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Turkey PM vows to get lawyer’s killers
Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoglu has pledged to bring to justice the killers of leading pro-Kurdish lawyer Tahir Elci.Mr Elci was shot dead in the south-eastern city of Diyarbakir during a battle between police and unidentified gunmen. Two policemen also died.Mr…
Commonwealth urged to support strong climate change plan
Valletta, Malta – France’s president and the secretary general of the United Nations pleaded Friday at the Commonwealth summit for the world to unite and produce an ambitious agreement to combat climate change, with François Hollande saying “man is the…
Colorado shooting kills 3
A shooting at a family planning clinic in Colorado Springs has left two civilians and a police officer dead, with the suspected gunman under arrest.Nine other people were injured during the standoff at the Planned Parenthood clinic, which lasted five…
Russia raiding Turkish firms and sending exports back
Moscow also preventing Turkish tourists from entering Russia, businessmen say, in apparent response to downing of plane. Russian police have been raiding Turkish companies in different regions of Russia and, in some cases, have suspended their operations, two Turkish businessmen…
Facebook wife killer convicted in USA
A Florida man who killed his wife and posted a photo of the body on Facebook has been found guilty of murder.Derek Medina admitted taking the picture on his phone and uploading it onto the social media site.He failed to…
Germany vows to do more against IS
Germany will do more in the fight against Islamic State militants, Chancellor Angela Merkel has said.It was Germany’s “duty to reflect” and to “act quickly”, Mrs Merkel said in Paris, after being urged by President Hollande to commit more resources,…
Russian marine killed in rescue bid
A Russian marine has been killed on a helicopter mission to rescue the crew of a jet downed by Turkey near the Syrian border on Tuesday.He died when his helicopter came under fire from rebels in northern Syria, where the…
Turkey downs Russian warplane near Syria border
Turkey shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border on Tuesday, saying the jet had repeatedly violated its air space, in one of the most serious publicly acknowledged clashes between a NATO member country and Russia for half a…
US State Department issues worldwide travel alert
Washington – The United States issued a worldwide travel alert for Americans amid concerns that terror groups and individuals plan more attacks after the Paris massacres. The State Department warned that groups like ISIS, al-Qaeda and Boko Haram “continue to…
‘Suicide bomb belt’ dumped on street
French police are examining what appears to be a suicide bomb belt dumped on a Paris street, 10 days after the attacks that killed 130 people.It is said to resemble belts used by the attackers and was found in a…
Brussels lockdown: Belgian police arrest 16 in anti-terror raids
Belgian police have made 16 arrests in anti-terror raids, but suspected Paris attacks gunman Salah Abdeslam remains at large, the authorities have said. Some 22 raids were carried out Sunday across Brussels and Charleroi, the federal prosecutor’s spokesman said. Brussels…
Belgian police arrest 16 in anti-terror raids
Several Belgian media outlets are carrying reports that Salah Abdeslam, the suspected Paris gunman on the run from police, was spotted by police in Liege on Sunday but escaped in a black BMW.
Arrests in Belgium anti-terror raids
Belgian police have made 16 arrests in anti-terror raids but suspected Paris attacks gunman Salah Abdeslam remains at large, the authorities have said.A total of 22 raids were carried out on Sunday across Brussels and Charleroi, Belgian prosecutor Eric van…
Myanmar landslide: 90 dead at Kachin jade mine
A landslide at a jade mine has killed at least 90 people in northern Myanmar, witnesses say. The victims were buried when a vast heap of waste material, discarded by the mining companies, collapsed in Kachin state, Burmese media reported.…
Brussels shutdown as manhunt continues
Central Brussels was almost empty on Saturday night as a terror alert led restaurants and bars to shut early amid fears of a Paris-style attack.Soldiers patrolled the streets as a manhunt continued for the fugitive Salah Abdeslam, who was thought…
Europe must wake up to terror threat
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve has said European countries must “wake up” to terror threats, following the attacks in Paris that left 129 people dead.He spoke after it emerged that the suspected Belgian ringleader of the attacks had entered France…
Danger of chemical attack – French PM
French PM Manuel Valls has warned that France could face chemical or biological attack from terror groups, as MPs debate extending the state of emergency after the Paris attacks.
French seek to identify raid bodies
French experts are working to establish whether the suspected ringleader of the Paris attacks was among those killed in a police raid on a flat on Wednesday.Police said Abdelhamid Abaaoud was the target when officers stormed the flat in the…
Turkey: We warned France twice about Paris attacker
Official tells Al Jazeera that Turkey informed Paris about suspect twice in the past year, but did not hear back. A senior Turkish official says Ankara shared information with France about one of the Paris attackers twice over the past…
Paris attackers ‘psychopathic monsters’: Kerry
US Secretary of State John Kerry has described Islamic State (IS) militants as “psychopathic monsters” following Friday’s deadly attacks in Paris.Mr Kerry, in Paris for talks with President Hollande, said the US stood “shoulder to shoulder” with France.Mr Hollande says…
Hollande calls for grand coalition to defeat ISIL
French president wants to extend state of emergency and vows to escalate the air campaign in Syria. French President Francois Hollande has called for a global coalition to eradicate the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group following…
France bombs Islamic State compounds in Syria, hunts attacker
France launched “massive” air strikes on the Islamic State group’s de-facto capital in Syria Sunday night, destroying a jihadi training camp and a munitions dump in the city of Raqqa, where Iraqi intelligence officials say the attacks on Paris were…
France launches air strikes in Syria
French warplanes pounded Islamic State positions in Syria on Sunday as police in Europe widened their investigations into coordinated attacks in Paris that killed more than 130 people.Islamic State has claimed responsibility for Friday’s suicide bombings and shootings, which have…
Paris attacks: Police seek ‘dangerous’ Abdeslam Salah
French police have issued a photograph of a man wanted in connection with Friday’s deadly attacks in Paris. The man, named as Belgian-born Abdeslam Salah, 26, is described as dangerous. Seven attackers, including two who lived in Belgium, died during…
France vows ‘merciless’ response
An angry President Francois Hollande on Saturday promised a “merciless” response to a wave of attacks by gunmen and bombers that killed more than 150 people across Paris, describing the assault claimed by Islamic State as an act of war…
Paris attacks: Omar Ismail Mostefai identified as assailant
One of the attackers who killed 129 people in Paris has been identified by French investigators. French citizen Omar Ismail Mostefai was named by local media and a French parliamentarian. The 29-year-old had a criminal record and was known to…
Paris attacks killing 128 ‘acts of war,’ President Hollande
The near-simultaneous attacks in Paris that killed at least 128 people were an “act of war” organised by the Islamic State (IS) militant group, French President Francois Hollande says. He said the attacks, carried out by eight gunmen and suicide…
Paris attacks kill more than 100
France has declared a national state of emergency and has closed its borders after at least 120 people were killed in gun and bomb attacks in Paris.Some 80 people are reported to have died at the Bataclan concert hall in…
Myanmar election: Suu Kyi’s NLD wins landslide victory
The National League for Democracy has won a landslide victory in Myanmar’s historic election, say vote officials. With more than 80% of seats declared, Aung San Suu Kyi’s party has more than the two-thirds it needs to choose the president,…