terrorism

France begins trial of 5 women accused in Notre-Dame car bomb plot

Five women went on trial in France in an alleged plot to detonate a car bomb in front of Paris' Notre-Dame cathedral

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Northern Ireland police recover mortar ‘component’ in Castlewellan after day-long operation

Police in Northern Ireland recovered part of a mortar after a day-long search in Castlewellan near the border with Ireland

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Widow of German rapper turned ISIS fighter arrested

German prosecutors said they have arrested the widow of a German rapper turned ISIS fighter, over her alleged membership in the group

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Northern Ireland police believe New IRA planted mortar in Strabane

Northern Ireland police said the dissident Irish republican group known as the New IRA was likely to blame for a mortar in the border town of Strabane

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Dozens killed in IED and gun attacks in northern Burkina Faso

Dozens of people were killed and six injured in IED and gun attacks on vehicles in northern Burkina Faso

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Who carried out the latest suicide bombings in Gaza – and why?

The suicide bombings in Gaza were conducted by Salafi jihadist and ISIS-inspired elements likely motivated by Hamas' perceived ineffectiveness vis-a-vis Israel

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UN chief Guterres warns of ‘continental scale’ terrorism in Africa

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres highlighted the threat of cross-border terrorism in Africa, warning that the ADF is linked to groups across the continent

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ISIS revival in Aden further complicates war in Yemen’s south

After 15 months inactive, Islamic State fighters in Yemen carried out attacks in Aden as government forces and STC separatists fought for control

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Gaza police killed in overnight bomb attacks

Hamas said that two overnight bomb attacks killed three police officers in the Gaza Strip as the Palestinian enclave was placed under a state of alert

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Israeli killed by IED near West Bank settlement

An IED blast killed one Israeli and seriously wounded two of her family members in an attack near a settlement in the West Bank

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