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Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso attack: 23 dead, of 18 nationalities - correspondent

Burkina Faso’s President Kaboré has condemned the attack on the Splendid Hotel as “cowardly and vile.” With the news of multiple operations taking

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso siege: women among dead attackers, all operations over

Operation at Splendid Hotel and Hotel Yibi both over At least 126 hostages released At least 23 people dead President condemns attack Four suspected

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: siege over, four Islamists killed, 'including two women'

Operations over at both Splendid Hotel and Hotel Yibi At least 126 hostages released At least 23 people dead President condemns attack Four suspected

Burkina Faso

Security forces in Burkina Faso storm hotel to free hostages taken by suspected Islamic militants - reports of 20 dead

Security forces in the West African country of Burkina Faso have launched an assault on a hotel in the capital where a number of hostages were being

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Indonesia

Indonesia beefs up police presence after Jakarta blasts

The president of Indonesia Joko Widodo has ordered more police at hotels, airports, shopping centres across the country after Thursday’s (January 14)

Somalia

Al-Shabaab militants claim to have killed 61 Kenyan soldiers in Somalia

My Europe Series

The forgotten victims of Syria: foreign fighters' mothers speak out

Across Europe families are struggling to come to terms with losing sons and daughters to the war in Syria. Under suspicion as terrorists themselves, until now they have had little support or recogniti

Belgium

Paris attacker said to have contacted lawyer

Paris attacks fugitive Salah Abdeslam, caught here on CCTV after the attacks, is reported to have contacted a lawyer. The story comes from the Belga

Turkey

Turkey kills 200 ISIL fighters, says PM Davutoglu

Turkey’s prime minister said Turkish tanks and artillery have killed almost 200 fighters from the so-called Islamic State, or ISIL. Ahmet Davutoglu

World

ISIL raises its banner in southeast Asia with four local groups pledging loyalty

Indonesia has seen attacks by Islamist militants before, but Thursday’s coordinated assault by a team of suicide bombers and gunmen is unprecedented

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Terror hits Indonesia

Militants launched a gun and bomb assault in the center of the Indonesian capital on Thursday, killing at least six people, police said, in an attack

Indonesia

ISIL claim responsibility for deadly Jakarta gun and bomb attacks

A series of gun and bomb attacks has caused terror in the centre of the Indonesian capital Jakarta, leaving several people dead – including a number

Turkey

Footage emerges of suspected Istanbul suicide bomber

Turkish media on Wednesday (Jan 13) released what they say is footage of the man who blew himself up in the center of Istanbul, killing himself and

Belgium

Paris attack suspects rented homes with cash, say prosecutors

Belgian prosecutors say some of the suspects in November’s Paris attacks rented properties in three cities in Belgium using cash and false documents

Turkey

'Three Russians held' in new Turkish raids after Istanbul bomb

Turkish police have said to have made more than a dozen arrests of suspected ISIL members or sympathisers, in fresh raids around the country

USA

Democrats reflect as Republicans criticise Obama's final State of the Union

The US has been digesting the seventh and final State of the Union Address by President Barack Obama.

USA

Vintage Obama delivers rousing final State of the Union address

US President Barack Obama has defended his record on climate change, the economy and healthcare and made an appeal for more consensus politics in the

Turkey

Turkey on high alert following suicide blast in Istanbul

Turkey is once again reeling from a terror attack with the country put on hight alert as security forces launched a nationwide investigation into

Turkey

Turkey's terrorism attack timeline

Turkey is involved in regional and national conflicts.

Iraq

Dozens dead and wounded in Iraq violence

At least 18 people died and 40 others were wounded on Monday in a suicide bombing and shooting spree at a shopping mall in Baghdad. ISIS militants