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What do terror attacks do to financial markets?

Despite the carnage from the Paris terrorist attacks, world financial markets have been relatively resilient in the face of political change.

Security forces in Paris shoot-out

One suspected terrorist was shot dead, another died when her suicide vest detonated, and four police were wounded in the battle which began about 4.30am.

France draws on its strength

France launched fresh air strikes against Syria yesterday, as a defiant Paris reopened for business.

France steps up response

France's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier will be deployed to the eastern Mediterranean to boost operations in Syria.

Debunking myths on the attacks

Misinformation is common online. But after a major international tragedy, internet rumours only become more frequent and more damaging.

Officials connect Paris assailants to 'guru'

On the night of January 2, Belgian authorities closing in on a terror cell in the town of Verviers intercepted a telling piece of intelligence.

Paris: Who is suspected ringleader?

The ringleader of the Paris terrorist attacks has been named by as Abdelhamid Abaaoud, a Belgian national already suspected of planning previous attacks.

Iraqis say they issued warning

In an indication that Isis retains a capacity to strike after the Paris attacks, Iraqi intelligence said there were 24 people involved in the French operation.

'We thought about the people we loved'

A woman who survived the massacre inside the Bataclan Theatre in Paris by pretending to be dead says she whispered "I love you" to everyone she knew.

'It could have been my friends'

French nationals in New Zealand have been left "upset and angry and sad" after the terror attacks in Paris. It could have been my friends," said one.

Cartoon: The world can only weep

Herald on Sunday editorial: Massacre calls for a decisive response

The co-ordinated acts of murder on this scale are unprecedented and the night of Nov 13, 2015 will toll just as significantly in the years to come.

Why was France hit again?

The Paris attacks have outraged the world. But, sadly, they will not have surprised French authorities.

Hollande vows to stand united

President Francois Hollande says France will be "merciless" against those behind the deadliest attacks in the country in decades.

'Mum...there's terrorists in the building'

The chilling words a Kiwi artist heard her daughter shout down the phone, as the pair desperately tried to find each other through the chaos unfolding.

'I thought of September 11'

Daniel Psenny first thought the shots he heard came from the cop movie playing on his television. Soon after, he realised they came from the Bataclan concert hall.