Nature

Vicious squirrel attacks and injures residents in Welsh town

The animal lashed out at the elderly, children and pets too.

30 December 2021

Germany

German man given life sentence for driving into carnival crowd

No one was killed in the incident, but around 90 people were injured, including 20 who needed hospital treatment.

16 December 2021

Germany

Germany has foiled planned Islamist attack, says security officials

A 20-year-old Moroccan-German suspect was detained by police in August after trying to buy weapons online.

10 December 2021

France

France arrests two suspects planning Christmas knife attack

French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin confirmed the arrests on Twitter.

8 December 2021

Kosovo

Gunman opens fire on bus in Kosovo, killing 3, wounding 1

“There is no reason to believe it was a terrorist act," police said.

27 November 2021

Afghanistan

Several casualties after explosion at a mosque in eastern Afghanistan

Taliban government officials say the explosion was the third recent attack on a Shiite Muslim mosque during Friday prayers.

12 November 2021

France

Three arrested after two police officers stabbed in Cannes

Those detained were close to the suspected assailant, police sources say. The officers were saved thanks to their bulletproof vests.

8 November 2021

Germany

Three people injured in knife attack on train in Germany

Three people have been injured in a knife attack on a train near Nuremberg in Germany on Saturday, local police said.

6 November 2021

Japan

Man in 'Joker costume' attacks passengers on Japan train

A man attacked passengers on a Tokyo commuter train on Sunday, stabbing at least one and starting a fire.

1 November 2021

World

"Freedom of expression at all costs" - Emmanuel Carrère

"The right to blaspheme is part of our tradition" - Author, journalist, film director and columnist of the November 2015 attacks in Paris, Emmanuel Carrère, defends his preference for freedom of expression.

27 October 2021

Ukraine

Man detained after explosives attack on Ukrainian presidential office

Ukrainian police detain man who threw Molotov cocktail at presidential building

22 October 2021

Syria

Roadside bombs hit military bus in Syrian capital, kill 14

Two roadside bombs exploded near a bus carrying military troops in Damascus, killing 14 people and wounding others, Syrian TV reported.

20 October 2021

United Kingdom

Sir David Amess: UK's parliament pays tribute to murdered MP

He died on Friday after being stabbed multiple times during meetings with constituents.

18 October 2021

Norway

Norway attack: Victims weren't killed with a bow and arrow, say police

Five people were murdered in the rampage in Kongsberg near Oslo last Wednesday. At least three others, including an off-duty police officer, were seriously injured.

18 October 2021

Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Dozens dead in suicide attack on Kandahar Shi'ite mosque

IS is suspected of carrying out the attack on the Fatimiya mosque in southern Afghanistan, which comes a week after another deadly attack in the north.

15 October 2021

Norway

Kongsberg attack: Perpetrator banned from communication in custody

Espen Andersen Braathen, a 37-year-old Danish citizen, is being held on five counts of preliminary murder and three counts of preliminary attempted murder.

15 October 2021

United Kingdom

Boris Johnson pays tribute to David Amess after UK MP stabbed to death

A 25-year-old man is in custody and police have launched a murder probe following the death of the 69-year-old Conservative MP from Essex in southeast England.

15 October 2021

Norway

'Grief and despair': Norway mourns after deadly Kongsberg attack

Norway’s domestic security agency, PST, said on Thursday the bow and arrow attack which left five people dead "currently appears to be an act of terrorism".

14 October 2021

Afghanistan

Dozens killed in Afghanistan mosque attack during Friday prayers

The Taliban government's regional official said the attack was committed by a suicide bomber during Friday prayers.

8 October 2021

Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Bomb at Kabul mosque 'kills civilians', Taliban says

A Taliban spokesman said at least five civilians were killed in the bombing which targeted a mosque in the Afghan capital on Sunday.

3 October 2021