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Lafarge on trial in Paris over alleged payments to Islamic State in Syria

In what is shaping up to be a landmark case in France, the multinational cement giant Lafarge, along with several former senior executives are set to go on trial on Tuesday, accused of paying off jihadist groups – including the so-called Islamic State – to keep a Syrian cement plant…

Radio France Internationale

Hybrid war or holy war: Do IS and Russia share the same playbook?

The so-called Islamic State group and Russia use similar tactics: propaganda, disinformation, and targeted recruitment of vulnerable groups. Hybrid warfare today, terrorism back then – methods designed to destabilise societies.

Euronews

Why the Trump administration’s comparison of antifa to violent terrorist groups doesn’t track

When Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem compared antifa to the transnational criminal group MS-13, Hamas and the Islamic State group in October 2025, she equated a nonhierarchical, loosely organized movement of antifascist activists with some of the world’s most violent and organized militant groups.

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Richard Ayoade among authors in running to have pig named after book

The comedian is tipped for the Wodehouse prize for comic fiction alongside Outnumbered co-writer Guy Jenkin and Sandi Toksvig

The Guardian - UK

Iraq says some US military personnel will stay due to Islamic State threat in Syria

Washington and Baghdad agreed last year to wind down a US-led coalition fighting IS in Iraq by this September, with US forces departing some bases where they have been stationed.

Euronews

Iraq says some US military advisers will stay due to IS threat in Syria

Iraq’s prime minister says a small group of U.S. military advisers will stay in the country to coordinate with U.S. forces in neighboring Syria against the Islamic State group

The Independent UK

Australia’s ‘ISIS brides’ have returned. Governments can do better at handling this situation

In 2014, the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group declared a caliphate, a form of Islamic government headed by a caliph, considered to be a successor to the prophet Muhammad. This correlated with a global campaign of terror and 53,000 foreigners from 80 countries travelling to support IS (sometimes also referred…

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Manchester synagogue terrorist 'was being investigated for two alleged rapes' before carrying out atrocity

Jihad al-Shamie was reported to police in December 2024 and September 2025 for allegedly raping two woman

Evening Standard

Man who shared Islamic State propaganda on social media is jailed for six years

Abdullah Bellil, 29, shared videos supporting IS and showed others how to join a terror group

Evening Standard

A grim list: Some notable attacks on houses of worship around the world in recent years

Houses of worship have faced various types of attacks throughout history, but such assaults are not relics of the past

The Independent UK

Fear and vigilance rise as attacks on houses of worship intensify across the world

In Germany, many synagogues have been surrounded by barriers and guarded by heavily armed police

The Independent UK

Vigil held at Manchester synagogue one week after terror attack

Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, rang 999 during his deadly rampage, pledging allegiance to the so-called Islamic State terror group.

Evening Standard

Teen denied bail after allegedly sharing terror video

An 18-year-old charged with publishing terrorism videos and sending threatening emails has lost his bid for freedom.

AAP

Wife of synagogue attacker says he showed no signs of extremism

Exclusive: Wife of Jihad al-Shamie says he was ‘intimidating, aggressive and controlling’ but did not seem radicalised

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Evening Standard

No evidence of police misconduct in Manchester synagogue attack response – IOPC

Adrian Daulby, 53, is believed to have been inadvertently shot by police and suffered a ‘single but fatal gunshot wound’.

Evening Standard

Synagogue killer rang 999 pledging Islamic State allegiance during attack

Police also said Jihad Al-Shamie was not known to either the Government’s anti-radicalisation programme Prevent or to counter-terror police.

Evening Standard

Man who stabbed Syrian refugee, 16, was ‘cool as a cucumber’ before fatal blow

Ahmad Al Ibrahim, 16, died after being stabbed by Alfie Franco, 20, whose girlfriend he had just brushed past in the street.

The Guardian - UK

Manchester synagogue terrorist pledged allegiance to Islamic State in 999 call

Police say Jihad al-Shamie made call to emergency services during attack that resulted in the deaths of two worshippers

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AAP

Australian police expecting more 'ISIS bride' arrivals

More Australians linked to the Islamic State are expected return home as the federal police monitor two women and six children who recently arrived.

Euronews

UK synagogue attacker claimed allegiance to so-called Islamic State group, police say

Jihad Al-Shamie was shot dead by police outside the Heaton Park Congregation Synagogue after he rammed a car into pedestrians and attacked them with a knife.

Evening Standard

Manchester synagogue terrorist called 999 to declare allegiance to IS during attack

Jihad Al-Shamie is understood to have told a 999 caller ‘I have killed Jews in the name of the Islamic State,’ reports say

The Independent UK

Manchester synagogue attacker claimed allegiance to Islamic State group, police say

Counter terrorism police in Britain say that the assailant in last week's attack on a synagogue in the city of Manchester that left two people dead had claimed allegiance to Islamic State

Evening Standard

Synagogue terrorist ‘called 999 to claim allegiance to Islamic State’

Counter-terrorism chiefs say killer Jihad Al-Shamie was an Islamist extremist.

The Independent UK

Manchester synagogue attacker called 999 to pledge allegiance to Islamic State

Jihad al-Shamie, 35, called police in the initial stages of the attack last Thursday

The Independent UK

Desperate search for fuel in Mali's capital as al-Qaida-linked group enforces blockade

Residents in Mali's capital, Bamako, are struggling with a fuel shortage due to a blockade by a militant group linked to al-Qaida

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