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Pakistani diplomat summoned to MoE over attacks on Sikhs

A senior Pakistani diplomat was summoned to the Ministry of External Affairs on June 26 and told that Islamabad should ensure safety of the Sikhs who have several pilgrimage centres on Pakistani territory. This came a day after Manmohan Singh, a Sikh resident of Peshawar was killed on June 25.

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Netherlands and Belgium join international probe into crimes against Yazidis in Syria and Iraq

The European Union’s judicial cooperation agency says the Netherlands and Belgium have joined an international investigation into atrocities committed against the Yazidi minority in Syria and Iraq

The Independent UK

German woman jailed for nine years for enslaving Yazidi woman

Woman, known only as Nadine K, was also jailed for aiding and abetting war crimes as a member of ISIL.

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German jailed for keeping Yazidi woman as a slave

A German woman has been convicted of keeping a Yazidi woman as a slave during her time with the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria.

The New Daily

Ugandans bury more victims of horrific school massacre

KAMPALA: Grief-stricken Ugandans were on Monday burying more victims of last week's horrific school attack in the remote west of the country blamed on a notorious militia based in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.

Bangkok Post

Austria foils pride parade attack: interior ministry

VIENNA - Austrian police have arrested three youngsters, including a 14-year-old, for allegedly planning an attack at Vienna's pride parade, which drew hundreds of thousands of people, officials said Sunday.

Bangkok Post

Families of missing Syrians urge UN to create institution for the 'disappeared'

Three Syrians whose family members were forcibly disappeared during the civil war were at the United Nations this week to lobby for the creation of an Independent Institution on Missing Persons in the Syrian Arab Republic. The UN General Assembly is expected to vote on a resolution calling for the…

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In a first, India and Pakistan special envoys participate in Western talks with Taliban in Norway

Taliban representatives met with Indian and Pakistani special envoys and officials amongst a number of international diplomats this week, in an effort by the Norwegian Government to break the impasse in talks on the sidelines of a peace conference in Oslo.

The Hindu

‘The people don’t want us’: inside a camp for Iraqis returned from Syrian detention

Exclusive: As Iraq steps up transfers from al-Hawl, interviews with returnees raise questions over a process mired in complexities

The Guardian - UK

Interview: Why the Islamic State group is 'returning to its roots' in the Syrian desert

Some of the remaining members of the Islamic State organisation – those who escaped death or imprisonment after losing their territory in 2019 – have made their way to Badia, a vast desert in the centre of Syria. The IS group carries out frequent attacks on the nomadic Bedouins who…

France 24

US military says helicopter accident in northeastern Syria left 22 American troops injured

The United States military says a helicopter accidents in northeastern Syria over the weekend has left 22 U.S. service members injured to various degree

The Independent UK

Vanessa Kirby, Stanley Tucci and Gillian Anderson back campaign to repatriate UK families detained in Syria

British children are exposed to violence and trafficking, advocates say

Evening Standard

Iraq urges countries to repatriate their citizens from camp housing families of extremist IS group

Iraq is urging countries that have citizens in a sprawling camp in northeast Syria housing tens of thousands of mostly women and children linked to the Islamic State group to repatriate their nationals

The Independent UK

Syria's Kurds to try IS fighters after their home countries refused to repatriate them

The Kurdish-led authority in northeast Syria says hundreds of fighters with the Islamic State group held in prisons around the region will be put on trial after their home countries refused to repatriate them

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Trinidad and Tobago: From the Caribbean to the caliphate

The twin island state of Trinidad and Tobago lies between the South American coast of Venezuela and the West Indies. Home to roughly 1.5 million inhabitants of African and Indian descent, the tiny Caribbean nation has one of the world’s highest volunteer rates for the Islamic State (IS) group. Between…

The Hindu

‘2018’: The real, heart-warming Kerala story and a monotone of hatred, falsities in contrast

‘2018’ might not belong to the league of cinematically brilliant films, but thematically it stresses people’s unity in times of a catastrophe amid vast social divisions; in sharp contrast, ‘The Kerala Story’ is a shocking demonisation of Kerala and Muslims and exists to spread fear among people

The Guardian - UK

London terror plot accused watched IS videos, court told

Al Arfat Hassan, who is on trial with 16-year-old, used ‘cupcakes’ as code word for bomb, jury hears

ABC News

How Australian cyber spies used 'Rickrolling' to disrupt Islamic State militants in Iraq

Defeating Islamic State militants required disabling their significant cyber capabilities — and pop star Rick Astley unwittingly played a hand in doing so.

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Students in tier 2 and tier 3 engineering colleges struggle for placements

While students at top engineering colleges in the city often bag plump packages after their graduation, students in tier 2 and tier 3 colleges are finding it difficult to secure decent placements this year amid recession, and layoffs at MNC companies. Apart from that, students in from branches other than…

The Guardian - UK

Terror-plotting Essex teenager jailed for life after mother reports him

Matthew King, 19, wanted to travel to Syria to join IS and filmed potential targets outside army barracks

Daily Mirror

Teen who plotted terror attack jailed for life after mum reported him to police

Matthew King expressed a desire to "torture, mutilate and kill military personnel" and it was alleged he carried out surveillance on police stations and British Army barracks

The Independent UK

Restoration lags for Syria's famed Roman ruins at Palmyra and other war-battered historic sites

At the height of the Islamic State group's rampage across Syria, the world watched in horror as the militants blew up an iconic arch and temple in the country’s famed Roman ruins in Palmyra

The New Daily

Seven Islamic State financiers arrested in German raids

Seven people have been arrested for helping finance the Islamic State extremist group's activities in Syria, prosecutors said.

The Independent UK

Teenagers from Islamic State families undergo rehabilitation in Syria, but future still uncertain

Kurdish officials in northeast Syria have expanded a program to rehabilitate boys from the families of Islamic State group militants

The Independent UK

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