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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

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

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

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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 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.

ABC News

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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.

Reuters

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 Record

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

Daily Mirror

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

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

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 Independent UK

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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

Reuters

U.S. sanctions four South Africans over alleged Islamic State links

The United States has sanctioned four South Africans it says have led Islamic State cells in the country or facilitated support for branches elsewhere, including by transferring funds or procuring weapons.

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: leaked files show how Ericsson allegedly helped bribe Islamic State

Leak also found the telecoms giant had put its contractors at risk and allowed them to be kidnapped by the militants

Radio France Internationale

Epic Paris terror trial reaches half-way stage with more questions than answers

Despite the ravages provoked by Covid-19, which have already led to three weeks of suspensions, the Paris terror trial has reached the end of its second major stage: the examination of the activities and religious attitudes of the accused up to the summer of 2015, before the detailed planning of…

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The Guardian - UK

‘A symbol of new beginning’: Mosul’s university library reopens

The institution suffered a devastating attack by Islamic State in 2014. Eight years on, an international effort has seen it reopen as ‘a lighthouse of knowledge’

The Independent UK

Lebanese authorities say they have foiled 3 militant attacks

Lebanon's interior minister says authorities have thwarted attempts by members of the Islamic State group to carry out three attacks near the capital Beirut that would have inflicted a large number of civilian casualties

The Independent UK

Poverty, fear drive exodus from Syria's one-time IS capital

Raqqa, the former de facto capital of the Islamic State group, is now free but many of its residents are fighting to leave

The Conversation

Islamic State: death of leader is big step towards becoming a different kind of terrorist organisation

A “proto-state”, a “socio-political movement, the ”beast“ – all names given to a single group that, at its height, seemed to embody the west’s worst nightmare.

AAP

Accused joined Islamic State, court told

A Melbourne man charged with terrorism offences had joined Islamic State and was a threat to the community, a court has been told.

The Independent UK

Crisis looms in Syria camps, jails holding foreign nationals

A deadly prison attack last month sharpened the focus on the tens of thousands of foreign nationals held in camps and detention centers in northeastern Syria — many of them affiliated with the Islamic State group

Radio France Internationale

Confusion and contradictions as Ali El Haddad Asufi takes the stand

Four weeks of testimony from and about the Paris attacks accused ended on Friday with evidence concerning Ali El Haddad Asufi, suspected of having provided weapons for the terrorists who killed 130 people in Paris on the night of 13 November 2015.

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