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Cotton futures are trading with contracts down 3 to 5 cents at Monday’s midday, with October down 64 cents. The US dollar index is back $0.230 on the day to $97.040 and crude oil futures $0.28 lower. The weekly CFTC Commitment of Traders report indicated managed money trimming their net...

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‘Those young women were so vilified’: Nadia Fall on her debut film Brides

The Young Vic artistic director tells why she wanted to reframe the story of girls lured to Syria to join IS

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Cotton Losses Hold into Friday’s Midday

Cotton futures closed are trading with Friday midday losses of 50 to 69 points. The outside markets continue to be pressure factors, with the US dollar index up another $0.304 on the day to $97.275 and crude oil futures $0.49 lower. USDA tallied upland cotton export business (combined shipped and...

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Accused French Islamic State members sent to Iraq for trial, Syrian officials say

Their transfer happened more than one month ago but had not been previously reported. French officials could not be reached for comment.

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Cotton Extending Weakness to Thursday

Cotton futures are trading with Thursday midday losses of 56 to 93 points. The US dollar index was up $0.540 on the day to $97.060, with crude oil futures $0.36 lower. USDA tallied upland cotton export business at 186,108 RB for the week that ended on September 11. Shipments were...

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Cotton Giving Back Tuesday Gains on Wednesday

Cotton futures are falling lower at Wednesday’s midday, as contracts are down 35 to 40 points at midday. The US dollar index is up $0.097 so far on the day to $96.345, with crude oil futures $0.23 lower. The Seam reported 909 bales sold on Tuesday at an average price...

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Soybeans Posting Midweek Weakness

Soybeans are trading with 5 to 6 ¼ cent losses at Wednesday’s midday. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price is down 5 1/4 cents at $9.67 1/4. Soymeal futures are down 80 cents to 20 cents higher so far at midday. Soy Oil futures are giving back the Tuesday...

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Dormant or resurgent? Islamic State group’s recent comeback, explained

Amid a recent spike in violence by the so-called Islamic State (IS) group and its offshoots, experts warn that it could be making a comeback globally.

Euronews

Cotton Bulls Gaining Ground on Tuesday

Cotton futures are trading with contracts 34 to 75 points higher across the nearbys at midday on Tuesday. The US dollar index is down $0.635 so far on the day to $96.265, with crude oil futures $1.26 higher. NASS reported the US cotton crop 50% with bolls opening as of...

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France repatriates group of women and children from Syrian camps

France repatriated three women and 10 children from Syrian prisons for alleged jihadists, anti-terror prosecutors said on Tuesday. More than five years after the Islamic State group's territorial defeat in the region, tens of thousands of people are still held in Kurdish-run camps and prisons in northeastern Syria – many…

Radio France Internationale

Cotton on the Lower Side of Unchanged at Monday’s Midday

Cotton futures are showing slight losses across most contracts on Monday, with contracts down 4 to 17 points. The US dollar index is down $0.171 on the day to $97.365, with crude oil futures $0.61 higher. Weekly CFTC data indicated spec traders adding 2,536 contracts to their net short position...

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Three French Women Accused Of IS Links Go On Trial

Three French women including a niece of notorious jihadist propagandists went on trial in Paris on Monday, accused of travelling to the Middle East to join the Islamic State group and taking their eight children with them.

International Business Times

Paris special court opens trial for three women accused of joining so-called Islamic State group

The trial of the three women, all from the Clain family, opened in Paris on Monday. They are accused of being members of the so-called Islamic State terrorist group.

Euronews

French women of jihadist family on trial for joining IS, taking children to Syria

Three French women - members of the Clain family who converted to fundamentalist Islam and travelled to Iraq and Syria to join the Islamic State armed group - go on trial Monday in Paris on charges of terrorist criminal association.

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Iraq's Yazidis rediscover lost history through photos found in a museum archive

A University of Pennsylvania researcher is leading an effort to connect photos taken of the Yazidi population in northern Iraq in the 1930s with descendants who lost much of their history in the 2014 Islamic State attacks

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Cotton Showing Slight Midday Gains

Cotton futures are down 46 points in the thinly traded nearby October, with other contracts up 4 to 8 points at midday. The US dollar index is up $0.097 on the day to $97.625 with crude oil futures $0.38 lower. The monthly Cotton Ginnings report showed 338,200 RB of cotton...

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Cotton Bouncing Higher on Thursday

Cotton futures are trading with midday gains of 20 to 30 points in the nearbys on Thursday, with October down 32 points. The US dollar index is down $0.252 on the day to $97.505 with crude oil futures $1.21 lower. USDA’s weekly Export Sales report showed 129,598 RB of cotton...

International Business Times

Victims Buried After IS-linked Attack In DR Congo

Some 25 civilians killed in eastern DR Congo were buried Wednesday, an AFP journalist witnessed, following an attack linked to the Islamic State group that left at least 71 dead earlier this week.

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Cotton Holding Gains at Wednesday’s Midday

Cotton futures are trading 20 to 30 points higher across most contracts at Wednesday’s midday, with thin October up 67 points. The US dollar index is down $0.032 on the day to $97.720 with crude oil futures $1.35 higher. The Seam reported 2,486 bales sold on Tuesday at an average...

Euronews

Man convicted of murder in knife attack at German festival and sentenced to life in prison

The state court in Düsseldorf convicted him of three counts of murder, 10 of attempted murder and membership of the so-called Islamic State, German news agency dpa reported.

The Independent UK

Suspect convicted of murder in knife attack at German festival and sentenced to life in prison

A German court has convicted the suspect in last year’s knife attack at a festival in Solingen of murder and membership in the Islamic State group and sentenced him to life in prison

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Cotton Posting Modest Tuesday Gains

Cotton futures are 9 to 15 points higher so far on the Tuesday session. The US dollar index is up $0.238 on the day to $97.655 with crude oil futures $0.52 higher. Crop Progress data showed a total of 97% of the US cotton crop was setting bolls as of...

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IS group-linked militants slaughter 60 people in eastern DR Congo

A local official says the Allied Democratic Force (ADF) targeted residents attending a burial in the country's North Kivu province.

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Cotton Trading with Monday Strength

Cotton futures are trading with Monday gains of 29 to 36 points at midday. The outside markets are supportive factors, as the US dollar index is down $0.150 on the day to $97.620 and crude oil futures $0.38 higher. Spec funds in cotton futures and options were increasing their already...

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Belgium arrests suspect with Molotov cocktail outside Israeli embassy, Israeli Foreign Ministry says

The foreign ministry said all of the embassy's staff was safe.

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