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Defeating ISIL only possible with change of Syrian leader says US President Barack Obama

Countering ISIL and violent terrorism was the title of a gathering of world leaders chaired by US President Barack Obama. It took place on the

Bangladesh

Bangladesh: Italian aid worker shot dead

An Italian aid worker has been shot dead in Bangladesh. 50-year-old Cesare Tavella worked for a Netherlands-based NGO. He was gunned down in Dhaka’s

Afghanistan

Kunduz: Afghan special forces sent to city stormed by the Taliban

Afghan special forces are being deployed to the strategically-important city of Kunduz, where heavy fighting is underway. Taliban forces have seized

Thailand

Thai police reconstruct scene of Bangkok bomb blast

Thai police led two bombing suspects to reconstruct the scene of last month’s blast in Bangkok. Thai police said one of the suspects was the same

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Germany

Berlin raids seek to uncover German links to suspected Islamists

Early-morning police raids have taken place on eight properties in Berlin. A mosque association was among the buildings stormed. German authorities

Turkey

100,000 attend 'anti-terrorism rally' in Istanbul, Turkey

A sea of Turkish flags and 100,000 people gathered in Istanbul on Sunday (Septermber 20) to rally against the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party), the

Iran

Resolving regional issues is the duty and responsibility of regional powers

Netherlands

Rotterdam train suspect held by Dutch police after 'bomb threat'

Police near the Dutch city of Rotterdam have arrested a man who reportedly screamed “I’ve got a bomb” before locking himself in a train toilet

USA

Texan schoolboy Ahmed Mohamed invited to the White House after his arrest over suspicious clock

Ahmed Mohamed is aged 14. His hobbies – inventing stuff. The teenager’s school week has included an invitation to visit the White House. He has also

Egypt

Egypt: Relatives of slain tourists arrive in Cairo

Mexico’s Foreign Minister has arrived in Egpyt. Claudia Ruiz Massieu has travelled to Cairo with the relatives of eight Mexican tourists killed in

World News

Islamic State militants offer prisoners 'for sale'

The Islamic militant group ISIL has published claims in its online magazine Dabiq that it is holding two prisoners – one from Norway and one from

World News

Al Qaeda and Islamic State - a possible reconcilation?

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri has dismissed the self-titled group Islamic State as illegitimate, but says his followers would join them in

Thailand

Bangkok's Erawan Shine restored to public view after bomb blast

The Hindu shrine damaged in last month’s bomb attack in Bangkok has been repaired and restored to public view at a ceremony in the Thai capital. The

United Kingdom

British journalists charged with 'terrorist offences' in Turkey

Two British journalists and their translator have been formally charged by a Turkish court with terrorist offences, in a case that is raising more

Thailand

Arrest warrants issued for two new Bangkok bombing suspects

Police investigating Thailand’s deadliest bombing have issued arrest warrants for two suspects: a 26-year-old Thai woman and a foreign man in his

France

Ministers discuss how to protect Europe's trains from terrorism

How can Europe’s railways be protected from the threat of terrorism? The subject is being discussed in Paris on Saturday by ministers from nine

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia said to hold main suspect in 1996 Khobar Towers bombing

He was on the FBI’s most wanted list of suspected terrorists, and on the run for nearly 20 years. Ahmed al-Mughassil, now 48 years old, has been

Spain

14 suspected ISIL activists arrested in joint Spain-Morocco operation

Spain and Morocco have reportedly arrested fourteen people with suspected links to the group calling itself Islamic State (ISIL). Spain’s interior

France

France opens terror probe into train shooting suspect Ayoub el Khazzani

France has opened an investigation for attempted murder with terrorist intent into suspected Islamist gunman Ayoub el Khazzani, the heavily-armed

World News

Spain and Morocco arrest 14 suspected of recruiting for ISIL

Spain and Morocco have arrested 14 people suspected of recruiting fighters for the ISIL militant group in Syria and Iraq, the Spanish Interior