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Turkey

Turkey arrests 47 alleged IS members over Istanbul church attack

The Interior Ministry said police raided 30 locations and arrested 47 people as part of the investigation into the attack.

Israel

Israel: One dead and 18 injured in suspected car-ramming attack

At least one woman in her 70s has died and dozens were injured in a ramming and stabbing attack in the Israeli city of Ra'naana, to the north of Tel Aviv, on Monday.

World News

Is the Islamic State still a threat to Europe?

Fears of potential terrorist attacks in Europe were rife during the holiday period. But are these worries well founded?

France

France commemorates Charlie Hebdo attacks anniversary

French officials gathered in Paris this weekend to pay respects for the 12 people who died in the Charlie Hebdo attacks nine years ago.

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Ukraine

Russia batters Ukraine after deadly border city attack

Moscow hit Ukraine with what was described as the biggest aerial bombardment of the war on Friday.

Belgium

Brussels police kill suspect in shooting deaths of Sweden fans

The suspect was shot at a cafe in the Brussels neighbourhood of Schaerbeek, where a residential property had been searched overnight.

Europe News

State of the Union: Israel-Hamas conflict dominates the EU agenda

Europe spent the majority of the week dealing with the fallout from the Israel-Hamas conflict after the militant group launched an attack against its sworn enemy.

Uganda

Grieving families bury their dead after Uganda school attack

Officials say at least 41 people were massacred and half a dozen kidnapped in the worst attack of its kind in Uganda since 2010.

World News

Somalia: Nine killed after extremist attack on Mogadishu hotel

Police in Somalia say nine people, including three soldiers, were killed in Friday night’s extremist attack on a beachside hotel in the capital, Mogadishu.

Mali

At least 10 people killed near airport in central Mali

At least 10 people killed near airport and military base in central Mali

World News

Italian tourist killed amid worsening Israel, West Bank violence

At least three people were killed and five injured in separate attacks on Friday, as tensions soared from days of fighting at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site.

Belgium

Seventh commemoration of 2016 Brussels attacks adds 33rd victim's name

Seventh commemoration of 2016 Brussels attacks adds 33rd victim's name after Shanti De Corte was euthanised last year.

Israel

Shooting in Tel Aviv after three Palestinians killed in West Bank

Three people were injured in a shooting in Tel Aviv after an Israeli military raid killed three Palestinian in the occupied West Bank.

United Kingdom

'MI5 could have prevented Manchester Arena attack' says investigation

A public enquiry concludes that MI5 could have possibly prevented the Manchester Arena attacks in 2017 after failing to discuss the suspect between them.

Israel

Israel seals family home of Palestinian shooter

Israeli authorities have sealed off the family home of a 21-year-old Palestinian who killed seven people, a move that critics denounce as collective punishment.

Israel

Palestinian boy shot and injured two Israeli men

A Palestinian boy, aged 13, shot and injured an Israeli man and his adult son in East Jerusalem. The boy was shot and disarmed by bystanders and taken to hospital in handcuffs.

Spain

At least one dead in southern Spanish city machete attack

Spanish police are investigating a suspect who killed a church caretaker with a machete in the city of Algerciras.

France

Eight people convicted over roles in 2016 Nice truck attack

The defendants were handed prison sentences ranging from two to eighteen years.

Belgium

Ten men go on trial over deadly 2016 Brussels terror attacks

The suspects are accused of being members of the terror cell that carried out the worst peacetime attack in Belgian history.

Belgium

Belgium stabbing suspect was on extremist watchlist

Belgian authorities said the suspect in the fatal stabbing of one police officer had been on a counterterrorism list of potential extremists.