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Charlie Hebdo gunmen were 'false Muslims' says brother of slain policeman
"Islam is a religion of peace and love. As far as my brother's death is concerned it was a waste," the brother of Ahmed Merabet who was killed in Paris last Wednesday, has said.
Cuba has freed all 53 prisoners as agreed in US deal, say US officials
Cuba has released all 53 prisoners it had promised to free, senior U.S. officials said, a major step toward détente with Washington.
France mobilises 10,000 troops after Paris shootings
France will deploy 10,000 soldiers on home soil by Tuesday and post almost 5,000 extra police officers to protect Jewish sites after the killing of 17 people by Islamist militants in Paris last week, officials said.
Evangelical Church of Iceland set to receive £3.3million 'refund' after recession cutbacks
Iceland's minister of the interior has supported a suggestion that the National Church of Iceland should be financially compensated for the cutbacks it faced after the 2008 economic crash.
Agency predicts mass migration of French Jews to Israel following attacks
Israel expects the number of French Jews moving there this year, which was already predicted to rise sharply from 2014â²s record level, to accelerate further after the killings at a Paris kosher grocery, a senior official said on Sunday.
Pakistan: Return to school for Peshawar children brings fresh waves of grief for parents
Children streamed back to school across Pakistan today in an anxious start to a new term following last month's massacre of 134 students at an army-run school in the volatile northwestern city of Peshawar.
Statue of praying soldier to be removed from North Carolina city
The city council of King in North Carolina finally gave up their legal battle to keep a veteran's memorial statue after a four-year dispute triggered by an atheist's complaint.
10-year-old suicide bomber kills 19 in Maiduguri
A bomb strapped to a girl suspected to be about 10 years of age detonated in Maiduguri market Saturday, killing at least 19 people and injuring several others.
World leaders join hundreds of thousands in Paris solidarity march
The Place de la Republique was thronged with people paying tribute to victims of the killings at Charlie Hebdo and the Jewish supermarket.
Lebanon: Tripoli cafe hit by double suicide bomb
Seven people have died in an Alawite area of the city.
Boko Haram strapped explosives to 10-year-old girl, killed 16
Nigerian Islamist militants detonated the bomb in a crowded market place.
Paris killings: suspected accomplice Hayat Boumeddiene may be in Syria
The woman seen posing with her partner and holding a crossbow may have left France before the attacks.
Muslim-raised actor Haaz Sleiman says he has been 'shaped by Jesus'
The actor said it was an "honour" to be playing Jesus in Bill O'Reilly's 'Killing Jesus'
Former CIA chief David Petraeus may face charges over information leak to mistress
America's leading military commander has denied providing classified material to Paula Broadwell.
Bishop Heather Cook to face manslaughter charges
Multiple charges are being filed against Bishop Heather Cook after her SUV killed a cyclist.
Britain to increase security in Jewish areas after Paris killings
The attacks on a kosher supermarket have raised fears for Jews in the UK.