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Angelina Jolie has visited war-weakened Burkina Faso to show solidarity with people who continue to welcome the displaced, despite grappling with their own insecurity, and said the world isn’t doing enough to help.While Burkina Faso has been battling a five-year Islamic insurgency linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State that’s killed thousands and displaced more than one million people, it’s also hosting more than 22,000 refugees, the majority Malian.“The truth is we are not doing half of what

Alan Partridge for his comments on Good Morning Britain.The host and his co-presenter Susanna Reid were on the subject of Shamima Begum when Madeley appeared to embody the popular comedy character.The hosts were holding a debate on whether Begum should be able to return to the UK from Syria.

Iraq's media regulator canceled a TV prank show that lured guests into simulated ambushes by militants, forcing participants and viewers to relive some of the terror and fear that were widespread under the rule of the Islamic State group.The show, Tannab Raslan, was being aired by the local Asia TV as a special during the holy month of Ramadan until Iraq’s Communication and Media Commission this week ordered it off the air.The show — a form of reality TV — follows Iraqi celebrity guests,

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorCopenhagen documentary film festival CPH:DOX sees the world premiere of “Children of the Enemy,” which captures the journey of a Swedish-Chilean man to a Syrian prison camp to rescue his grandchildren, after their parents – members of the Islamic State terrorist group – are killed.

first alerted the BBC to the troubling trend. Indeed, TikTok sleazeballs have reportedly used the hack to upload everything from graphic sex videos to a gruesome 2015 clip of Islamic State militants burning Jordanian pilot Muadh al-Kasasbeh to death in a cage.Unfortunately, the TikTok loophole allows users to set videos as their profile pic, which are infinitely more difficult to monitor than clips posted to their feed.

London schoolgirls who travelled to Syria in 2015 to join the so-called Islamic State group (IS). She was found heavily pregnant four years later in a Syrian refugee camp and her British citizenship was revoked on national security grounds.Ms Begum, who is now 21, is challenging the Home Office’s decision to strip her of her citizenship and wants to return to the UK to pursue an appeal.

appeal against the removal of her British citizenship, the Supreme Court has ruled. Ms Begum was 15 when she and two other east London schoolgirls travelled to Syria to join the so-called Islamic State group (IS) in February 2015.

The last major stronghold of the Islamic State — also known as ISIS, ISIL and Daesh — fell in March 2019, when the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces liberated the town of Baghouz, on the border between Syria and Iraq. At the peak of its power, ISIS controlled a swath of land the size of Britain between those two Middle Eastern countries, with some 8 million people under the rule of its so-called caliphate.

The New York Times Co. will return the 2018 Peabody Award it received for the podcast Caliphate after an internal investigation found it did not adhere to the news organization’s standards for accuracy.

direct to your inboxJailed terrorist Hashem Abedi professed support for 'violent jihad' during a video confession from his prison cell in which he finally admitted his role in the Manchester Arena bombing, it emerged today.Abedi, 23, a Libyan heritage Islamic State fanatic from Fallowfield, helped his suicide bomber brother Salman source chemicals and prepare for the devastating May 2017 attack which left 22 dead and hundreds more seriously injured.He was in Tripoli when his sibling carried out

A computer hacker serving 20 years for giving the Islamic State group the personal data of more than 1,300 U.S. government and military personnel has been granted compassionate release because of the coronavirus pandemic and will be placed in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody for prompt deportation, a federal judge ordered Thursday.

A South Carolina man pleaded guilty Tuesday to sharing bomb-making information with another man in support of the Islamic State terror group.  Kristopher Sean Matthews, 34, who goes by Ali Jibreel, entered his plea in San Antonio, Texas, to a charge of conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization. He admitted to federal prosecutors that he conspired with 22-year-old Jaylyn Christopher Molina, of Cost, Texas, the Justice Department said.

PARIS -- Head lowered, an Islamic State operative listened silently as a Paris judge on Monday detailed his alleged plot to unleash mass slaughter on a high-speed train before he was tackled and subdued by American vacationers whose heroics inspired Clint Eastwood to direct a Hollywood re-enactment.Opening a month-long trial for Ayoub El Khazzani, the judge said the 31-year-old Moroccan with ties to a notorious mastermind intended to “kill all the passengers" aboard the Amsterdam to Paris train

The YPG is an all-female branch of the Syrian Democratic Forces, a group that has actively fought against ISIL in the Northern part of the country and has been heavily involved in major battles in the war-torn country since the middle of the last decade.

Andreas Wiseman, Jake Kanter EXCLUSIVE: For the first time, BBC Panorama and Frontline (PBS) are collaborating to co-produce a new investigative podcast for BBC Sounds.I’m Not A Monster will chart the story of Sam Sally, the American mom who left behind a comfortable life and travelled to the heart of the Islamic State group caliphate with her family. Her husband became an ISIS sniper, and her 10-year old son, Matthew, appeared in an infamous propaganda video threatening President Trump.Sally,

Two British terror suspects accused of being involved in the execution of Western hostages, as well as Salford aid worker Alan Henning, have denied all charges against them in a US court.El Shafee Elsheikh, 32, and Alexanda Kotey, 36, are accused of beheading hostages for the so-called Islamic State in Syria.Both are accused of being involved in the executions of four American citizens, as well as British and Japanese nationals.The two men, who grew up in London, are said to have been part of a

Six years after Eccles taxi driver-turned-volunteer aid worker Alan Henning was brutally murdered by so-called Islamic State in Syria, a major Salford road will be named after him, the Local Democracy Reporting Service can reveal.He will be honoured in his hometown after hundreds of people signed a petition last year calling for a permanent tribute to "Salford's finest son".Salford councillors agreed to name a road in Eccles after Alan last July.

Hashem Abedi, now 23, was found guilty of 22 counts of murder; attempted murder; and plotting to cause an explosion likely to endanger life.

herePublications which Fenn admitted possessing included the 'Lone Mujahid Pocketbook - Lone Wolf', as well as different issues of Rumiyah, an online propaganda magazine used by Islamic State.He also admitted having a publication called 'Close Combat', and 'three instructional videos on how to construct a suicide vest'.Fenn had been charged with a further three offences, but prosecuting barrister Alex Leach said his pleas were acceptable to the crown.No further details about the case were

Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal has ruled. The UK's highest court will consider whether the 20-year-old should be allowed to return to the UK to challenge the deprivation of her British citizenship.

Shamima Begum can return to the UK to fight the government's decision to remove her citizenship, senior judges have ruled.Ms Begum was one of three schoolgirls who left London to join the Islamic State group in Syria in 2015.The 20-year-old lived under IS rule for more than three years before she was found, nine months pregnant, in a Syrian refugee camp in February last year.Later that month, the then-home secretary Sajid Javid revoked her British citizenship on national security grounds.Ms

Islamic State group (IS) - should be allowed to return to the UK to challenge the deprivation of her British citizenship, senior judges have ruled.Ms Begum, now 20, travelled to Syria in February 2015 and lived under IS rule for more than three years before she was found, nine months pregnant, in a Syrian refugee camp in February last year.Then-home secretary Sajid Javid revoked her British citizenship on national security grounds later that month.Ms Begum took legal action against the Home

hereOr to like her Facebook page and keep up to with the latest news, click hereHere's the link to the M.E.N's main Facebook page where we share our latest stories.Within weeks of Turkey expelling the Kurds, Daniel Burkewas arrested on suspicion of new terror offences in Folkstone.“I’m not a terrorist; you know I am not a terrorist," he told officers.

terrorist who planned to "blow St Paul's Cathedral to the ground" to kill "a lot" of innocent people has been jailed for a minimum of 14 years. Mum Safiyya Amira Shaikh, 37, smiled and raised her index finger, widely recognised as an Islamic State salute, as she was led from court after sentencing.

A former soldier accused of terrorism offences was unable to attend a hearing in his case because he is self-isolating on remand in prison, a court heard.

A £10,000 reward for information over the alleged murder of a former soldier who fought Islamic State has been announced - as detectives appeal for help to find two men with links to Bolton.

The terrorist who carried out the Streatham stabbings and was shot dead by police was fascinated with dying a martyr and urged his girlfriend to kill her disbeliever parents, it has emerged.

Terror suspect Lisa Smith is locked up for 20 hours a day and will only find out next week if she will get to see her daughter for Christmas. The former soldier was charged with ISIS membership earlier this month and was this week remanded in custody until January while evidence was being prepared.