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El Shafee Elsheikh trial: Hostages of ‘sadistic’ IS terror cell forced to sing sick parody of Hotel California

Hostages of a “sadistic” Islamic State terror cell were forced to sing a sick parody of the Eagles song ‘Hotel California’ retitled ‘Hotel Osama’, a journalist has told a US court.

Evening Standard

French priest renowned for uncovering massacres warns of ‘Buchas everywhere’

Over the past two decades, Father Patrick Desbois, a French Catholic priest, has been identifying World War II atrocity sites, uncovering evidence of overlooked massacres. After doing similar work with the Yazidi victims of the Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq and Syria, he is now back in Ukraine, collecting…

France 24

Indonesian jails activist lawyer over Islamic radicalism

A former Indonesian human rights lawyer who joined an Islamic hard-line group has been sentenced to three years in prison on charges of incitement with the aim to establish a caliphate in a secular country

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Gorakhpur temple attack accused acted like IS-inspired 'lone wolf': UP ATS

LUCKNOW/NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terror Squad (UPATS) sleuths said on Tuesday that Gorakhnath temple attack accused Ahmad Murtaza Abbasi seemed to be inspired by the lone wolf attack pattern of the Islamic State (IS). The ATS sleuths interrogated Murtaza after finding several IS videos in his laptop.

The Times of India

Daughter of IS murder victim David Haines to travel to Syria to find father's remains

Bethany Haines received a tip-off from a man with map co-ordinates to the location of where her father's remains are thought to be.

Daily Record

Daughter of Brit beheaded by ISIS gets mystery call telling her where his body is

David Haines was working for a French agency when he was kidnapped in Syria in March 2013, held hostage and later beheaded by Jihadi John in a video which horrified the world

Daily Mirror

How the Islamic State trial could change the future of US terrorism cases

As a Virginia jury hears horrific allegations, experts say the trial of El Shafee Elsheikh sets an important precedent

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Negev summit strengthens ties between Israel and Arab countries

This week's historic summit in Israel's Negev desert saw Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid host his counterparts from the UAE, Bahrain, Egypt and Morocco. Lapid said the objective was to establish "a new regional architecture that will deter Iran. It follows the normalisation of ties back in late 2020. We…

France 24

Islamic State hostages ‘forced into brutal prison fights by captors known as The Beatles’

An aid worker held by the Islamic State “Beatles” says he and fellow prisoners were forced to take part in “Royal Rumble” fights during 14 months in captivity.

Evening Standard

Report: US military must do more to avoid civilian deaths

A new report says the U.S. military needs to adjust its planning, targeting and use of weapons in order to better avoid widespread civilian deaths and damage such as the devastating 2017 battle to liberate the Syrian city of Raqqa from Islamic State militants

The Independent UK

Islamic State hostages were forced to fight each other, US court hears

Aid workers and journalists subjected to constant abuse, Federico Motka says at trial of El Shafee Elsheikh

The Guardian - UK

Prime Paris attacks suspect insists on right to silence but manages to say a lot

Wednesday was eagerly anticipated as a crucial day at the Paris attacks trial. Salah Abdeslam, the only survivor of the suicide killers who murdered 130 people on the night of 13 November 2015, was to give his version of what really happened. The public benches were packed. The media showed…

Radio France Internationale

‘IS Beatle gave hostages going-away beatings’

A London-born Islamic State fighter accused of being part of the notorious ‘Beatles’ terror cell allegedly dished out “going-away beatings” to hostages who were about to be released, a US court has heard.

Evening Standard

Israel raids West Bank refugee camp, 2 Palestinians killed

Israeli forces have raided a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, setting off a gun battle

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Al Jazeera

Analysis: Palestinian ‘individual attacks’ expected to rise

In an surge not witnessed in years, Palestinians carry out three attacks killing 11 Israelis in just more than a week.

The Independent UK

Woman who travelled to territory of so-called IS not ‘prima facie a terrorist’

Former Irish soldier Lisa Smith has pleaded not guilty to charges of membership of IS and providing funds to benefit the group.

The Independent UK

Israelis say gunman who killed 5 was West Bank Palestinian

Israeli police say the attacker who used an assault rifle to methodically gun down victims from a motorcycle in a central Israeli city was a Palestinian

France 24

Five killed in Tel Aviv in third attack in a week

Five people were killed in gun attacks Tuesday near the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv, emergency responders said, in the third fatal gun or knife spree in the Jewish state in a week.

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The Independent UK

Lisa Smith ‘answered call to migrate to Syria’, court hears

The former Irish soldier denies membership of so-called Islamic State.

The Independent UK

Lisa Smith ‘answered the call to migrate’ to Syria, court told

The former Irish soldier denies membership of so-called Islamic State.

The Independent UK

Israel raids homes of Islamic State suspects, arrests 2

Israeli security forces say they raided the homes of at least 12 Arab citizens and arrested two suspected of having ties to the Islamic State group, which claimed the killings of a pair of Israeli police officers over the weekend

The Independent UK

Many in Mideast see hypocrisy in Western embrace of Ukraine

Western countries have invoked international law within days of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

The Independent UK

IS claims killing of 2 in Israel, 2nd rampage in a week

The militant Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a shooting in central Israel that police say killed two people and wounded four

The Independent UK

Israeli PM tests positive for COVID, is working from home

Israel's prime minister has tested positive for the coronavirus and is working from home as authorities piece together a fatal shooting that took place hours earlier

Evening Standard

Murdered Brit’s daughter to confront his alleged Islamic State kidnapper in US trial

The daughter of a British aid worker who was murdered by Islamic State will fly out to the States to confront one of his alleged tormentors.

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