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One of three ‘Jihadi brides’ schoolgirls who left East London in February of 2015 to join Islamic State (IS) has died in the war zone, her family’s lawyer has revealed.

An Islamic State-inspired terrorist who attempted to behead a musician in a London train station has been sentenced to life imprisonment.

The hardline branch of the Corsican separatist movement FLNC is warning any Islamic extremists on the French Mediterranean island that it will respond “without hesitation” to any attacks in Corsica.

The French government will today confirm the creating of a new civilian National Guard to help protect citizens and the nation from Islamist terror attacks.

After a week of Islamist attack by migrants and ‘refugees’, the German Chancellor has admitted terrorists used her open door policy to bring in people to commit violence, but refused to reverse her approach.

Merkel returns to Berlin to hold a news conference at 12 p.m. (1100 GMT) after a spate of attacks since July 18 left 15 people dead – including four attackers – and dozens injured.

German police on Wednesday arrested a 19-year-old Algerian refugee who had fled a psychiatric facility earlier in the day yelling, “I’ll blow you up,” ending the latest in a string of incidents that have set the country’s nerves on edge.

Spain is enjoying a surge in tourism in part as fears over terrorism drive travellers away from destinations in North Africa and Turkey.

Paris (AFP) – Seven suspected jihadists, including the brother of one of the suicide bombers in last November’s Paris attacks, went on trial in Paris on Monday. The men, now aged between 24 and 27, travelled to Syria at the

British music festivals, sporting venues and nightclubs are on “high alert” for potential Islamic State (IS) suicide attacks, a senior anti-terror police officer has revealed. Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu pointed out that the Paris attackers had photographed

(AFP) – A sixth man was charged Friday in connection to Australia’s so-called “tinnie terror” case in which a group of young men allegedly hoped to travel overseas on a small boat to join jihadists. Australian Federal Police said a

(AFP) – An 18-year-old man was arrested in Sydney on Tuesday over an alleged “imminent” terror plot, as police raided properties in Melbourne in a separate counter-terrorism operation, officials said. Australian Federal Police claimed the teenager was scouting possible sites

A vote by Britain to quit the European Union (EU) could reignite the vicious, historical conflict in Northern Ireland after years of peace, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier claimed Thursday. The minister argued that the only reason for peace in the

(AFP) – The Tunisian government said Thursday that 37 suspects, including several jihadists linked to the Islamic State group, had been arrested in the security operations carried out the previous day. Two “dangerous and wanted terrorists” were killed during the

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian police have detained five men suspected of planning to sail a small boat from the far north to Indonesia and the Philippines en route to joining Islamic State in Syria, officials said on Wednesday. The men

(AFP) – France is launching the final countdown to the European Championship finals where the star appeal of Cristiano Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic risks being overshadowed by fears of a terrorist attack. Troops and extra police have been patrolling the

A Christian group has warned that people opposing gay marriage could be criminalised as the government moves to redefine “non-violent Extremism” in a forthcoming bill. The new counter extremism bill, to be presented in the Queens speech on May 18th, is said

(AFP) – A Copenhagen art exhibit planning to portray two of the Brussels suicide bombers and one of the Paris Bataclan attackers as “martyrs” has been reported to police for encouraging terrorism. In an exhibit partly inspired by Tehran’s Martyrs’

Two teenage Islamists have been detained in west Germany, after admitting to bombing a Sikh temple, stoking religious and ethnic tensions. “The accused have clear links to the terrorist scene”, said Frank Richter, the police chief of Essen near Dusseldorf, where

(AFP) – A US Army captain in Iraq helped crack a plot to bomb a Danish school after gleaning crucial details from documents recovered from extremists, the Pentagon said Wednesday. Army Captain Bradley Grimm, who is based at Al-Asad airbase

PARIS (Reuters) – France plans to extend the state of emergency in place since November’s attacks on Paris for a further two months to ensure security at the Euro 2016 football tournament, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Wednesday. “Faced

(AFP) – The first time jihadi recruiters approached 16-year-old Yacine outside his mosque in a rundown Paris suburb, they got right to the point. “We started talking about Syria right off the bat,” he said, recounting how they talked about

(AFP) – Dutch military police were Wednesday investigating a major security alert triggered overnight at Amsterdam’s busy international airport, with one man still in custody. Dozens of heavily-armed military police had swooped on Schiphol airport, evacuating hundreds of people late

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgian police ended a search of an apartment complex in the central Brussels district of Etterbeek on Saturday without making arrests after having evacuated the building’s residents, a Reuters journalist at the scene said. The building, which

SYDNEY, April 8 (Reuters) – Australia, a staunch ally of the United States and its battle against Islamist militants in Iraq and Syria, said on Friday it would strip dual nationals convicted of terror-related crimes of citizenship. French President Francois

(AFP) – Belgian investigators are struggling to build a clear picture of the jihadist team that bombed Brussels airport and metro, releasing the only suspect charged over the attacks claimed by the Islamic State group. As links between cells in

The first man charged with the Islamic State (IS) Brussels terror attacks is a migrant rights activist and ‘freelance journalist’ who lived next door to headquarters of the European Union (EU). Faycal Cheffou is thought to be the “man in the hat”

An Islamic State (IS)-linked terror plot to execute soldiers, police officers and/or civilians in “drive-by” shootings on the streets of London has been uncovered. Two terrorists, who were convicted at the Old Bailey yesterday, were in the later stages of planning

Islamists and Islamic State (IS) sympathisers have been celebrating the massacre in Brussels today, starting a sick Arabic #Belgiumonfire (#بروكسل_تحت_النار) hashtag, similar to the #Parisonfire trend which appeared after the Paris attacks. “Strike terror in the heart of Kufar [infidel]… we

Three explosions ripped through the Belgian capital this morning. Shots were fired and shouting was heard in Arabic in Brussels Airport before the first two attacks. A third explosion, minutes from the European Union offices, rocked Maelbeen metro station. At least 21

BRUSSELS (AP) — After a bullet in the leg ended his four-month flight from the law, Salah Abdeslam started a legal fight Saturday against his extradition from Belgium to France, where the president and the families of 130 victims want

German institutions in the Turkish capital, Ankara, are on complete lockdown over fears of an “imminent” terrorist attack. The closure of the German embassy and a school comes on the very day European Union (EU) leaders meet in Brussels to agree

PARIS (Reuters) – French anti-terrorism police arrested a small group with Islamist militant ties on Wednesday, suspecting one of them they may have been planning an attack in Paris, France’s interior minister said. “We have information about one person that

Counter terror specialists have been called in after Islamic State (IS) material was found in raids on premises linked to men arrested in connection with last month’s death of a Manchester-based Imam. Imam Jalal Uddin (pictured), a respected elderly gentleman from Rochdale, near Manchester,

(AFP) – Two French teenagers suspected of trying to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State group returned home Sunday night, two days after they went missing, officials said. Israe, 15, and 16-year-old Louisa disappeared from their school in

(AFP) – Spanish police said Thursday they have seized about 20,000 military uniforms, “enough to equip an entire army”, which were destined for jihadist groups operating in Syria and Iraq. The uniforms were found in three shipping containers seized in