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France's most wanted woman has fled to Syria - reports

Saturday, 10 January 2015, 18:03 Last update: about 13 years ago

Hayat Boumeddiene has reportedly fled to Syria. The wife of terrorist Amedi Coulibaly took a flight from Madrid to Instanbul yesterday accompanied by a man whose brother was known to French...

Four victims of Paris kosher shop attack named

Saturday, 10 January 2015, 16:20 Last update: about 13 years ago

The four victims of the terror attack on a kosher shop in Paris on Friday were all Jews, according to CRIF, an umbrella group of French Jewish communities, which also identified them today. The...

French forces search for ex-girlfriend of hostage siege gunman

Saturday, 10 January 2015, 13:42 Last update: about 13 years ago

After three days of bloodshed that has left 17 people dead, French security forces are desperately searching for the former partner of one of the three Islamist gunmen killed by police. Hayat...

Cyprus Airways stops flying after EU ruling

Friday, 9 January 2015, 21:07 Last update: about 13 years ago

Cyprus today announced an immediate halt to flights by its national carrier after EU regulators ordered Nicosia to recover illegal state aid granted to the holiday island's ailing airline. Cyprus...

Glance at AirAsia search nearly 2 weeks after crash

Friday, 9 January 2015, 10:00 Last update: about 13 years ago

An AirAsia jetliner crashed into the Java Sea on Dec. 28, killing all 162 crew and passengers on board the two-hour flight from Surabaya, Indonesia to Singapore. A massive international search team...

THE END: Paris double siege is OVER

Friday, 9 January 2015, 09:55 Last update: about 13 years ago

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve says an operation is underway to detain two brothers suspected in the newsroom massacre at a satirical weekly. The operation unfolded Friday in...

Europe's nightmare: Terror threats both large and small

Friday, 9 January 2015, 09:41 Last update: about 13 years ago

The military-style attack in Paris has made clear that Europe faces an evolving, ever-more complex terror threat no longer dominated by a few big players. It's not just al-Qaida, or Islamic...

Israeli stabbed in Jerusalem's Old City; stabber escapes

Thursday, 8 January 2015, 19:27 Last update: about 13 years ago

A Jewish man was stabbed this evening outside the Damascus Gate of Jerusalem's Old City. The stabber fled the scene and police are still searching for him. Initial reports said the victim was in...

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