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NYC Memorial Museum marks 15 years since 9/11

New York City's 9/11 Memorial Museum marks the 15th anniversary of the attacks on the Twin Towers with a new exhibition of art inspired by the event.

France

Paris attack suspect pledges allegiance to ISIL - investigators

Sources close to the inquiry say the young woman, who was arrested along with two others, is the daughter of the owner of the vehicle found packed with gas canisters near Notre Dame cathedral.

France

Hollande: strong words on democracy in the face of terrorism

French president François Hollande has spoken in Paris on the theme of democracy in the face of terrorism.

France

Paris terror suspect Salah Abdeslam still silent in new court appearance

One of the suspects in the Paris terror attacks last November has again refused to speak when he appeared before a judge for the third time.

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France

Paris terror suspect Salah Abdeslam remains silent again before judge

One of the suspects in the Paris terror attacks last November has been taken from prison to appear before a judge in the French capital – only to remain silent again, according to his…

France

Car containing gas cylinders found in Paris belonged to man on terror watchlist

A car, whose owner is on an intelligence services watchlist of people suspected of religious radicalisation, was discovered near Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris on Saturday night with seven gas cylinder

United Kingdom

Britain jails radical Muslim cleric Anjem Choudary

A court in Britain has jailed the country’s best-known radical Muslim cleric for five and a half years for urging support of ISIL .

Pakistan

Many dead and injured in Pakistan bombings

The Islamist group behind the Easter Day attack on Christians Lahore says it carried out the attacks.

World News

ISIL spokesperson killed in Syria, group announces

One of ISIL’s most prominent leaders has been killed in Syria, according to the group’s Aamaq news agency.

Somalia

Somalia: at least 22 dead in car bomb explosion near presidential palace

A car bomb has exploded near the presidential palace in Mogadishu, Somalia, killing at least 22 soldiers and civilians, officials say.

Bangladesh

Bangladesh police kill terror attack plotter in shootout

Bangladeshi police say they have killed three militants – including the alleged plotter of a terror attack which left 22 people dead last month.

Somalia

Al-Shabaab kill ten in Mogadishu restaurant attack

Al-Shabaab militants have killed ten people in a car bomb attack in Somalia.

Afghanistan

Several students are among the dead after an attack on a Kabul university

An attack on the American University in the Afghan capital, Kabul has ended with 13 people dead including seven students.

Afghanistan

At least one student confirmed dead in gun attack on American University in Kabul

Mohammad Saleem Rasouly, the head of Kabul’s hospitals, has confirmed one student has died and at least 14 have been wounded in an ongoing attack on the American University of…

Afghanistan

Gunmen attack Kabul's American University of Afghanistan

Explosions and gunfire have been heard on the campus of the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul with a government official saying several gunmen have launched an attack.

Iraq

Iraqi forces inch closer to ISIL-held Mosul

Iraqi forces meet resistance in an operation to re-take the town of Qayyarah as they move ever closer towards the ISIL stronghold of Mosul

Turkey

Ankara vows to 'completely cleanse' ISIL militants from border region

A victim of a wedding party attack has been laid to rest, as Turkey vows to “completely cleanse” ISIL militants from its border region.

France

France destroy's ISIL weapons storage facility in Raqqa

France has carried out airstrikes against an ISIL target in the Syrian city of Raqqa.

Turkey

Turkey's Erdogan blames Gulen supporters over latest bombings

Turkey’s president has accused followers of US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen of being involved in the latest bombings to hit the country.

Syria

ISIL tactics on exporting terror abroad

Since the restoration of the caliphate on June 29, 2014 under the rule of the self-proclaimed caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi the so-called Islamic state called on foreign jihadists to take their terror c