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US seeks multiple life sentences for NYC bike path killer

Relatives of eight people killed in a Halloween terror attack on a New York City bike path are expected to speak at a sentencing hearing for an Islamic extremist who prosecutors say deserves multiple life sentences

The Independent UK

Africa's Sahel needs international support to fight militants, UN says

Africa’s Sahel region has become a hot spot for violent extremism, but the joint force set up in 2014 to combat groups linked to the Islamic State, al-Qaida and others has failed to stop their inroads, and a senior UN official warned Tuesday that without greater international support and regional…

France 24

Teenage IS fanatic reported by mother as he plotted attack on British soldiers

Matthew King, 19, expressed a desire to kill military personnel as he prepared to stake out a British Army barracks in east London.

The Independent UK

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Reporter's notebook: Idlib, the last Islamist rebel bastion in Syria

FRANCE 24’s jihadism expert Wassim Nasr recently travelled to Idlib, the northwestern Syrian province controlled by the armed Islamist rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), and a desired target for President Bashar al-Assad and his regime. During his visit, Nasr became the first-ever French journalist to meet with Abou Mohammed…

France 24

Pope Francis recognises 21 Copts beheaded by Islamic State as martyrs

Pope Francis on Thursday announced that 21 Coptic Orthodox Christians beheaded by Islamic State in Libya in 2015 are being recognised as martyrs by the Vatican.

Reuters

Prosecutors reveal link between terror defendant in Virginia and Islamic State 'empress' from Kansas

Prosecutors say a northern Virginia man arrested last week on terrorism charges has a husband-wife relationship with another American who was dubbed by prosecutors as an “empress of ISIS” for her work to establish an all-female Islamic State battalion

The Independent UK

Rare day at Vatican as two popes share stage

It was a rare day at the Vatican on Wednesday as two popes shared the limelight in St Peter's Square - Pope Francis and His Holiness Pope Tawadros II of the Coptic Orthodox Church.

Reuters

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Fathers of forgiveness: the extraordinary friendship formed in the shadow of the Bataclan

Both Azdyne Amimour and Georges Salines have children who died in the attack that day – but Amimour’s son was one of the terrorists. They describe what brought them together and why their bond is so important

The Guardian - UK

Australian boy, 11, held in Syrian camp begs for flight home: ‘I want to feel safe’

Child – one of about 30 Australian minors awaiting repatriation – faces being taken from his family to an adult jail

The Guardian - AU

Iraqi court sentences police officer to death for murder of government adviser

An Iraqi court on Sunday sentenced to death a police officer blamed for leading a group that gunned down well-known analyst and government adviser Hisham al-Hashemi three years ago in Baghdad.

Reuters

Russian theatre director accused of 'justifying terrorism' remanded in custody

A prominent Russian theatre director was remanded in custody for two months on Friday after being accused of justifying terrorism with an award-winning play about Russian women who married Islamic State fighters, the state news agency TASS reported.

Reuters

Exclusive-Israel seized Binance crypto accounts to 'thwart' Islamic State, document shows

Israel has seized around 190 crypto accounts at crypto exchange Binance since 2021, including two it said were linked to Islamic State and dozens of others it said were owned by Palestinian firms connected to the Islamist Hamas group, documents released by the country's counter-terror authorities show.

Reuters

ISIS terrorist leader killed in spy operation as devastating air strike hits

Abu Hussein al-Qurayshi, who is said to have taken over ISIS when the previous leader was killed in October 2022, was 'neutralised' by Turkey on Saturday, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said

Daily Mirror

Islamic State leader killed in Syria by Turkish forces, says President Erdogan

The IS leader Abu Hussein al-Qurayshi was killed in a strike carried out on Saturday, the Turkish President has said

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The Independent UK

Erdogan says Turkish forces killed IS chief in Syria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkish forces have killed the leader of the Islamic State group during an operation in Syria

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: MasterChef judge’s death shocks industry; new AFL boss; and Mark Latham could be sued

The sudden passing away of the 46-year-old reality TV star, leaves production company and Network 10 ‘saddened at the sudden loss’

The Guardian - UK

Monday briefking: Everything you need to know about man who became heir to the throne 71 years ago

In today’s newsletter: Ahead of King Charles’s coronation, here’s everything you never knew about his life waiting for power

The Hindu

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Islamic State leader killed in Syria by Turkish intelligence services - Erdogan

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Turkish intelligence forces killed Islamic State leader Abu Hussein al-Qurashi in Syria.

The Guardian - AU

‘Indefinite torture’: the desperate wait for Australian mothers in Syria to get their children out

Families in trapped in the Roj camp say the environment is ‘toxic’ for their children’s mental and physical wellbeing

Manchester Evening News

Murdered aid worker Alan Henning is given Salford's highest honour

Alan Henning was a local hero

Reuters

Britain adds two designations under its Islamic State sanctions regime

The British government said on Thursday it had imposed a travel ban and asset freeze on two Afghan individuals under its Islamic State and Al Qaeda sanctions regime.

France 24

Researcher Hugo Micheron: 'Jihadism cannot just be reduced to attacks'

Since the fall of the Islamic State group, jihadism has largely receded from the public debate in Europe, but the threat is far from over. In a new book entitled "La colère et l'oubli" – which roughly translates to "anger and forgetfulness" – researcher Hugo Micheron explains that European governments…

Radio France Internationale

France becomes first EU country to open visa service in Mosul, Iraq

France inaugurated a new visa application center in Mosul, northern Iraq, on Wednesday. It is the first European facility of its kind in the city that is being rebuilt after it was retaken from the Islamic State armed group that occupied the town between 2014-17 and used it as its…

The Independent UK

Iran court issues $312.9M judgment against US amid tensions

An Iranian court has issued a $312.9 million judgment against the United States over a 2017 Islamic State-claimed attack on Tehran

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