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Paris: police release five people arrested in Germany

Five people arrested in Germany in connection with last Friday’s attacks in Paris have been released. The arrests were made on Tuesday in the small

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France ask for EU help after Paris attacks

France has used EU law to seek help with military missions from fellow member states. The French government on Tuesday invoked a previously unused

Business Series

ISIS Pharmaceuticals 'may look to change name'

It’s worth over seven billion dollars – a Californian biotech company that makes drugs aimed at treating cancer, heart disease and neurological

Russia

Russia intensifies strikes against ISIL in Syria

Russia has intensified airstrikes against ISIL targets in Syria as President Vladimir Putin vows to hunt down those responsible for blowing up a

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World News

UN urges Europe not to blame refugees for Paris attacks

The United Nations is urging European nations not to reject or blame refugees in the wake of the the Paris attacks by ISIL. #UNHCR Guterres in

Economy

Include developing countries, G20 is urged

Although terrorism shot up the agenda at the G20, the world’s largest economies meeting in Turkey also had to tackle other global challenges such as

France

Joie de Vivre: Terror attacks won't stop Parisians enjoying their city

Paris will never forget the attacks that stunned the world. But as tributes are paid to the 129 people whose lives were cut short, a spirit of

Europe News

Belgium remains on high alert after Paris attacks

Belgium remains on high alert as the manhunt for one Paris terror suspect continued. Police searched a car this morning in the middle of Brussels’s

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French MPs sing La Marseillaise in response to Paris attack

President Francois Hollande said that France’s constitution needed to be amended to better deal with crisis situations as he addressed both houses of

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Parisians united in defiance and grief

After the most deadly attack on European soil since the 2004 Madrid bombings, Parisians were united in their defiance and grief on a third national

France

France calls for aid from the EU to fight Daesh as John Kerry flies into Paris

US Secretary of State John Kerry has flown into Paris to meet with President François Hollande for the first time since the deadly Paris attacks of last Friday. Also on Tuesday, France became the firs

Russia

Putin vows retribution as Russia recognises Sinai plane crash was terror attack

The Kremlin recognised for the first time on Tuesday that a bomb brought down a Russian passenger plane last month over the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt

Russia

Russia recognises Sinai plane crash as 'terrorist act'

The Kremlin recognised for the first time on Tuesday that a bomb brought down a Russian passenger plane last month over the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt

Business Series

Middle East markets feel blowback from Paris and global fears

In this edition of Business Middle East we focus on the recent movements in the oil and stock markets. Due to conflicting global economic figures and

Syria

France intensifies airstrikes against ISIL, calls for "single coalition" to oppose them

The French have continued overnight airstrikes on the so-called Islamic State main base, Raqqa, in Syria. Since the Paris attacks last Friday

World News

'Anonymous' hackers' group declares 'war' on ISIL

The hackers’ collective known as “Anonymous” has apparently responded to the attacks on Paris by declaring war on ISIL in a video posted on YouTube

France

Security operations to continue across France

Security operations are to continue across France as the country comes to terms with last Friday’s attacks in Paris. Police swooped on 168 locations

France

Hollande vows to place security ahead of austerity

French President Francois Hollande says he is determined to destroy ISIL, the extremist group that has admitted killing scores of people in attacks

World

Spies must change tactics to face new 'hybrid war'

President Francois Hollande says France is at war. In swift response to the deadly events in Paris the country has already launched massive

World

"There has been too much tolerance for too long"

Terror attacks on Charlie Hebdo, the Jewish Museum in Brussels, Madrid commuter trains, and now the latest in Paris all have links to one Brussels