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BURKINA FASO-NIGERIA FRIENDLY CANCELLED OVER UK VISAS
Seven Burkina Faso players failed to secure UK entry visas, forcing Monday's football match in London to be cancelled... READ MORE›
SOLDIERS KILLED IN MALI ATTACK AS VIOLENCE SURGES
Eleven soldiers have been killed and five wounded in an attack on a military base in Mali as rival armed groups surrounded the city of Timbuktu... READ MORE›
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FRANCE SHUTS DOWN THREE MOSQUES IN STATE OF EMERGENCY CRACKDOWN
Interior Minister Bernard Cazaneuve said on Twitter that a large police contingent dissolved one mosque in Lagny-sur- Marne, a suburb in eastern Paris, Wednesday morning... READ MORE›
GERMANY AXE ATTACK: ASSAULT ON TRAIN IN WUERZBURG
A teenage Afghan refugee attacks passengers on a train in Germany with an axe and a knife, wounding four, before being shot dead by police... READ MORE›
POLICE SWEEP BRUSSELS IN HUNT FOR PARIS ATTACK SUSPECTS
VERVIERS, Belgium -- Black smudges and faded traces of gunfire on a red brick rowhouse here in eastern Belgium mark the death foretold of Abdelhamid Abaaoud... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 27 KILLED IN MALI HOTEL SIEGE; 2 GUNMEN DEAD
BAMAKO, Mali -- Malian security forces, aided by U.S... READ MORE›
THE MYSTERY OF FRANCE'S MOST-WANTED MAN
Adding to the mystery about Abdeslam's alleged role was an audio and video message from ISIS issued the morning after the attacks... READ MORE›
BURKINA FASO SECURITY FORCES ATTACK HOTEL
Burkina faso security forces attack hostage-takers at hotel... READ MORE›
BURKINA FASO HOTEL ATTACK: 18 NATIONALITIES AMONG DEAD
Burkina Faso's president, Roch Marc Christian Kabore, said two of the attackers had been identified as women... READ MORE›
MAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER AFTER MACHETE ATTACK NEAR EATON CENTRE
A man has been charged with attempted murder following what police say was an unprovoked machete attack on another man near Toronto's Eaton Centre... READ MORE›
MUNICH POLICE WARN OF IMMINENT TERROR THREAT
Separately, Belgian police arrested a 10th suspect over the 13 November attacks in Paris, in which 130 people were killed... READ MORE›
AFRICA LEADERS IN BURKINA FOR TALKS
Under Burkina Faso's constitution, the head of the National Assembly should take office if the president resigns... READ MORE›
AFGHAN REFUGEE 'HAD IS FLAG IN ROOM'
The 17-year-old injured four people from Hong Kong, two critically, in the attack in Wuerzburg on Monday evening... READ MORE›
B.C. COUPLE BRUTALLY MAULED BY 2 DOGS IN THEIR HOME
Fort St. John couple brutally mauled by 2 dogs in their home... READ MORE›
BRUSSELS IS IN LOCK DOWN FOR A SECOND DAY
Brussels is in lock down for a third day as police hunt for suspects over Paris attacks... READ MORE›
GUNMEN STAGE DEADLY SIEGE ON BURKINA FASO HOTEL
Andrew Lebovich, a specialist on political and security issues in the region, said the attack in Burkina Faso showed an evolution in the group's tactical ability... READ MORE›
ISIS MILITANTS SEIZE OPPORTUNITY IN LIBYAS TURMOIL
Khalifa Hifter, describes itself as fighting to rescue Libya from Islamic extremists, including the Islamic State fighters... READ MORE›
DR CONGO TO EXPEL AFRICAN ACTIVISTS
DR Congo Seeks Democracy The Democratic Republic of Congo says it will deport four pro-democracy activists from Senegal and Burkina Faso arrested on Sunday... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 27 DEAD AFTER ISLAMIST GUNMEN STORM RADISSON BLU HOTEL IN BAMAKO
Mali security forces have reportedly evacuated 12 hostages from the hotel, according to Mali government authorities... READ MORE›
MILITARY IN BURKINA FASO CONFIRMS COUP
While Burkina Faso has largely been spared from extremist violence, a Romanian national was abducted in April, and a Mali-based jihadi group claimed responsibility... READ MORE›
MILITARY UNITS IN BURKINA FASO STAND READY TO QUELL COUP
Burkina Faso, then known as Upper Volta, was a French colony until 1960... READ MORE›
BELGIAN SOLDIERS AND POLICE 'HELD ORGY' DURING BRUSSELS LOCKDOWN
At least three of the nine men suspected of carrying out the attacks were based in Brussels... READ MORE›
LEADING ROLE FOR FRANCE AS AFRICA BATTLES BACK
NDJAMENA, Chad -- Deep in the Sahara, late at night, a Reaper drone silently tracked a six-vehicle convoy crossing the desert into Niger from Libya... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIAN SURGEON AND HIS WIFE KIDNAPPED IN BURKINA FASO
An Australian couple have nbsp been kidnapped by Islamic extremists in west Africa, a spokesman for the Burkina Faso government has confirmed. nbsp... READ MORE›
AL QAEDA CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR IVORY COAST HOTEL SHOOTING IN WHICH 16 'INCLUDING FOUR EUROPEANS' KILLED AT RESORT
At around 6.30pm local time, an army officer in Grand Bassam said two attackers were encircled by special forces... READ MORE›
GUNMEN KILL 16 IN MASSACRE AT IVORY COAST RESORT
Six armed gunmen attacked the Ivory Coast beach resort town ofA Grand-Bassam... READ MORE›
PARIS TEACHER STABBED BY MAN INVOKING ISLAMIC STATE
A schoolteacher in a Paris suburb was stabbed Monday by a man who invoked the Islamic State, French police said... READ MORE›
THIRD BODY IS FOUND IN RUBBLE OF POLICE RAID NEAR PARIS
Mr. Attou and Mr. Amri, who were detained on Tuesday, are accused of driving Mr. Abdeslam to Brussels after the attacks... READ MORE›
PARIS TEACHER WHO SAID ISIS SUPPORTER ATTACKED HIM 'INVENTED STORY'
Monday's false claim even prompted a visit to the school in Aubervilliers by the education minister, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, who vowed to boost security at France's schools... READ MORE›
SPURRED BY DEFIANCE AND NECESSITY LIFE GOES ON IN MALI AFTER ATTACK
The spectacular attack here in Mali's capital killed 19 people as well as the two gunmen... READ MORE›
'CATASTROPHIC COLLISION OF EVENTS' AND A STRAY BULLET KILLED YUKON WOMAN IN GRIZZLY ATTACK
Liniger hopes people will become more aware of how to respond to different kinds of bear attacks... READ MORE›
BELGIUM EXTENDS TOP THREAT ALERT FOR BRUSSELS TO MONDAY
Fugitive suspected militant Salah Abdeslam, Brahim's 26-year-old brother, slipped back home to Brussels from Paris shortly after the attacks... READ MORE›