The Islamic State has released a video showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians in Libya.
Police in Copenhagen have shot dead a man they suspect of being behind the two fatal shooting attacks over the last 24 hours in the city.
At least three people have been injured after a gunman opened fire near Copenhagen’s Great Synagogue, the second incident in the city in 12 hours.
As Nigeria’s February 14 elections loom over the horizon with the international arena watching closely, reports emerged on February 2 of yet another attack in northern Nigeria in the city of Gombe, taking place just minutes after President Goodluck Jonathan had left a campaign rally in the area.
A British man who flew to Syria to wage jihad has been sentenced to 12 years in jail.