Paris attacks

Football and entertainment, not politics: FA adopts new policy to light Wembley arch

England’s Wembley Stadium will light its arch only for football and entertainment events only under a new policy approved by the country’s Football Association board.

Abdeslam slapped with terror charges over Paris attacks

A French court charges Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam over his role in the November 2015 carnage that left 130 dead, just hours after his extradition from Belgium.

Belgium extradites Paris attack suspect Salah Abdeslam

Belgium extradites Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam to face trial in France.

Belgium presses manhunt after new plot revealed

Police presses ahead with the search for suspects in Belgium's worst ever terror attack, as a series of raids and arrests reveal more links with the November Paris killings and a new French plot.

Paris attacks suspect ‘will not fight extradition’

Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam has changed his mind and will not fight extradition from Belgium to France, his lawyer says.

Paris attacks suspect's 'hideout found' in Brussels

Belgian prosecutors believe to have found a Brussels apartment where one of the Paris jihadists have been hiding after the 13 November attacks.

Interview: How perilous is the threat to Muslims in the US

Since the deadly Paris attacks and San Bernadino shootings, a widespread backlash against Muslims in US has been reported.To understand the narratives around Islam and Muslims in US, Raza Rumi speaks to Dr Akbar S. Ahmed, who is the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University.

'Terror attack' foiled in France

French police have foiled a terror attack on police and army personnel in the region of Orleans, the interior minister has said.

Paris attacks: French police arrest suspect

French police arrests a man in Paris as part of the investigation into the 13 November attacks in the city, sources say.

December 9, 2015
December 9, 2015

Paris attacks: Bataclan third attacker 'identified'

French police have identified the third attacker who blew himself up at the Bataclan during the Paris attacks, French media report.

December 6, 2015
December 6, 2015

France votes in first election since Paris attacks

France is set to vote in the first round of regional elections, the first electoral challenge since the Paris attacks, which killed 130 people.

November 30, 2015
November 30, 2015

Obama lays rose for Paris victims

US President Barack Obama has visited the scene of the Bataclan theatre attack in Paris, after arriving in the city for the UN climate change summit.

November 25, 2015
November 25, 2015

PARIS ATTACKS: Massive intelligence and security failure?

What if about a hundred of them came with a similar mission? If we analyse the nature of the attacks and their near-perfect execution, we are inclined to believe that the level of preparedness of the French intelligence and police on the ground has been dismal.

November 24, 2015
November 24, 2015

‘Suicide belt’ dumped on Paris street

French police are examining what appears to be a suicide bomb belt dumped on a Paris street, 10 days after the attacks that killed 130 people.

November 24, 2015
November 24, 2015

US issues worldwide travel alert for citizens

The US has issued a worldwide travel alert for its citizens in response to "increased terrorist threats".

November 24, 2015
November 24, 2015

US air strike 'hits 238 IS oil trucks'

A US air strike has destroyed more than 238 fuel trucks controlled by Islamic State (IS) militants in north-east Syria, the US military has said.

November 23, 2015
November 23, 2015

Belgian police arrest 16 in anti-terror raids

Belgian police have made 16 arrests in anti-terror raids but suspected Paris attacks gunman Salah Abdeslam remains at large, the authorities have said.

November 21, 2015
November 21, 2015

Hotel attacks: Mali declares 10-day state of emergency

Gun-toting jihadists took more than 100 people hostage for around nine hours at a top hotel in Mali's capital Bamako on Friday, in an attack claimed by an al-Qaeda affiliate that left at least 27 people dead.

November 20, 2015
November 20, 2015

28 “terrorists” shot dead in China

Chinese police kill 28 members of a "terrorist group" in the mainly Muslim Xinjiang region, in the bloodiest such operation in months and as Beijing denounces Western "double standards" in the wake of the Paris attacks.