Australian counter-terror police say they foiled Sydney attack plot
SYDNEY, July 2 (Reuters) – Australian counter-terror police said they arrested three men in raids across Sydney on Tuesday, foiling a plot inspired by militant
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IS recruitment could pave way for more female jihadis
Islamic State’s recruitment of women to support its cause could pave the way for more frontline roles for women in jihadi groups, the European Union’s
‘American Taliban’ Lindh released from US prison
John Walker Lindh, the American captured in Afghanistan in 2001 fighting for the Taliban, was released early from federal prison on Thursday, the Washington Post
Iraq weighs captives’ rights against fear of new Islamic State
Iraqi farmer Shaker Salih says he feared IslamicState, but feared its defeat even more. His problem is persuading people to believe that he did not support
Sri Lanka imposes new curfew as mosques attacked
Sri Lanka widened a curfew on Monday after attacks on mosques and Muslim-owned businesses in the worst unrest since Easter bombings by Islamist militants and
Amnesty: US killed 1,600 civilians in Raqqa
The U.S.-backed assault to drive Islamic State from its Syrian capital Raqqa in 2017 killed more than 1,600 civilians, 10 times the toll the coalition itself has
Sri Lanka attacker studied law in UK, Australia
The early Sunday bombings shattered the relative calm that has existed in Buddhist-majoritySri Lanka since a civil war against mostly Hindu, ethnic Tamil separatists ended 10
Sri Lanka attacks likely the work of Islamists
Coordinated Easter Sunday bombings at churches and hotels in Sri Lanka bore the hallmarks of militant groups Islamic State or al Qaeda, security experts said
Kosovo brings back IS fighters, families of jihadists
Kosovo brought back 110 of its citizens from Syria on Saturday including jihadists who had gone to fight in the country’s civil war and 74 children,
Christianity grows in Syrian town once besieged by IS
A community of Syrians who converted to Christianity from Islam is growing in Kobani, a town besieged by Islamic State for months, and where the
Taliban announce annual spring offensive in Afghanistan
Taliban fighters mounted a big attack in eastern Afghanistan on Friday heralding the start of a spring offensive despite ongoing preparations for another round of
Teenage brides trapped between IS and its victors
Rawan Aboud tried to escape Islamic State after the death of her abusive first husband, a militant killed fighting for the group. She was jailed
Austria wants IS fighters to be tried in UN-style tribunals
Austria wants its citizens who have fought for Islamic State to be tried in U.N.-style tribunals in the Middle East rather than brought home for
German police release 11 after weapons suspicions prove unfounded
Eleven men who were detained overnight on suspicion of planning major attacks with stockpiled weapons were released on Saturday after no evidence of a
Pakistan convicts two over blasphemy lynching case
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court sentenced two men, including a local government official, to life in prison on Thursday for their role in the brutal campus
Burials begin for New Zealand mosque shooting victims
By Tom Lasseter and Charlotte Greenfield CHRISTCHURCH, March 20 (Reuters) – The bodies of two victims from New Zealand’s mosques mass shooting were carried in
“Our darkest of days”: PM Ardern voices New Zealand’s grief
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Tuesday praised the bravery and courage by mosque worshippers as a lone gunman massacred their friends and family,
One feared dead in Dutch tram shooting (Updated)
One person was feared dead and several suffered gunshot wounds on Monday in a tram in the central Dutch city of Utrecht and a hunt
Hundreds surrender with Islamic State near defeat
Islamic State faced imminent defeat in its final enclave on Tuesday as hundreds of jihadist fighters and their families surrendered and the US-backed Syrian Democratic
British govt criticised after IS woman’s baby dies
A decision by Britain to strip a woman of her citizenship after she joined Islamic State in Syria was described as a “stain on the