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Germany

Berlin lorry attack: one of the dead 'had been shot'

A regional interior minister has reportedly said a Polish national found dead in the lorry used in the Christmas market attack had been shot.

Germany

Berlin attack: what happened

Just after 8pm local time, when the Christmas market would have been packed with tourists and locals, a lorry ploughed into the crowd.

World

A deadly 2016 for terrorism attacks in Europe

2016 was marked by a series of terror attacks around Europe as ISIL sought to strike back at the nations fighting it in Syria and Iraq.

Jordan

Jordan police seize 'arms and explosives' after Karak terror attack

Jordanian authorities say they’ve seized weapons and explosives from a house used to plan terrorist attacks which led to ten people being killed on Sunday.

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Germany

12 year-old boy 'attempts nail bombing' in Ludwigshafen Christmas market, City Hall

A 12 year old German-Iraqi boy in Ludwigshafen, Germany attempts a double nail-bomb attack

Egypt

ISIL claims responsibility for Cairo Cathedral attack

The Islamic militant group ISIL has said it was behind Sunday’s bomb attack (Dec 11) on Cairo’s main Coptic cathedral.

Syria

Paris attacks planners killed in airstrike - US

US airstrikes have killed three key ISIL leaders in Syria, according to the US defence secretary Ash Carter.

World News

11 arrested in France over Nice attack

11 people have been arrested in connection with the investigation into last summer's terrorist attack in the Riviera city of Nice.

United Kingdom

UK to consider banning far-right neo-Nazi group

The UK government will be called upon to make a landmark decision which would ban and label a British neo-Nazi group a terrorist organisation

Turkey

Istanbul stadium attack: Offshoot of Kurdish PKK claims responsibility

An offshoot of the Kurdish militant group the PKK has said it was behind Saturday’s twin bomb attack outside a football stadium in Istanbul.

Turkey

Dozens killed in explosions near Istanbul football stadium

Dozens of people have been killed and more than 160 wounded in two explosions near a football stadium in Istanbul, according to Turkey’s interior minister.

Turkey

Dozens killed in explosions near Istanbul football stadium

Dozens of people have been killed and more than 160 wounded in two explosions near a football stadium in Istanbul, according to Turkey’s interior minister.

Iran

Russia-Taliban ties a 'dangerous new trend'

US and Afghan officials are increasingly worried by ties between Russia and the Taliban, despite a denial from Russia that they are providing aid to the insurgents.

World News

Russia says ISIL leader killed in North Caucasus

Russia says it has killed an ISIL leader in the North Caucasus mountains along with four other militants in a raid on a stronghold near the southern Russian city of Makhachkala, the capital of the Rep

World News

Europol warns of ISIL's evolving terror threat in Europe

Europe's police agency says further attacks are likely in the near future and increased cooperation and vigilance are key to combating the threat.

World News

Jingle Cells - Europol launches an advent calender

Every day from the 1st to the 24th of December, Europe's top crime agency is publishing the photo of a Christmas criminal on the organisation's Facebook and Twitter feeds.

USA

ISIL claims Ohio campus car and knife rampage

Students at Ohio State University remain shaken by Monday’s campus attack (Nov.

Spain

Suspected extremist arrested at Madrid airport

An unnamed man of Palestinian origin was apprehended by Spanish police on suspicion of attempting to join ISIL in Syria.

Spain

Two ISIL suspects arrested in Spain

The pair had been ready to attack in Spain and were very active online, in particular using social networks to radicalise and recruit Islamist militants, according to an Interior Ministry statement.

Albania

Kosovo says it's foiled ISIL attack against Israeli football team

Police in Kosovo say they have arrested 19 people on suspicion of having links with ISIL.