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Slovakia

EU lays groundwork for a coherent, collective and speedy defence strategy

France and Germany have laid the groundwork for a European defence plan at an informal meeting of defence ministers in Bratislava.

Switzerland

Swiss vote to beef up government surveillance powers

Voters in Switzerland have approved a draft law to beef up surveillance powers in the alpine country.

World News

'Dead' Boko Haram leader appears alive in new video

The disputed leader of the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram has resurfaced in a new video after the army claimed he had been fatally wounded in an airstrike.

Germany

Germany: teenage refugee arrested over possible ISIL ties

Police in Germany say they have arrested a 16-year-old Syrian refugee in Cologne on suspicion of having links to ISIL.

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USA

New York bomb suspect is formally charged

US prosecutors have formally charged Ahmad Rahami, the suspect who was arrested after weekend bombings in New York and New Jersey in which 29 people were…

USA

Clinton and Trump clash over terrorism after bombings

The attacks in New York and New Jersey look set to dominate the presidential debate and both candidates quickly clashed in their reactions to events.

USA

Police knew Manhattan bomber as a "noisy neighbour" due to local complaints

Neighbours and acquaintances of the Manhattan bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami have described him as a familiar resident of their community who helped in the family-run chicken…

USA

New York bomb attacks suspect captured after gun battle

Police in the US have arrested a man in connection with the weekend bomb attacks in New York and New Jersey after he was injured in a gun battle.

France

France pledges more resources to combat terrorism

French President François Hollande has announced additional resources to support victims and combat terrorism.

USA

New Yorkers say it's "business as usual" following Manhattan blast

All New York blast victims released from hospital * Reports of arrests denied by FBI * As the investigation and media attention goes on around them, New Yorkers who have endured the…

USA

NY blast: search for the bomber

Investigators are sifting through blast remnants and video footage at the scene of an explosion in New York that injured 29 people.

Vatican

Pope Francis declares murdered French priest a 'martyr'

Pope Francis has described a priest who was killed by two Islamist extremists as a martyr.

Germany

'ISIL trio' from Syria arrested in Germany

The German government said three young Syrian men arrested in the north of Germany were members of so-called Islamic State (ISIL).

Germany

Three Syrians with suspected ISIL links arrested after German police raids

Three Syrian nationals suspected of being on an ISIL mission are arrested by German police

Syria

Assad vows to recover all of Syria from 'terrorist groups'

Hours before a US-Russian ceasefire deal was due to take effect, the Syrian president said the Syrian state was determined to recover all areas from terrorist…

France

Schoolboy arrested in Paris on suspicion of planning 'imminent' attack

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested in Paris on suspicion of preparing what’s described as an imminent “violent action.

USA

15 years after 9/11: the US remembers

New York, Washington and Pennsylvania have fallen silent to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the US.

France

Woman charged over foiled Paris terror plot

French prosecutors have charged one of four women arrested over a foiled terror attack near Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.

France

Foiled Paris attack suspect 'engaged' to Normandy priest killer

One of three women arrested over a foiled attack in Paris had been “promised as a bride” to two men behind attacks on police officers and a priest earlier this year, the Paris prosecutor said on Frida

Iraq

Al Qaeda 15 years after 9/11

Fifteen years on from the 9/11 attacks and more than five years after the death of Osama bin Laden what has happened to Al Qaeda?