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Does Australia need new laws to combat right-wing extremism?

At the National Press Club this week, Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil flagged that Labor would propose changes to Australia’s counter-terrorism laws. She cited an increase in diverse threats beyond religious fundamentalism, a trend towards lone-actor, low-sophistication attacks, and more younger people being radicalised.

The Conversation

Jihadists and bandits are cooperating. Why this is bad news for Nigeria

The Nigerian state has come under severe security stress in recent times. It has faced multiple national security threats: jihadist groups in the north-east; armed bandits in the north-west; militia secessionists in the south-east; and militancy in the south-south.

The Conversation

Gunfire Heard inside Besieged Somalia Hotel, Parliament Session Delayed

Gunfire was heard on Monday from inside a besieged hotel in the Somali capital that was attacked on the weekend, a nearby resident and a police officer said, while parliament said it had postponed a scheduled session. The Villa Rose hotel, near the presidential residence, was stormed on Sunday by…

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Somali forces battle militants for hotel in Mogadishu

MOGADISHU: Somalia's security forces exchanged gunfire with militants holed up in a hotel in Mogadishu on Monday after Al-Shabaab stormed the popular venue near the presidential palace and occupied it overnight.

Bangkok Post

Terrorists on death row for hacking blogger to death escape court on motorbikes

Suspected members of the Al-Qaeda militant group stormed a motorcade once it arrived at the Dhaka court complex in Bangladesh, seizing the two suspects and sparking a nationwide manhunt

Daily Mirror

Burkina Faso schoolchildren pay double price in ongoing conflict

One-fifth of the country’s schools are closed and experts warn of dire consequences ahead for Burkinabé children.

Al Jazeera

Did France's Operation Barkhane win the fight against terror in the Sahel?

This week, President Emmanuel Macron announced the official end of France's anti-jihadist mission in West Africa – Operation Barkhane. The move was accelerated by a collapse of relations with Mali's military junta, leading to the withdrawal of French troops as the jihadist insurgency across the Sahel continues.

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Jihadism and military takeovers in West Africa: Burkina Faso coup highlights the links

The West African sub-region at the southern edge of the Sahara Desert has recently attracted significant attention. The main reasons have been an increase in violent extremism and what appear to be manifestations of democratic backsliding.

The Conversation

Guantanamo Bay's oldest prisoner freed after being held for 18 years without charge

Saifullah Paracha was captured in an FBI sting two years after the 9/11 attacks and has been locked up ever since despite never being charged of a crime

Daily Mirror

Guantanamo’s oldest inmate Saifullah Paracha freed after 19 years

Saifullah Paracha, who was arrested in 2003 and accused of financing al-Qaeda, was never charged like most prisoners.

Al Jazeera

Terrorists drive explosive-laden car into popular Somalia hotel and kill five students

Witnesses say there was a huge blast in Kismayu before gunfire broke out, and local students have been caught in the middle of the heavy fighting with reports five have been killed

Daily Mirror

US will not fund non-state actors in Afghanistan: Taliban sources

Taliban sources tell Al Jazeera that US officials assured them during a meeting in Doha.

Al Jazeera

Heavy gunfire, soldiers on the streets in Burkina Faso capital

Soldiers seen along the main avenue in Ouagadougou leading to the presidential palace and national television station.

Al Jazeera

Al-Qaeda Releases Book Detailing How it Carried Out 9/11 Attacks

The Al-Qaeda terrorist network on Sunday released a book written by a senior member including a detailed timeline leading up to the attacks on several US airliners on September 11, 2001 which left nearly 3,000 people dead in three locations. Marking the 21st anniversary of the attacks, the book was…

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Appeal to start in French court over Charlie Hebdo attack

An appeal trial is set to begin Monday as two men ruled to have helped Islamist gunmen prepare a 2015 terrorist attack on satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo seek to overturn their convictions.

Asharq Al-Awsat

9/11 Attacks Still Reverberate as US Marks 21st Anniversary

Americans remembered 9/11 on Sunday with tear-choked tributes, and pleas to "never forget," 21 years after the deadliest terror attack on US soil. Bonita Mentis set out to read victims' names at the ground zero ceremony wearing a necklace with a photo of her slain sister, Shevonne Mentis, a 25-year-old…

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What Is Left of the War on Terror?

Can three planes sum up a portion of history and the future? It seems that this has already happened. While two of these planes hit the World Trade Center in New York on 9/11, the third took off around twenty years later, departing from Afghanistan as desperate Afghans chased it,…

The Independent UK

What happened on 9/11 and how many people were caught up in the attacks?

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Al Jazeera

‘Tremendous blemish’: No trial decades after Sept 11 attacks

Relatives of the nearly 3,000 victims have long hoped a trial would bring closure and resolve unanswered questions.

Al Jazeera

What to know about the Middle East this week?

Here’s a round-up of Al Jazeera’s Middle East coverage from the past week.

Asharq Al-Awsat

21 Yemeni Soldiers Killed in Suspected Qaeda Attack

Suspected al-Qarda militants on Tuesday attacked a security post in southern Yemen, sparking clashes that killed at least 21 troops and six militants, military officials said. The early morning attack in Ahwar, in the province of Abyan, targeted a post manned by troops from the Security Belt security force. The…

Reuters

HSBC not liable for al-Qaeda suicide attack at CIA base -US appeals court

A divided U.S. appeals court on Tuesday said HSBC Holdings Plc was not liable to the families of two American contractors killed in an al-Qaeda suicide bombing of a CIA base in Afghanistan, after the bank allegedly evaded U.S. sanctions targeting sponsors of terrorism.

Al Jazeera

Deadly al-Qaeda attack targets Yemen’s southern separatists

Southern separatist forces say al-Qaeda kills 20 of its fighters, adding that six attackers were also killed in gunfight

Asharq Al-Awsat

Circle of Candidates for Succeeding Al-Qaeda’s Slain Leader Widens

Experts have voiced different opinions about candidates who could possibly succeed Ayman al-Zawahiri, the slain All-Qaeda leader who was killed in a US raid carried out early last month in Afghanistan. The list of key contenders to take over the militant organization has expanded to include new figures like Abu…

Al Jazeera

Taliban accuses Pakistan of allowing US drones in Afghan airspace

Acting Minister of Defence Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob says American drones have been entering Afghanistan via Pakistan.

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