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Added on the 07/01/2015 21:09:03 - Copyright : Reuters - Next Media
Aleksander Skarlatos, one of three Americans who helped foil a terrorist attack on board a French high-speed Thalys train in 2015, says he does not consider himself a "hero". He has just testified in Paris at the court where a 31-year-old jihadist, Moroccan Ayoub El Khazzani, is being tried along with three co-defendants. El Khazzani was wrestled to the floor of the Brussels to Paris train by Skarlatos and three other men after he had opened fire. IMAGES
A man claiming allegiance to the Islamic State group killed a French policeman and his partner, say investigators, in what authorities blast as an "appalling terrorist act." IMAGES of scene
Images from the residence in Mormant, a small town located 60 kilometres southeast of Paris, where a man with a psychiatric history stabbed to death his partner and their two young children, then injured two people in the street before being arrested. IMAGES
Druze women gather to mourn by the coffins of loved ones after a rocket hit Majdal Shams village in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights. Israel's military said Hezbollah fired the rocket from Lebanon, hitting a football pitch in the Druze town and killing the youngsters, who were between 10 and 20 years old. Hezbollah has denied responsibility for the attack. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.