Terrorism

A soldier patrols outside a Brussels shopping center Saturday, after the government put the city on its highest terror alert. All metro train stations in the city are now closed.

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'Concrete Information' Of Terror Attack Puts Brussels On High Alert

8:04am November 21, 2015

by Bill Chappell

With Brussels now at a Level 4 terror alert, the city has been declared to face a "serious and imminent" threat. Large public events are now being limited, and the city's metro system is closed.

A woman lights a candle at the Place de la Republique in Paris on Friday, marking a week since the terrorist attacks.

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The French Are 'Charlie Hebdo': Reflecting On Life In Paris 1 Week Later

6:03pm November 20, 2015

by Robert Siegel

NPR's Robert Siegel first visited Paris 49 years ago. It's a city he loves. When terrorists hit last Friday, his first instinct was to get there. He reflects on life in Paris a week after the attacks.

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Paris Death Toll Continues To Climb

12:37pm November 20, 2015

by Amy Held

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls says one more person has died, bringing the number of victims from the attacks to 130.

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Resettlement Agency Raises Concern After Refugee Bill Passes House

5:36pm November 19, 2015

by Sean Bueter

The vote in the U.S. House of Representatives Thursday that increases security checks on some refugees is raising some protest here in the Triad.

People gather to look at a burnt car following a bomb explosion that rocked a roundabout near the crowded Monday Market in Maiduguri, Nigeria, on July 1, 2014. The city has been repeatedly hit by Boko Haram terrorists. A recent report found that in 2014,

New Report Says Boko Haram World's Deadliest Terrorist Organization In 2014

2:21pm November 18, 2015

by Camila Domonoske

The Global Terrorism Index for 2014 found that Boko Haram and ISIS were jointly responsible for 51 percent of deaths from terrorism.

Parents walk their children to school on Monday near one of the venues attacked in Paris.

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French Parents Try To Explain The Inexplicable To Their Kids

7:09pm November 17, 2015

by Eleanor Beardsley

French kids are asking about the attacks, and parents and teachers are trying their best to guide them through events that have rattled the entire country.

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A woman in Nairobi attends a concert in honor of the victims of the terrorist attack that took 147 lives at Garissa University College in April.

Why Didn't The World Say 'We Are All Kenyans' Last April?

4:40pm November 17, 2015

by Marc Silver

Evans Wadongo of Kenya believes that the world pays more heed to terrorist victims in Europe than in Africa, but he hopes attitudes can change.

People weep as they gather Monday at the Place de la Republique to observe a minute of silence in memory of the victims of the Paris terror attacks.

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Amid Mourning, Life In Paris Goes On

7:35pm November 16, 2015

by Robert Siegel

NPR's Robert Siegel hears from Parisians in the aftermath of Friday's attack. A Moroccan-born baker kept his shop open even after bullets hit: "Bread, even during wartime, must always be made."

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After Violence Overseas, Wake Forest Holds Vigil For Peace

5:06pm November 16, 2015

by Sean Bueter

As cities and countries around the world mourn the recent violence in Paris and Beirut, Wake Forest University held its own vigil Monday to reflect on the violence – and on healing.

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Joji Sakurai sitting at a cafe in France in 2012.

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The Paris Attacks In My Vibrant, Multicultural Neighborhood

3:28pm November 16, 2015

by Joji Sakurai

The author reflects on the Paris neighborhood he knew growing up in the 1980s, a place he prized for its diversity, including a sizable Muslim community.