Paris attacks

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

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 suspect held in France

French police arrests a man in Paris as part of the investigation into the 13 November attacks in the city, sources say.
70,000 Muslim clerics pass ‘fatwa’ against terrorism

Religious leaders emphasize that they don't consider terrorists to be true Muslims.
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.
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.
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.
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.
‘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.
US issues worldwide travel alert for citizens

The US has issued a worldwide travel alert for its citizens in response to "increased terrorist threats".
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.
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.
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.
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.
Terrorist attacks ring out crisis of conscience

The series of coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris last Friday killed 129 people, and some of those wounded remain in critical conditions.
Paris attacks ringleader ‘died in raid’

The suspected ringleader of the Paris attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, has been identified as one of those killed in a raid in Saint Denis, the Paris prosecutor says.
Danger of chemical attack: French PM

French PM Manuel Valls warns that France could face chemical or biological attack from terror groups, as MPs debate extending the state of emergency after the Paris attacks.
'Paris attacks ringleader Abaaoud fate unknown'

The Paris prosecutor has said the fate of the suspected organiser of Friday's attacks remains unknown after a police raid on a flat ended in bloodshed.
PM cancels Malta, France tours

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has cancelled her Malta and France tours considering the overall situation both at home and in Europe.
Raqqa air strikes 'kill IS militants'

Air strikes by France and other nations on the Islamic State (IS) stronghold of Raqqa in Syria since Sunday have killed at least 33 militants, activists say.
Father comforted his son in the most uplifting way after Paris attacks

A French father, his little son and a reporter had a conversation in the wake of the recent Paris attacks and the conversation is going viral after it was shared on Facebook by French TV show Le Petit Journal.
Paris attacks: Police in deadly swoop on apartment in northern suburb

Armed police have raided a flat in the north Paris suburb of Saint Denis in an operation linked to Friday's attacks.
King of Jordan warns of 'world war' against humanity

Jordan's King Abdullah II warned of a "third world war against humanity", describing the Islamic State group as "savage outlaws of religion" in the wake of the Paris attacks.
Paris attacks: Video 'shows ninth attacker'

French security sources say that surveillance video shows a possible ninth assailant during Friday's attacks in which 129 people died.
Hacker collective claims to hit 5,500 IS accounts

The hacker group Anonymous claim to have taken out 5,500 Twitter accounts linked to the Islamic State group, which claimed responsibility for the Paris attacks.