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BREAKING: Decision comes after armed man takes at least five hostage at Jewish grocery in capital's east.

Terror group Boko Haram intensifies attacks in a bit to expand Islamic caliphate.

EXCLUSIVE: French police name suspects in killing of policewoman and attack on Jewish supermarket.

Government cabinet minister steps in to axe absentee worker.

IBT's Raqqa expert talks us through the horrific penal code with which IS subjugates local population.

Greece's forthcoming elections may lead to a positive change but one person doesn't believe this will happen anytime soon.

BREAKING: The gunman is believed to be the same man who killed a policewoman in Montrouge.

Anonymous declares cyberwar on jihadist websites following Charlie Hebdo massacre.

One of fugitive brothers suspected of Charlie Hebdo attack reportedly met al-Qaeda.

The radical imam has another chance of appealing against his life sentence before the district judge in Manhattan.

French anti-terrorist police have surrounded Dammartin-en-Goele, a small industrial town.

Chilling account of salesman who mistook shooting suspect for police and narrowly avoided being taken hostage.

Liberal blogger to receive up to 50 lashes in Jeddah outside the Al-Juffali mosque for advocating free speech.

Indonesian authorities deploy divers to confirm whether pings came from flight data recorders.

One man has died as millions clamour to touch the Jesus of the Black Nazarene statue in Manila.

US Assistant Secretary of State Roberta Jacobson will travel to Havana on Jan. 21-22 for talks on migration and normalisation, the State Department said on Thursday (January 08).

Two men corresponding to the description of the fugitive gunmen Cherif and Said Kouachi stole a car in Montagny Sainte-Félicité in the Oise region this morning, security sources said.

Islamic State group laud gunmen in audio bulletin, according to a monitoring group.

President offers condolences over Hebdo massacre during visit to French embassy in Washington.

Investigators reveal Paris attacker Said Kouachi travelled to Yemen in 2011 to train with al-Qaeda.

Kit, developed by DPZ researchers, works without electricity, cold chain or lab equipment.

Mahinda Rajapaksa, credited with crushing Tamil Tiger rebels, fails in bid for third term.

Classmates of Hamyd Mourad, who handed himself in to police, claim he was in class at the time the Charlie Hebdo attack occurred.

A dozen people protested outside the venue, with placards stating 'Rape is no joke.'

Brunei's Religious Affairs Ministry claims that Muslims celebrating non-Islamic rituals could 'unknowingly damage' their faith.

The Pope is due to arrive in the Philippines on 15 January.

Reports Baga town totally destroyed after Boko Haram militants sets it ablaze.

Suspected terrorist who murdered 12 at Charlie Hebdo offices had connection to Benyettou.

Syrian refugees are facing a desperate situation after a snowstorm struck the region.