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NIA searches 9 places in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry over IS links of five

CHENNAI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday carried out searches at nine locations in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry as part of the investigation following the arrest of five men with alleged Islamic State (IS) links in Mayiladuthurai in February.

The Times of India

Three days to explain why a man deserves life in prison

The November 2015 Paris attacks trial took another crucial step towards judgement on Wednesday with the beginning of the final presentation of the case by the prosecution. On Friday, the three co-prosecutors will demand the sentences they believe each of the accused deserves.

Radio France Internationale

Australian court curtails government's citizenship powers

Australia’s highest court landmark ruling Wednesday will curtail how governments can deal with extremists

The Independent UK

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Man suspected of joining Islamic State wins High Court challenge against government decision to strip him of his citizenship

The High Court of Australia overturns a key plank of the federal government's foreign fighter laws, ruling that the consequence of stripping someone's citizenship without them facing trial on Australian soil is so serious it should only be handled by a judge.

ABC News

Court rules minister can’t strip dual nationals of Australian citizenship for suspected terrorism

High court found in favour of Turkish citizen whose Australian citizenship was cancelled over Asio finding he joined Islamic State

The Guardian - AU

US woman to plead guilty to leading Islamic State battalion

Court records show that an American woman is set to plead guilty to leading an all-female battalion of Islamic State militants in Syria

The Independent UK

Man who had Australian visa cancelled challenges government’s ability to keep evidence secret

Lawyers for Lebanese man tell high court that national security information should not be kept completely secret from parties

The Guardian - AU

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Nigerian civilians bear brunt of attacks by armed groups

Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, faces a myriad of security threats — from Islamic State-linked militants in the north to separatist movements in the south

The Independent UK

Man posted propaganda video to Instagram after Liverpool Women's terror attack

Azizi is said to have shared an Islamic State propaganda video the day after the bomb blast at Liverpool Women's Hospital

Liverpool Echo

Syria army should use air defences against Turkish invasion, U.S.-backed SDF says

The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces would coordinate with Syrian government troops to fend off any Turkish invasion of the north, the SDF commander told Reuters on Sunday, saying Damascus should use its air defence systems against Turkish planes.

Reuters

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The Hindu

EXPLAINER: What is behind Turkey's Syria incursion threats?

Residents in northern Syria are bracing for a new fight since Turkey's president threatened a major military operation to push back Syrian Kurdish fighters and create a long sought-after buffer zone in the border area

The Independent UK

UN: Taliban faces threat from Islamic State, new resistance

U.N. experts say Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers are maintaining close ties with al-Qaida as they consolidate control over the country, and their main military threat is coming from the Islamic State extremist group and guerrilla-style attacks by former Afghan government security personnel

The Independent UK

U.S.-backed Syrian force warns against new Turkish attack, Russia alarmed

The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Thursday a new offensive threatened by Turkey in northern Syria would create a humanitarian crisis and undermine its campaign against the Islamic State group.

Reuters

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Uganda and Congo extend joint military operation in east Congo

Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday extended a joint military operation launched late last year against Islamist insurgents in east Congo, the operation's spokesperson said.

The Conversation

Islamic State: how western European states are failing to protect 28,000 children born to foreign fighters

The Irish national and former soldier, Lisa Smith, has been found guilty by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin, of joining Islamic State (IS). Smith left Dundalk in 2015, bound for Syria. On her return to Ireland in 2019 she was charged with membership of an unlawful terrorist group and…

Reuters

Islamic State claims responsibility for killing 15 in east Congo village

Islamic State on Tuesday claimed responsibility for an attack that killed at least 15 civilians in a village in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, the militant group said on an affiliated Telegram channel.

The Independent UK

Ex-Irish soldier guilty of being Isis member

Lisa Smith was earlier found not guilty of a separate charge of funding terrorism

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The Independent UK

Ex-Defence Forces soldier found guilty of membership of so-called Islamic State

Lisa Smith, 40, was acquitted of a separate charge of financing terrorism.

Evening Standard

Lisa Smith: Former Irish soldier convicted of being a member of Islamic State

Smith, 40, wiped away tears as the guilty verdict was read out by the judge

Daily Mirror

ISIS bride Lisa Smith found not guilty of attempting to finance terrorists

Former Irish Defence Forces soldier Lisa Smith, 39, accompanied an ex-president on foreign trips before travelling to war-torn Syria in 2015 after becoming radicalised

Reuters

Islamic State claims responsibility for attack in Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif

Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif, the militant group said on its Telegram channel on Wednesday.

Reuters

Erdogan's vowed military operation returns spotlight to Syrian border towns

President Tayyip Erdogan's pledge to carry out a new military incursion on Turkey's southern borders has triggered speculation about potential targets, with the Syrian town of Tal Rifaat emerging as a primary goal of any operation.

France 24

Iraqi man living in Ohio plotted assassination of George W. Bush, FBI says

An Iraqi man who came to the United States two years ago and applied for asylum hatched a plot to assassinate former President George W. Bush in retaliation for casualties against his compatriots during the Iraq war, the U.S. government announced Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

Islamic State planned to assassinate George W. Bush, FBI report says

DALLAS — An alleged Islamic State operative based in Ohio was plotting to assassinate former President George W. Bush and even traveled to Dallas late last year to survey his home, according to an exclusive Forbes report and recently unsealed court documents.

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