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Defence pleas on behalf of Laurel and Hardy, the terrorists who lost their way

On Wednesday, the special criminal court trying Paris attacks suspects got into the red zone, with final presentations from the defence lawyers representing Muhammad Usman and Adel Haddadi. They are would-be terrorists who admit they were part of the Islamic State machine in Syria, and who returned to Europe as…

Radio France Internationale

A U.S.-led military raid in Syria captures a senior IS leader

The coalition did not name the person but identified him as one of the top leaders of the extremist group's Syria branch.

WEKU

French military captures Islamic State group leader in Mali

The French military on Wednesday said it had captured a top-ranking member of the Sahel affiliate of the Islamic State group.

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Study: Facebook fails to catch East Africa extremist content

A new study has found that Facebook failed to catch Islamic State group and al-Shabab extremist content in posts aimed at East Africa as the region remains under threat from violent attacks and Kenya prepares to vote in a closely contested national election

The Independent UK

Defence lawyers launch last, crucial phase of November 2015 terror trial

After ten days of heart-rending reminders of horror from the legal teams representing the victims, followed by last week's demands for punishment from the prosecution, on Monday the Paris attacks trial moved into a different emotional realm with the first of the closing statements from those defending the 14 accused.

Radio France Internationale

Prosecutors want life for surviving Paris attacks member

French prosecutors have laid out their sentencing demands in the historic Paris trial of 20 men suspected of critical roles in France’s worst peacetime attack

The Independent UK

Prosecutors seek life sentence for chief suspect in 2015 Paris attacks trial

French prosecutors on Friday laid out their demands for sentences in the historic Paris trial of 20 men suspected of critical roles in France’s worst peacetime attacks, the Islamic State (IS) group killing of 130 people on November 13, 2015.

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Prosecution tag team puts stranglehold on hopes of 'second-rank' accused

At the Paris attacks trial, the three co-prosecutors continued their summary of the evidence they believe is more than sufficient to see each of the accused suffer the harshest penalties permitted by law.

Radio France Internationale

NIA searches 9 places in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry over IS links of five

CHENNAI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday carried out searches at nine locations in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry as part of the investigation following the arrest of five men with alleged Islamic State (IS) links in Mayiladuthurai in February.

The Times of India

Three days to explain why a man deserves life in prison

The November 2015 Paris attacks trial took another crucial step towards judgement on Wednesday with the beginning of the final presentation of the case by the prosecution. On Friday, the three co-prosecutors will demand the sentences they believe each of the accused deserves.

Radio France Internationale

Man posted propaganda video to Instagram after Liverpool Women's terror attack

Azizi is said to have shared an Islamic State propaganda video the day after the bomb blast at Liverpool Women's Hospital

Liverpool Echo

Syria army should use air defences against Turkish invasion, U.S.-backed SDF says

The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces would coordinate with Syrian government troops to fend off any Turkish invasion of the north, the SDF commander told Reuters on Sunday, saying Damascus should use its air defence systems against Turkish planes.

Reuters

What Is behind Turkey’s Syria Incursion Threats?

In northern Syria, residents are bracing for a new fight. With the world’s attention focused on the war in Ukraine, Turkey's leader says he’s planning a major military operation to push back Syrian Kurdish fighters and create a long sought-after buffer zone in the border area. Tensions are high.

Asharq Al-Awsat

EXPLAINER: What is behind Turkey's Syria incursion threats?

Residents in northern Syria are bracing for a new fight since Turkey's president threatened a major military operation to push back Syrian Kurdish fighters and create a long sought-after buffer zone in the border area

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UN: Taliban faces threat from Islamic State, new resistance

U.N. experts say Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers are maintaining close ties with al-Qaida as they consolidate control over the country, and their main military threat is coming from the Islamic State extremist group and guerrilla-style attacks by former Afghan government security personnel

The Conversation

Islamic State: how western European states are failing to protect 28,000 children born to foreign fighters

The Irish national and former soldier, Lisa Smith, has been found guilty by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, of joining Islamic State (IS). Smith left Dundalk in 2015, bound for Syria. On her return to Ireland in 2019 she was charged with membership of an unlawful terrorist group and…

The Independent UK

Ex-Irish soldier guilty of being Isis member

Lisa Smith was earlier found not guilty of a separate charge of funding terrorism

The Independent UK

Ex-Defence Forces soldier found guilty of membership of so-called Islamic State

Lisa Smith, 40, was acquitted of a separate charge of financing terrorism.

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Blasts in Kabul mosque, north Afghanistan, kill at least 14

A series of explosions has shaken Afghanistan, including a blast inside a mosque in the capital of Kabul that killed at least five people and three bombings of minivans in the country’s north that killed nine passengers

France 24

Islamic State group ‘trying to control’ Mali-Niger border with series of attacks

The Islamic State (IS) group appears to be stepping up attacks close to the border between Mali and Niger, with sources suggesting that the jihadists are trying to seize control of the border itself. FRANCE 24’s terrorism expert Wassim Nasr explains.

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Militant attacks hurt Pakistan relations with Afghan Taliban

Pakistan is taking a tougher line to pressure Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to crack down on militants hiding on their soil who have stepped up attacks in Pakistan

The Times of India

Karnataka HC denies bail to alleged IS handler

BENGALURU: The high court denied bail to a member of Al-Hind group, who allegedly had contact with a handler of terrorist organisation IS.

The Hindu

HC grants bail to one, declines to another accused in IS Bengaluru module case

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Driver's cannabis use 'principal reason' for Midland crash that killed three people

A driver found to have high levels of THC in his system "overreacted" to solar panels flying through the air, crashing and killing himself, his 15-year-old daughter and his aunt, a coroner finds.

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