Twin explosions in a busy market in central Baghdad on Saturday killed over 27 people and injured dozens more.

Rome (Italy) - A new aftershock struck central Italy on Tuesday morning, two days after the strongest earthquake in decades shook the region.

From the sky the damage to Castelluccio di Norcia is clear: a fire service video reveals that many buildings in have been reduced to rubble. The hilltop village lies close to the epicentre of Italy’s strongest earthquake for over 35 years.

French police briefly warned the public to avoid central Paris following a terror alert before declaring the incident over moments later.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was in Paris to meet the French President to swap notes ahead of the Bratislava summit of EU leaders, minus Britain on Friday.

A court in Britain has jailed the country’s best-known radical Muslim cleric for five and a half years for urging support of ISIL .

It is back to school in France and, this time, with heightened security.

French authorities have arrested seven people on terrorism-related offences this month, at least three of whom allegedly had specific projects planned. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve made the announcement during a meeting with his German counterpart in Paris.

It is a measure that has not been seen since the end of the Cold War. People in Germany are set to be told to stockpile food and water, in case there is an attack or catastrophe in the country.

Turkey’s president has accused followers of US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen of being involved in the latest bombings to hit the country.