Islamic State
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Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz has insisted Islamist terror will not scare or divide his country, hours after a shooting attack in inner-city Vien(...)

Charlie Hebdo trial opens in Paris, evoking three days of terror
- Europe
- September 1, 2020, 20:00
Three young Frenchmen, Chérif and Said Kouachi, brothers of Algerian origin, and Amedy Coulibaly, whose parents were from Mali, killed 17 people in Pa(...)

Pandemic offers perfect opportunity for Islamic State comeback
- Middle East
- May 3, 2020, 16:28
Not many outside Iraq will have heard of Rifat Chadirji. The father of modern Iraqi architecture died in London last month, after contracting coronavi(...)

Mosul’s new masters: After Isis, came the mafia
- Middle East
- March 14, 2020, 06:00
It used to be the beating heart of Mosul. Nearly three years after liberation from Islamic State, the Old City on the west bank of the Tigris still lo(...)

‘Will we make it?’: Syrian Kurds in refugee camp face their bleakest winter
- Middle East
- March 2, 2020, 17:55
When the snow fell, the children of Bardarash refugee camp ran outside, darting in and out of the rows of tents as they threw snowballs. The entire sc(...)

Britain to toughen terrorism rules after London attack
- UK
- February 3, 2020, 10:01
British prime minister Boris Johnson will set out tougher rules on releasing people convicted of terrorism offences after an Islamist attacker injure(...)

Iran’s missile strikes aim to draw a line under Suleimani killing
- Middle East
- January 8, 2020, 18:17
Iran’s ballistic missile strikes on two Iraqi bases hosting US and Nato troops are intended to convey messages to adversaries, Iraq, and allies and to(...)

‘We are only 1,000, but we fight like 10,000,’ says leader of Kurdistan Freedom Party
- Middle East
- December 26, 2019, 17:18
Gen Hussein Yazdanpanah is sipping tea in a leafy shelter atop the arid, pine-dotted hills of Iraqi Kurdistan, gesturing southwards to Kirkuk province(...)

Lisa Smith could face seven years in prison if handed terrorism charge
- Crime & Law
- December 2, 2019, 01:04
Islamic State supporter Lisa Smith, who was arrested at Dublin Airport on Sunday on her arrival from Turkey, could face up to seven years in prison if(...)

Netherlands ruling on repatriating jihadists’ children to be appealed
- Europe
- November 12, 2019, 17:29
In an indication of the quandary facing many EU countries, the Dutch government has said it will appeal against a court ruling that it must make “all (...)