One of the terrorists involved in slitting the throat of a priest in Normandy was wearing an electronic surveillance tag at the time of the attack.

Ireland’s Catholic primate Archbishop Eamon Martin joined in the voicing of global shock as he offered prayers to those affected by the terrorist murder of an 86-year-old priest at his church in France.

A man who stabbed a police commander and police administrator to death at their home in a Paris suburb pledged loyalty to the leader of the Islamic State (IS) group and had a list of other targets, including rappers, journalists, police officers, and public officials, the Paris prosecutor said.

A Frenchman suspected of killing two police officers declared his allegiance to Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and threatened to kill non-believers, according to Paris prosecutor Francois Molins.

The only suspected participant in the November 13 Paris attacks to be captured alive has been co-operating with police investigators and is “worth his weight in gold”, his lawyer said.

As investigators hunt for leads in Europe’s worst terror attack in a decade, the Paris prosecutor laid out how three teams of assailants managed to kill at least 129 people in and around one of the world’s most heavily policed capitals.

French officials have identified one of the Paris terror attackers as seven people were detained in Belgium linked to the atrocities.

Paris prosecutor Francois Molins has said three teams seem to have co-ordinated the attacks, and those that targeted the Bataclan concert hall, where 89 people died, mentioned Syria and Iraq.

Suspected Islamist gunman Ayoub el Khazzani has been formally charged with attempted murder with terrorist intent.

Terror probe launched as France on red alert for further attacks.

A man who beheaded his boss, pinned the head on a fence, and tried to blow up an industrial gas plant will be investigated on terrorism charges, the chief public prosecutor in France said, dismissing the suspect’s claim that his act was not motivated by connections with Islamist militants.

French security forces will get better weapons and protection to fight terror and the country will hire 2,600 new counter-terrorism officers, the prime minister has announced.

Four men with ties to one of the gunmen responsible for three days of terror in Paris are the first to be charged in connection with the attacks that left 20 people dead, including three attackers, the chief Paris prosecutor has said.

French detectives are continuing to search for fugitives suspected to have been involved in the Paris massacres, as details of how police foiled the terrorists’ operations have begun to unfold.

Four people who died in an attack against a Paris kosher grocery were killed when the assailant entered the store – not when police tried to rescue them.

One suspect sought in the deadly shooting at a French satirical paper has turned himself in, as police hunt for two heavily armed men with possible links to al-Qaida.

Police were hunting a lone gunman on the loose in Paris yesterday after he opened fire with a shotgun at the offices of a left-wing newspaper and a major bank before hijacking a car to take him to the Champs-Elysees avenue.

The Islamic extremist who tried to murder a French soldier in public has confessed to the crime, prosecutors say.

Police have found bomb-making materials in a car park near Paris as part of an investigation into an "extremely dangerous terrorist cell" linked to an attack on a kosher grocery.

French police have discovered bomb-making material in a car park linked to the weekend arrests of a dozen terror suspects, the state prosecutor said today.

A group of Islamic radicals have been charged with planning to kidnap a French judge.

A group of Islamic radicals have been charged with planning to kidnap a French judge.

Inspired by radical Islam and trained in Afghanistan, the gunman methodically killed French schoolchildren, a rabbi and paratroopers and faced down hundreds of police for 32 hours.

A 23-year-old gunman who said al-Qaida inspired him to kill seven people died in a hail of bullets as he scrambled out of a ground-floor window during a gun battle with police commandos.

The gunman who claimed responsibility for a radical Islam-inspired killing spree was shot in the head by police, officials say.

Riot police set off explosions outside an apartment building in an effort to force the surrender of a gunman who boasted of bringing France “to its knees” with an al-Qaida-linked terror spree that killed seven people.

As Mohammed Merah’s stand-off with French police came to a climax late last night, French television released a picture of the gunman wanted for shooting seven people.

The gunman wanted for shooting seven people dead plans to turn himself in to French police surrounding him at night “to be more discreet,” the Interior Minister says.

Police raided the French school gunman’s home as he was poised to carry out another series of shootings, a prosecutor said.

King Juan Carlos of Spain successfully underwent lung surgery to remove a small benign growth today, doctors said.

Six French charity workers sentenced to eight years’ forced labour in Chad for trying to kidnap 103 children were behind bars today, shortly after arriving back in France.

Police detained 14 people yesterday after a second night of rioting that broke out in a working-class Paris suburb following the deaths of two youths who were electrocuted while trying to evade police, officials said.

Brothers Ed and Dominick Joyce both chalked up half-centuries to steer ICC hosts Ireland to their first-ever World Cup with victory over Denmark at Bangor.

Middlesex’s Ed Joyce hit his second century of the ICC Trophy to snatch Ireland a last-gasp victory at Stormont.

Ireland’s dream of qualifying for their first World Cup moved a step closer to becoming a reality when they defeated Uganda at a blustery Conber.

Hosts Ireland began their quest for a first ever World Cup spot with a comfortable win against Bermuda at Stormont.

Scotland skipper Craig Wright threw the gauntlet down to his batsmen after they seized control to set up a thrilling finale in their Inter Continental Cup qualifier against Ireland in Clontarf.

IRELAND coasted to a five-wicket victory against a gutsy Scottish outfit to keep their dreams of being crowned European champions alive.

IRISH Cricket Captain Jason Molins wants to take on England in an annual one-day game.

IRELAND’S captain and top scorer, Jason Molins, hopes their shock five-wicket victory over Surrey in the C&G Trophy second round game at Castle Avenue in Dublin yesterday might persuade the powers-that-be to include his side in the National League.