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Aid bill for 9/11 families exposes rift with former Iran hostages - Roll Call

Lobbying push threatens to reignite tensions with Americans held hostage by Iran after the 1979 revolution.

Roll Call · Oct 17, 2022

Chibok kidnappings: why it's important to listen to the survivors of Boko Haram terrorism

In 2009 a once quiet local Salafi group called Boko Haram became increasingly violent in north-east Nigeria and border communities of Niger, Chad and Cameroon. Its quest to forbid western education in the heavily Islamic region has led to the kidnapping of many school children, the slaughter of an estimated…

The Conversation · Oct 17, 2022

Terrorism laws raise concerns about rights

Human rights and legal experts say orders banning citizens entering Australia if they're suspected of becoming a terrorist are unnecessary and go too far.

AAP · Oct 17, 2022

Nigeria mulls next steps after court drops charges against separatist leader

Nigeria's police minister said the government was considering what steps to take on Friday after a court dropped terrorism charges against separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu on Thursday, although it did not acquit him.

Reuters · Oct 14, 2022

Slovakia could treat killings outside gay bar as terrorism, prosecutor says

Slovakia could treat the killing of two people outside a well-known gay bar in the capital Bratislava as an act of terrorism, a top prosecutor said on Friday, as investigators looked deeper into the shooting which has rattled the central European state.

Reuters · Oct 14, 2022

Watch: New footage shows Nancy Pelosi during Jan 6 riots

The January 6 Select Committee has released previously unseen footage of congressional leaders phoning officials for help during the assault. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer can be seen talking to governors in neighboring Virginia and Maryland. Later the footage shows Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell…

Evening Standard · Oct 14, 2022

Saudi Arabia Urges Designation of Houthis as Terrorist

Saudi Arabia called on Thursday for the designation of the Iran-backed Houthi militias in Yemen as terrorist. The Kingdom’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Dr. Abdulaziz al-Wasil said the time has come for the designation and for the boycott of the militias and drying up of their sources of funding.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 14, 2022

Nigerian separatist leader acquitted of terrorism charges

A Nigerian separatist leader facing terrorism charges and accused of instigating violence in the country’s southeast has been acquitted by a local court, his lawyer told the Associated Press

The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2022

UK Reaper drone takes out ISIS terrorist in deadly precision attack in Syria

The extremely rare attack took place close to the Turkish border and is only the third British attack of its kind this year after the Reaper drone took out the ISIS terrorist

Daily Mirror · Oct 13, 2022

Q+A guest labels Iranian government a 'terrorist group' as other tells of brutality of its morality police

Iran's morality police have blood on their hands and their actions have led to widespread protests, but Q+A audience member Sara Bakhshi details exactly what she escaped from during her first interaction with them at the age of just 12 years.

ABC News · Oct 13, 2022