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France

Alleged members of French Islamist gang arrested in dawn raids.

Police across France arrest people accused of being members of a gang recruiting young people to fight for Islamic extremists in Syria and Iraq.

Niger

Niger PM asks for help to deal with Boko Haram refugee crisis

The prime minister of Niger has appealed for international help to confront a looming food crisis compounded by thousands of refugees who have

Iraq

Pilgrims defy ISIL militants flocking to Kerbala in record numbers

One person has been killed by rocket fire in the Iraqi city of Kerbala where Shi’ite pilgrims gathered for religious ceremonies. Despite the threat

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USA

CIA chief defends post-9/11 interrogation tactics after damning report

CIA director John Brennan has defended the spy agency following the publication of a highly critical report into its post 9/11 interrogation

USA

CIA torture report: Techniques ineffective and brutal

Ineffective and brutal, those were the findings of the Senate Intelligence Committee into the CIA’s detention and interrogation programme following

USA

P.A.T.R.I.O.T A.C.T... what it really stands for

Any notion of super-power invulnerability in Americans’ minds fell away on September 11th, 2001. Those in the business of protecting the nation

China

China: Eight given death penalties over Xinjiang attacks

Eight people have been sentenced to death in connection with deadly attacks in China’s western Xinjiang region – where violence has raged between the

Iran

Syria and Iraq FMs in Tehran for 'anti-terrorism' conference

The Syrian foreign minister Walid Mualem is in Tehran for conference on combating extremism, which will also be attended by his Iraqi counterpart

Pakistan

Top al-Qaeda leader killed in Pakistani military raid

A top al-Qaeda leader, wanted in the US over a bomb plot, has been killed during a raid by the Pakistani military. A military source said Saudi

Pakistan

Pakistan military says killed al-Qaeda leader wanted in U.S

World News

Rebel raid on Chechen capital Grozny leaves 20 people dead

At least 20 people were killed in Chechnya - 10 police and 10 suspected militants - after heavily-armed rebels stormed the turbulent Russian region's capital, Grozny.

World News

Chechen rebels stage deadly attack on Grozny ahead of big Putin speech

At least 19 people have been killed as security forces battled rebels who stormed the Chechen capital Grozny ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual state of the union address.

World News

School siege underway in Grozny after deadly gunfight in Chechen capital

Just hours ahead of Vladimir Putin's annual address to the Russian parliament violence erupts in restive Chechnya

Belgium

Iran strikes against ISIL 'positive', says John Kerry

The US Secretary of State welcomes limited Iranian attacks against ISIL targets in Iraq, while refusing to confirm reports that they had actually taken place.

Kenya

Al-Shabab slaughters 36 non-Muslims in Kenya

Lebanon

Lebanon detains wife and child of ISIL leader Baghdadi

Lebanese authorities are said to be questioning a wife of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi after she and a child of the ISIL leader were detained near the Syrian border.

Turkey

Turkey denies allowing ISIL fighters to launch attacks from Turkish territory

Norway

Norway police carry guns amid heightened terror fears

France

Libya set to dominate visit of Egypt's Sisi to Paris