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Many women and children among dozens of people kidnapped by suspected Boko Haram militants in Cameroon

Officials in Cameroon say up to 80 people, mostly women and children, have been kidnapped by suspected Boko Haram islamist militants from

Greece

Belgium seeks extradition of detainee held in Greece

A suspect arrested on Saturday by police in Athens is wanted in Belgium over a possible link with the alleged Islamist plot against Belgian police

World News

Belgium says suspects detained in Greece not linked to its terror probe

Authorities in Belgium say four people detained in Greece are not linked to their investigations into terror attacks. Police in Athens had earlier

World News

Europe on high alert following anti-terror raids

Europe is on high alert following anti-terror raids in several countries. Across Belgium, France and Germany, more than 20 people have been arrested

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Dozens arrested in anti-terror raids in Belgium, France and Germany

Police carry out more than a dozen anti-terror raids in France, Belgium and Germany

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Europe Weekly: Europe hit by terror attacks

In this edition of Europe Weekly: French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo sells out across France and beyond; Belgian police conduct raids across the

Europe News

Tough measures on terror not always effective, expert says

Tough anti-terror measures may have the opposite effect and backfire, a top Belgian criminologist said on Friday. Vincent Seron of the Unversity of

World

"ISIL is the baby of George W Bush"

German journalist and author Jürgen Todenhöfer is perhaps best known for supposedly being the first Westerner to have embedded with Islamic State

France

Farewell for "Charb" the last of the funerals of Charlie Hebdo attack

The last of the funerals of the victims of the Charlie Hebdo attack were held on Friday. The anthem, The Internationale was the background to the

France

French police arrest 12 in Paris terror attacks probe

In a series of raids in the Paris region, police have detained 12 people suspected of helping those behind last week’s Islamist attacks in the French

World

Charlie Hebdo still alive

Millions of people in the streets of France’s cities to say ‘I am Charlie’. The previous week’s terrorist attacks triggered a surge in national

France

John Kerry visits Paris to show solidarity with terror-hit France

He had said he wanted to give “a big hug” to the people of France. And in Paris City Hall on Friday, US Secretary of State John Kerry honoured those

Belgium

Belgium seeks to tighten anti-terror laws

Belgium’s government will speed up the introduction of new anti-terror laws after Thursday’s police raid in the east of the country, Prime Minister

Belgium

'Belgian jihadists wanted to kill police,' officers say

Two jihadists killed by Belgian police were planning a “major” attack to kill members of the country’s security services, prosecutors said on Friday

France

Francois Hollande: more needs to be done to get terrorists off the web

Action against terrorism must now be collective and coordinated, says French President

Germany

Terror suspects arrested in Berlin

Berlin is the latest European city to see police raids with the arrests of terror suspects. Two Turkish men were detained on Friday morning suspected

France

Body of kidnapped French tourist found in Algeria

Algerian special forces have found the body of French tourist Herve Gourdel who was kidnapped and beheaded by Islamist militants while hiking in

Belgium

Belgium on high alert after two die in police anti-terror raid

Two suspected jihadists have been killed in the Belgian city of Verviers in an anti-terror raid as similar operations continued overnight in Brussels

Belgium

Belgium: Two suspected Islamists dead in shootout with police

A shootout with Belgian police has left two suspected Islamists dead. Explosions were also reported as officers carried out an anti-terror raid in

France

Malian Muslim honoured for saving lives during Kosher store attack

A Malian Muslim who saved several lives during an attack on a Jewish supermarket is to be given French nationality. 24-year-old shop attendant