearly doubled in a year, new data reveals.

Turkey

ISIL sets new deadline over fate of two hostages

An unverified voice recording purporting to be from a hostage being held by Islamist extremists has been posted on social media. It is believed

France

France: Police detain five in Syria jihad crackdown

Police in southern France have detained five people in moves to dismantle an alleged network sending militant Islamists to Syria. The crackdown was

USA

US: Passenger planes given all clear after 'credible' bomb threats

US fighter jets have accompanied two passenger planes to an airport in Atlanta, after bomb threats were made. The Delta and Southwest planes landed

My Europe Series

Europe Weekly: Europeans still reeling from Paris terror attacks

In this week’s edition of Europe Weekly: Belgian police storm a suspected jihadist hideout in eastern Belgium; EU officials unveil new planned

World News

Moroccan-born man convicted on terror charges stripped of French nationality

France’s top court ruled it was possible to strip a Moroccan-born man convicted on terror charges of his French nationality, paving the way for more

Switzerland

'Russia needs to return Crimea to Ukraine,' says Kyiv official

A high-level Ukrainian government advisor has told euronews that Russia needs to return Crimea to Ukraine. Dmytro Shymkyv, Deputy Head of Ukraine’s

Japan

ISIL hostage Kenji Goto's mother begs for his release

The distraught mother of Japanese journalist Kenji Goto, held captive by the militant group calling itself Islamic State (ISIL)along with another

United Kingdom

The fight against ISIL: Kerry says coalition campaign is getting results

The US Secretary of State says ISIL’s momentum in Iraq has been halted or reversed. John Kerry was speaking in London after a meeting of over 20

United Kingdom

Turning the tide against ISIL: US-led coalition holds key talks in London

Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi met British premier David Cameron on Thursday. The encounter came as foreign ministers from over 20 countries

France

'Social divisions were there in the past' admits French PM on announcement of new anti-terror tactics

Multi-million euro anti-extremism package announced by France but is it enough to deal with longer term social divisions?

Belgium

EU pushes for quick decision on new anti-terror law

The EU wants a quick decision on a new law that will force governments to share air passenger data. The draft bill, first proposed in 2011, is being

France

Valls pledges extra police and spies in France anti-terror boost

France is to recruit thousands of extra police, spies and investigators to boost national security and intelligence, Prime Minister Manuel Valls announced on Wednesday, two weeks after 17 people were

France

Paris gunman Amedy Coulibaly 'stopped by police' days before terror attacks

Islamist gunman Amedy Coulibaly was stopped randomly by police in Paris just days before the terror attacks there according to French satirical