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Daughter of David Haines to confront his alleged Islamic State kidnapper in US trial

Bethany Haines says she will plead with El Shafee Elsheikh to reveal where remains of her father and other western hostages lie

The Guardian - UK

David Amess accused said sister’s tears made him submit to arrest

Ali Harbi Ali wanted police to shoot him dead but ‘intense situation’ caused him to drop knife, jury hears

The Guardian - UK

Sir David Amess suspected Brass Eye-style ‘sting’, court told

Ali Harbi Ali has denied murder and preparation for terrorist acts.

The Independent UK

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China's foreign minister makes surprise stop in Afghanistan

China's foreign minister made a surprise stop in Kabul to meet Afghanistan's Taliban rulers even as the international community fumes over the hardline movement's broken promise a day earlier to open schools to girls beyond Grade 6

The Independent UK

Three years on, Syria Kurds warn world allowing IS to rebuild

Qamishli (Syria) (AFP) - The Syrian Kurdish forces that spearheaded the battle to crush the Islamic State group's self-proclaimed "caliphate" in 2019 warned Wednesday that the world's lack of support risked allowing for a jihadist rebirth.

AFP

Israel mourns four killed in attack by IS sympathiser

Beersheba (Israel) (AFP) - Throngs of Israelis attended funerals Wednesday for four people killed in a stabbing and car-ramming rampage by a convicted Islamic State group sympathiser, in one of the country's deadliest attacks in recent years.

AFP

Kid Rock says Donald Trump sought his advice on North Korea and Islamic State

Musician, who visited White House in 2017 with Ted Nugent and Sarah Palin, said I’m like, ‘Am I supposed to be in on this shit?’

The Guardian - US

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Iraq digs up mass grave containing bodies of IS fighters, relatives

Mosul (Iraq) (AFP) - Iraqi authorities said Sunday that they had exhumed the remains of 85 Islamic State group fighters and their relatives from a mass grave in the northern city of Mosul.

AFP

Police break up militant cell in Tunisia's Tataouine, ministry says

Police have broken up a militant cell linked to Islamic State in the southern Tunisian city of Tataouine, the interior ministry said on Wednesday.

Reuters

NIA charges two alleged Islamic State operatives

They recruited youth for the outfit

The Hindu

The UK government’s hypocrisy is keeping Jack Letts and his mother in purgatory

Sally Lane’s son was stripped of his citizenship for allegedly joining Islamic State, yet others have been quietly returned

The Guardian - UK

Islamic State names new leader, confirming US raid killed predecessor

Audio message names Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi as new leader in first admission of former head’s death

The Guardian - AU

Islamic State group names new leader, confirms death of predecessor

Beirut (AFP) - The Islamic State group Thursday confirmed the death of its leader Abu Ibrahim al-Qurashi, more than a month after his demise, and named Abu Hasan al-Hashemi al-Qurashi as his successor.

AFP

Islamic State confirms death of leader and names new chief

The group announces Abu Al-Hassan al-hashemi al-Quraishi as its new leader following the violent death of its former leader during a US special forces raid in February.

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Reuters

Islamic state confirms death of its leader, names new chief

Islamic State confirmed on Thursday the death of its leader Abu Ibrahim Al-hashemi Al-Quraishi and its spokesperson Abu Hamza Al-Quraishi, and announced Abu Al-Hassan Al-hashemi Al-Quraishi as its new chief.

Daily Record

Ukraine gains world’s deadliest sniper from Canada to help fight Putin's army

Wali, his nickname, travelled solo to Iraq to fight the Islamic State before but now he has entered Ukraine to take on Putin’s military.

Daily Mirror

One of world's deadliest snipers with 3.5km kill distance vows to fight Russians

Wali, his nickname, has been in Iraq on his own to fight the Islamic State but he has now crossed the border of Ukraine to take on Putin's army after leaving his wife and son in Canada

The Independent UK

4 convicted in Islamic State killing of French priest

Four men have been convicted in Paris of terrorist conspiracy after the murder of a Catholic priest in a Normandy church in 2016, an attack claimed by the Islamic State group

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IS suicide bomber of Pakistan mosque was Afghan: police

Peshawar (Pakistan) (AFP) - An Islamic State (IS) suicide bomber who killed 64 people at a Shiite mosque in northwest Pakistan last week was an Afghan exile who returned home to train for the attack, police said Wednesday.

AFP

15 soldiers dead in Syria attack on military bus: monitor

Beirut (AFP) - Fifteen soldiers died Sunday in an Islamic State group attack on an army bus in the central Syrian desert, a war monitor said, as state media reported a "terrorist attack".

The Independent UK

Pakistan vows to arrest masterminds of IS mosque attack

Officials in Pakistan are vowing to hunt down and arrest the masterminds behind a deadly mosque attack claimed by an Islamic State affiliate

AFP

At least 56 dead, 194 wounded in suicide attack on Pakistan Shiite mosque

Peshawar (Pakistan) (AFP) - At least 56 people were killed and 194 wounded Friday by a suicide bomb at a Shiite mosque in the northwestern Pakistan city of Peshawar, the deadliest attack in the country since 2018.

The Independent UK

Philippines: 7 militants killed, bombs seized in recent raid

Philippine troops have killed at least seven Muslim insurgents aligned with the Islamic State group in a recent offensive in a southern province and recovered 45 heavy firearms and several bombs and land mines

The Independent UK

Defense lawyers seek to restrict testimony from ISIS 'slave'

Defense lawyers for a British national facing trial later this month for helping the Islamic State group torture and behead American hostages are seeking to block testimony from a Kurdish girl held as a slave by the group

The Guardian - UK

Ericsson broke DoJ deal over Iraq corruption claims, say US prosecutors

Telecoms group’s admission comes days after revelations about alleged bribes given to Islamic State

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