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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.

The Cube

Hanau terrorism: Prosecutors investigate the suspect's online profile

The alleged gunman is believed to have uploaded videos and 'manifesto' documents to a website which "point to deeply racist views".

Norway

Norway mosque attack suspect charged with murder and terror offences

Norway mosque attack suspect charged with murder and terror offences

Germany

Germany arrests 12 over far right plot to attack Muslims, politicians

Police raided over a dozen locations in six states.

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United Kingdom

Terror suspect wearing fake bomb stabs two on busy London street

A suspected terrorist wearing a fake suicide bomb was shot dead by police after stabbing two people in a "confusing and alarming" attack in a busy London street.

World

Global Terrorism Index: Europe and MENA Director talks latest report

2018 saw the fourth consecutive drop in terrorism deaths — but the problem is increasing around the globe, as Institute for Economics and Peace MENA director Serge Stroobants explains.

United Kingdom

'Bladed weapon' attack on prison officer treated as terrorism

Two inmates used “improvised bladed weapons” in the assault at Whitemoor jail, a maximum-security facility 120 kilometres north of London.

USA

Hannukah stabbing suspect appears in court as vigil held for victims

Five people were stabbed and slashed in the Saturday attack north of New York City.

World News

10 stories that changed Europe in the last decade

Europe, you've changed. Here are the 10 events that have changed Europe in the last 10 years.

Somalia

Turkey offers treatment for 15 survivors of Somali blast

Turkey takes in 15 victims of Somali blast for medical treatment. It has been supporting the country since 2011.

Burkina Faso

Terrorists kill 35 civilians in Burkina Faso attack

The attack was one of the most deadly in the West African nation's history.

United Kingdom

Watch again: Britain honours London Bridge attack victims

Jack Merritt, 25, and Saskia Jones, 23, were killed on Friday when Usman Khan, a man convicted of terrorism offences, went on the rampage with kitchen knives near London Bridge.

United Kingdom

Eyewitness says man used narwhal tusk to confront terrorist suspect

An eyewitness said that a man took a narwhal tusk from Fishmongers' Hall and confronted the terrorist with it.

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Suspect shot dead by police after attack near London Bridge

Police are treating it as a terrorist attack

United Kingdom

London Bridge attack: Victims named by police

Jack Merritt, 25, of Cottenham, Cambridgeshire and Saskia Jones, 23, of Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, died in the attack, police said, as well as the suspect.

France

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.

World News

Far-right terrorism on the rise, bucking global terror trends

Whilst still only a fraction of global terror deaths are attributed to the far-right, it is a growing menace in the west, rising 320% in the last five years.

United Kingdom

Briton who fought ISIS in Syria jailed for four years

Ayden James, 28, was convicted about his 2017 stay in an Iraqi base held by the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) which is recognised as a terrorist organisation by the UK.

France

French firm Lafarge cleared of Syria war crimes complicity charge

The industrial giant is still accused of financing terror groups including IS as it tried to keep its Syrian plant open amid the conflict.

United Kingdom

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.