Migrants attempting to jump the fence between Morocco and Ceuta, watched by Moroccan police in December 2016.
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Tensions are mounting along the EU’s only land borders with Africa on the Moroccan coast.
At a memorial honouring the victims of the recent Spanish terrorist attacks, a family embraces a Barcelona policeman who helped them during the mayhem.
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Despite the recent terrorist attacks in Spain, the European Union has dramatically improved its counterterrorism efforts. Here’s how.
A makeshift memorial to the victims of the terrorist attack in Barcelona. Police killed five men August 18 believed to have been involved.
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With terrorists striking again in Spain and in Finland, one cannot help but ask – again – why people want to follow the Islamic State. Some new theories are emerging.
A memorial on Las Ramblas following the attack.
EPA/Quique Garcia
A toxic combination of history and social tension makes Spain fertile ground for extremist recruitment.
La Rambla runs right through the centre of Barcelona.
EPA/Armando Babani
The boulevard runs through the heart of the city, drives its tourist economy and acts as a symbol of life in Catalonia.
Spain plays a relatively inconsequential role in the fight against Islamic State.
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The location and targeting of Islamic State’s latest attack, on the Spanish city of Barcelona, deviates from the group’s previous efforts.
At least 16 people have died, and scores more have been injured, in a terror attack on Barcelona’s Las Ramblas strip.
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Barcelona 2017, London 2017, Berlin 2016, Nice 2016. In all of these cases the weapon of choice was a vehicle, driven at speed, into crowds innocently going about their daily business. Barcelona is just…