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Belgium

Trial of alleged extremist cell opens in Belgium

Seven stand trial on charges including attempted murder and organising or belonging to a terrorist cell in Verviers.

Turkey

Journalists freed in Syria return home to Spain

Three Spanish freelance journalists who were kidnapped in Syria last July have returned home on Sunday after being released. On Saturday it was

Bangladesh

Sufi Muslim leader is hacked to death in Bangladesh

A Sufi Muslim leader has been hacked to death in Bangladesh in what may be another attack by Islamist militants there. The remains of Mohammad

West Bank

Israeli authorities discuss a halt on returning attackers' bodies

Israeli authorities are discussing whether or not to continue handing back the bodies of people killed while carrying out attacks on soldiers

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Spain

Spain arrests four men allegedly behind on-line Islamist Radicalisation plot

Spanish police have arrested four people on the outskirts of Madrid on accusations of promoting Islamist militancy via social media, according to the Interior Ministry.

Iraq

Shi'ite pilgrims killed in triple Baghdad bomb blasts

Three bombs have been detonated around the Iraqi capital Baghdad killing as many as 25 people and wounding scores.

Belgium

Long queues form at Brussels Airport

Departures re-opened yesterday after the March 22 attacks and security is tight

Belgium

Brussels airport departure hall reopens after terror attacks

Brussels Airport departure hall partially reopened to passengers on Sunday, less than six weeks after ISIL suicide bombers struck there. “Brussels is

My Europe Series

Europe Weekly: Abdeslam extradited to France

In this edition of Europe Weekly: Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam is extradited from Belgium to France; the Maelbeek metro station reopens; the

USA

Brother of San Bernardino killer arrested on marriage fraud charges

Syed Raheel Farook could face five years in jail if convicted

France

Paris attacks suspect Abdelslam at high-security Paris prison

Key suspect in the Paris Attacks, Salah Abdelslam, has spent his first night at Europe’s biggest prison. He will be kept in solitary confinement at

Turkey

Turkey detains 15 suspects over Bursa suicide bombing

A dozen people were injured on Wednesday when a female suicide bomber blew herself up near the northwestern city's main mosque.

Belgium

Belgian monarch visits Maelbeek

King Philippe of the Belgians travels on the metro one month after the Brussels attacks

World News

Turkey: female suicide bomber wounds 13 in Bursa

A female suicide bomber has blown herself up wounding 13 people in the Turkish city of Bursa. The attack was near the Grand Mosque and happened

France

Suspected Paris attacker Salah Abdeslam investigated for terrorist offences

Suspected Paris attacker Salah Abdeslam has been placed under formal investigation on charges of belonging to a terrorist organisation, murder

France

Saleh Abdeslam's lawyers prepare for their client's trial in France

He was once Europe’s most wanted fugitive, now he is in solitary confinement in a maximum security prison in the Paris region. Saleh Abdeslam the

Belgium

Belgium extradites Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam to France

Belgian authorities have extradited the Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam to France.

France

Extradited Paris attack suspect Salah Abdeslam appears before French judges

Paris attack suspect Salah Abdeslam has appeared before judges in the French capital after being extradited from Belgium earlier today.

Focus

The UN's Alliance of Civilisations calls for hate speech crackdown

Two thousand five hundred heads of state and government officials, religious leaders and civil society representatives from 120 countries have

Armenia

Disgruntled family man blamed for deadly bus attack

A man at odds with his family is believed to be behind Monday’s deadly attack on a passenger bus in the Armenian capital Yerevan.. Two people were