Paris attacks

France to extend state of emergency until July

France seeks to extend the state of emergency that has been in place since the Paris attacks to cover the period of the Euro 2016 football championship and the Tour de France.

Apr 20, 2016, 17:07 PM IST

Brussels suspect Krayem charged over Paris attacks

Swedish national Osama Krayem, charged in connection with the Brussels bombings, has also been charged over the Paris attacks, Belgian media has reported citing prosecutors.

Apr 20, 2016, 03:54 AM IST

UK police arrest five in terrorism inquiry involving France, Belgium

British police said they had arrested five men on suspicion of preparing acts of terrorism as part of an investigation which had involved Belgian and French authorities to address any threat to Britain after the Paris and Brussels attacks.

Apr 15, 2016, 15:54 PM IST

European Parliament approves sharing air passenger data to fight terror

The European Parliament voted Thursday to allow airlines to share passenger information with EU states in a bid to detect jihadists, the culmination of a five-year debate that intensified after the Paris and Brussels attacks.

Apr 14, 2016, 16:43 PM IST

Islamic State hails Brussels suicide bombers

Islamic State published obituaries on Wednesday of the suicide bombers who killed 32 people in Brussels, confirming investigators` suspicions that one of them had also made explosives for November`s Paris attacks.

Apr 13, 2016, 21:44 PM IST

Belgium arrests 3 Paris attacks suspects in new raid

Belgian police arrested three people in a Brussels suburb on Tuesday during a new raid linked to the investigation into the November Paris attacks, federal prosecutors said.

Apr 12, 2016, 19:03 PM IST

Jihadists 'switched attack to Brussels from France' as police closed in

Suicide bombers claimed 32 lives when they blew themselves up at Brussels airport and at a metro station on March 22.

Apr 10, 2016, 16:56 PM IST

Paris attacks suspect Mohamed Abrini arrested, claims Belgian broadcaster VRT

The Belgian federal prosecutor's office said they would provide more details later about the arrests in connection with the Brussels attacks.

Apr 08, 2016, 20:19 PM IST

US designates Paris attacks suspect 'global terrorist'

The US on Tuesday designated a leading suspect in last year's jihadist attacks on Paris, Salah Abdeslam, as a "global terrorist" under American law.

Apr 05, 2016, 21:53 PM IST

Belgium charges third suspect with terrorism over French plot

Two others -- Abderrahmane A. and Rabah M. -- are also being held in Belgium over the same plot.

Apr 02, 2016, 16:04 PM IST

Salah Abdeslam 'chose' not to blow himself up in Paris: Brother

The suspected ringleader of the Paris attacks, Salah Abdeslam, decided not to blow himself up during the wave of killings in the French capital last year, his brother has said.

Apr 02, 2016, 09:50 AM IST

Paris suspect Abdeslam `wants to cooperate` with French authorities: Lawyer

Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam wants to cooperate with French authorities, his lawyer said on Thursday, confirming that his client wanted to be extradited from Belgium to France.

Mar 31, 2016, 14:19 PM IST

Italy arrests Brussels, Paris attacks related suspect

Italian police arrested an Algerian man suspected of being involved in the deadly attacks in Paris and Brussels, the media reported.

Mar 27, 2016, 13:21 PM IST

Italy arrests Algerian suspected of forging papers for Brussels attackers - reports

Italian police have arrested an Algerian suspected of having produced false documents for Islamist militants connected to the recent deadly attacks in Brussels and Paris, Italian media reported on Saturday.

Mar 27, 2016, 08:57 AM IST

Belgium presses manhunt after new plot revealed

Police pressed ahead on Saturday with the search for suspects in Belgium's worst ever terror attack, as a series of raids and arrests revealed more links with the November Paris killings and a new French plot.

Mar 26, 2016, 15:29 PM IST

Ibrahim El Bakraoui was on US watch list before Paris attacks: CNN

Ibrahim El Bakraoui, one of the suicide bombers who struck the Brussels airport, was on a US counterterrorism watch list even before the November Paris attacks, CNN reported Friday, citing a US official.

Mar 26, 2016, 07:09 AM IST

Brussels attacks: Police detains 9, hunts two suspects – what we know so far

Belgian police staged fresh raids late Thursday and Friday, detaining nine people in all, including three linked to the Paris attacks in which 130 people died,

Mar 26, 2016, 01:57 AM IST

Najim Laachraoui confirmed as 2nd Brussels airport bomber, linked to Paris

A statement from the prosecutor's office also linked Laachraoui to November's Paris carnage in which 130 people died, saying his DNA was found on a suicide vest at the Bataclan.

Mar 25, 2016, 21:15 PM IST

Belgium names Brussels bomber brothers, says key suspect on run

Belgium`s chief prosecutor named two brothers on Wednesday as Islamic State suicide bombers who killed at least 31 people in the most deadly attacks in Brussels` history but said another key suspect was on the run.

Mar 24, 2016, 03:25 AM IST

All you need to know about suspects linked to the Paris, Brussels attacks

Following Tuesday`s Islamic State attacks in Brussels, below is a list of the principal suspects and their links to the November 13 Paris attacks:

Mar 23, 2016, 20:43 PM IST