Iraq Hangs Three Convicted of ‘Terrorism’: Security Source
Three Iraqis convicted of “terrorism” were hanged on Monday, a security source said, days after a deadly double suicide attack in a crowded Baghdad marketplace.
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Twin Suicide Bombings Rock Central Baghdad, at Least 32 Dead
Twin suicide bombings ripped through a busy market in the Iraqi capital Thursday, killing at least 32 people and wounding dozens, officials said.
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US Soldier Accused of Plotting Terror Attack on 9/11 Memorial
A U.S. Army soldier was arrested Tuesday in Georgia on federal terrorism charges accusing him of talking online about a plot to help Islamic State members attack the 9/11 Memorial in New York City and trying to help the terrorist organization target his fellow servicemen in the Middle East.
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10 People to Stand Trial Over Deadly 2016 Brussels Attacks
Ten people including the lone known surviving suspect in the 2015 deadly Paris attacks have been ordered to stand trial in connection with the suicide bombings which killed 32 people and injured hundreds in the Brussels subway and airport nearly five years ago.
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IS Widow Convicted in Charlie Hebdo, Kosher Market Attacks
The fugitive widow of an Islamic State gunman and a man described as his logistician on Wednesday were convicted of terrorism charges in the trial of 14 people linked to the January 2015 attacks in Paris against the satirical Charlie Hebdo newspaper and a kosher supermarket.
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Pre-Trial Hearings in Brussels Attacks Start at NATO’s Ex-HQ
More than four years after suicide bombings killed 32 people and injured hundreds in the Brussels subway and airport, massive pre-trial hearings started Monday on the outskirts of the Belgian capital to determine which suspects will eventually be tried.
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Judge Truncates Sentence of Young Hacker Who Helped Islamic State
Coronavirus concerns abruptly ended the 20-year sentence of a young hacker who sold data on more than 1,000 members of the U.S. military to the Islamic State group.
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UK Supreme Court to Hear Case Over ‘IS Bride’ Return
A woman who joined the Islamic State in Syria would pose “a clear and present threat” to national security if she was allowed to return to Britain to appeal a decision to revoke her citizenship, the U.K. government told the Supreme Court on Monday.
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American Passenger Recalls Trying to Kill Train Attacker
One of three Americans acclaimed as heroes for tackling an alleged Islamic State gunman aboard a Paris-bound train testified at the man’s trial Friday that he tried to kill him.
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Three Go on Trial for Deadly 2017 Barcelona Terror Attacks
Three people went on trial Tuesday in Spain for their alleged roles in terror attacks around Barcelona that killed 16 people and injured 140 others in 2017.
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German Police Raid Homes of 4 Men Linked to Vienna Attacker
Police in Germany on Friday raided the homes and businesses of four men linked to the Islamic State sympathizer who carried out a deadly attack in Vienna this week, as Austria announced the closure of several mosques in the country.
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Austria Says Mistakes Made in Dealing With Vienna Attacker
Slovakian intelligence told their Austrian counterparts in July that the man who fatally shot four people in a terror attack in Vienna this week had tried to buy ammunition there and mistakes were apparently made in dealing with that information, Austrian authorities conceded Wednesday.
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ISIS Fighters Radicalized in London Indicted on Beheadings of Americans
Finally filing charges over the beheading of American journalist James Foley and others, the United States on Wednesday indicted half of the Islamic State group nicknamed “The Beatles” because of their British accents.
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Extremist Violence Causes Food Shortages in North Mozambique
The escalating extremist insurgency in northern Mozambique has displaced 310,000 people, creating an urgent humanitarian crisis, the World Food Program said Tuesday.
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UK Repatriates British Child From Syria
Britain said on Wednesday it had repatriated a child from Syria, one of dozens of British children thought to be trapped in the war-torn country.
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Texas Man Accused of Making Bomb Threat During Zoom Class
A 19-year-old man arrested after he allegedly made a bomb threat against the University of Houston during an online lecture and voiced support for the Islamic State group will make his first appearance in federal court Tuesday.
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Charlie Hebdo Terror Attack Suspects Go on Trial in Paris
Thirteen men and a woman go on trial Wednesday over the 2015 attacks against the Charlie Hebdo satirical newspaper and a kosher supermarket in Paris that marked the beginning of a wave of violence by the Islamic State group in Europe.
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French Paper Attacked in 2015 Reprints Mohammed Caricatures
The French satirical paper whose staff was decimated in a violent attack by Islamic extremists in 2015 is reprinting caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed cited by the killers, declaring “history cannot be rewritten nor erased.”
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Islamic State Bride Sold Her Wedding Present: an AK47
A German woman who joined the Islamic State group fell on such hard times that she had to sell her wedding present, an AK47 rifle, according to prosecutors in Germany.
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Man Drove Into Motorcyclists in German Highway Terror Attack
An Iraqi-born man deliberately drove his car into motorcycles along a stretch of Berlin highway, leaving at least one person with life-threatening injuries in what German officials classified Wednesday as a terror attack.
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