Terrorism ruled out in Munich shooting
MUNICH, Feb 21 (Reuters) – Two men were shot dead in the southern German city of Munich on Thursday but there were no indications that...
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Teenager who joined IS group to lose UK citizenship
LONDON, Feb 19 (Reuters) – Shamima Begum, a teenager who left London when she was aged 15 to join Islamic State in Syria, has had...
Factbox: Europeans who joined Islamic State
The fate of foreigners who joined Islamic State has become an increasingly urgent issue as US-backed fighters prepare to capture the militant group’s last stronghold...
Afghan migrants suspected of terrorism links, smuggling
Six Afghan migrants suspected of links to terrorism and people trafficking have been detained in Bosnia since the beginning of the year, the country’s service...
US-backed Syrian forces call for 1,500 coalition troops to stay
By Phil Stewart The commander of U.S.-backed forces in Syria called on Monday for about 1,000 to 1,500 international forces to remain in Syria to...
Four terrorism suspects to appear in Dutch court
Four men suspected of belonging to a terrorist organisation will appear in court on Monday, two days after being arrested in Rotterdam, a prosecution spokesman...
Man charged with supplying gun to Strasbourg shooter
A man suspected of supplying the gun used in the Christmas market shooting that killed five people in Strasbourg has been handed preliminary terror charges,...
Christmas market gunman evades French police
The death toll in an attack on Strasbourg’s Christmas market rose to three on Thursday as police searched through eastern France and manned checkpoints on...
Swedish police arrest terrorist suspect with foreign links
STOCKHOLM, Dec 13 (Reuters) – Swedish security police said on Thursday they had arrested a person suspected of plotting a terrorist crime as well as...
Strasbourg shooting suspect cried out ‘Allahu Akbar’
The man suspected of carrying out a fatal shooting attack in Strasbourg on Tuesday night had cried out “Allahu Akbar” during the attack, said Paris...
US ‘model soldier’ to be sentenced for Islamic State support
A US Army sergeant described by former colleagues as a one-time “model soldier” is due to be sentenced in a Hawaii federal court on Tuesday...
UK security service missed chances to thwart Manchester attack
Britain’s MI5 security service missed potential opportunities to prevent a 2017 suicide bombing at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester that killed 22 people, senior...
Three men found guilty of plotting 2016 attacks on Melbourne
Three men have been found guilty of plotting bomb attacks in the Australian city of Melbourne in 2016, according to a court ruling made public...
French police raid Shi’ite Muslim club in counter-terrorism swoop
French police raided a Shi’ite Muslim faith centre and arrested three of its leaders for illegal weapons possession in pre-dawn swoops on Tuesday that government...
Iraq jails French and German citizens for life for joining IS
An Iraqi court sentenced a French man and a German woman to life in prison on Monday for belonging to Islamic State, forging ahead with the...
Islamist suspect detained in Germany tested ricin on hamster
A Tunisian detained in Germany on suspicion of planning an Islamist-motivated attack produced ricin and tested the lethal toxin on a hamster, prosecutors said on...
Cyprus on ‘White Widow’ terrorist list, says UK paper (Updated)
Police on Monday dismissed as inaccurate reports in the British media that Cyprus could be a possible target for terrorist attacks this summer and said...
Few Islamic State fighters return but home-grown attacks rise
Europeans who went off to fight on behalf of Islamic State have not flooded back in large numbers since losing strongholds in Syria and Iraq,...
Bomb kills up to five during football match in Somalia
A bomb killed up to five spectators at a football match in southern Somalia, police and a lawmaker said on Friday, the first time an...
Several dead after vehicle drives into crowd in Germany (Updated)
A man drove a van into a group of people sitting outside a popular restaurant in the old city centre of Muenster in western Germany...