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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.

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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.

Iraq

ISIL textbooks found in reclaimed Iraqi schools

As Iraqi government forces push closer into territory once held by ISIL, the full extent of the group’s two year rule is becoming clear.

Germany

Germany bans Salafist 'True Religion' group as police swoop on nationwide network

German police have mounted nationwide raids on Salafist militants TWR 'True Religion' as organisation is banned.

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Victims of Paris terror attacks remembered

One year ago, France suffered its worst-ever terrorist attack on home soil.

France

Balloons released in memory of Paris terror attack victims

Commemorations have been held across sites in the French capital on the anniversary of the city's November attacks.

France

Bloody November night: French president honours the victims of Paris attacks

One year on from the Paris attacks

France

A year on: Paris terror attack survivors tell their stories

Parisians who came through the horror as gunmen went on the rampage in the name of political Islam, recall the events of November 2015 and the year since.

France

Minute's silence at Stade de France in memory of Paris attacks

A minute’s silence has been held ahead of France’s World Cup qualifying match against Sweden – marking the first anniversary of the Paris attacks.

Afghanistan

Taliban admits suicide blast at German consulate in Afghanistan

The Taliban says it carried out a suicide bomb attack on the German consulate in Afghanistan.

World News

Grenade thrown at French embassy in Athens

Anti-terror officers are investigating a suspected grenade attack on a security post outside the French embassy in central Athens.

Germany

German police arrest suspected ISIL top man in the country

ISIL's suspected leader in Germany is arrested along with four suspected recruiters in co-ordinated operation in the north and west of the country.

Nigeria

Abducted Chibok schoolgirl found with baby boy

The Nigerian military says one of the Chibok schoolgirls who was abducted by Boko Haram militants two and a half years ago has been found with a ten-month-old…