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Man accused of pledging allegiance to IS makes bail bid

A man charged with being a member of a terrorist organisation has argued he has exceptional reasons to be released back into the community.

AAP · Oct 1

US coalition ends Iraq mission as pro-Iran factions refuse to disarm

The US-led force has been operating in Iraq for 12 years to dismantle IS terrorist group networks which had threatened to take over the region and plunge it into instability.

Euronews · Oct 1

The US military says its withdrawal of troops from Iraq is complete

The US military has finished withdrawing all troops from Iraq, marking the end of a 12-year mission. This withdrawal culminated in the handover of an air base in northern Iraq to local authorities. Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi described the event as the beginning of a new sovereign phase for…

The Economic Times · Sep 30

'Naive gamer' to IS sympathiser: How US teen Daniel Fischer was radicalised

An American boy who went from being a “naive gamer” to embracing an “extreme vision” of Islam became an IS “sympathiser” and eventually a convict working to leave extremist ideology.

The Times of India · Sep 28

Afghanistan says 28 fighters killed, 32 captured after crossing from Pakistan

Afghanistan stated that it has killed 28 fighters and apprehended 32 suspected Islamic State insurgents, claiming they crossed over from Pakistan to launch attacks in Nuristan province. Pakistan refuted these claims, calling them baseless and lacking proof. Rising tensions between the two nations have been fueled by ongoing cross-border conflict…

The Economic Times · Sep 27

Alleged top Islamic State propagandist faces court

A Melbourne retiree has faced court, accused of distributing instructions on how to evade law enforcement and carry out mass casualty attacks.

AAP · Sep 23

Sri Lanka Easter bombings: 15 sentenced to hundreds of years in prison each over deadly terror attacks

Islamic State-inspired bombings of churches and hotels in 2019 was one of the country’s worst ever attacks

The Guardian - AU · Sep 23

Trial of six French Islamic State suspects opens in Baghdad

The suspects were part of a group of 47 French nationals transferred last year from Syria to Iraq, where numerous suspected IS members were already being held.

Euronews · Sep 21

Jonathan Majors’s anti-Islam action thriller is laughably terrible far-right propaganda

The disgraced former Marvel villain has found work with Ben Shapiro for hateful campus-set thriller Run Hide Fight: Infidels, which makes its politics clear from the outset

The Guardian - US · Sep 17

Custody for man who allegedly kept IS beheading videos

A man accused of possessing "horrific" Islamic State beheadings on his phone has failed to argue exceptional circumstances for a magistrate to grant him bail.

AAP · Sep 17