Prisons holding ISIS members in Syria a breeding ground for radicalization, officials say It’s been five years since the Islamic State was defeated by a U.S.-led military campaign in Syria. But today some 10,000 ISIS fighters remain jailed inside Syrian detention centers. Human rights ... 05/3/2024 - 11:35 am | View Link
Israel warns citizens against traveling to Sweden for annual Eurovision contest, citing ISIS threat Israel issued a warning to its citizens against attending the annual Eurovision song contest in Malmo, Sweden, due to the possible threat of a terrorist attack. 05/3/2024 - 8:36 am | View Link
Uzbek man hidden in Baltimore for two years, arrested for alleged ISIS ties He was vetted and released into the U.S. It wasn't until two years later when his home country of Uzbekistan issued an international notice seeking his arrest for his alleged ties with ISIS. Agents ... 05/2/2024 - 11:29 am | View Link
Asylum seeker was suspected Isis member who lived in the US for two years after crossing border An asylum seeker with alleged ties to Isis had been living in the US for over two years, according to American officials. Jovokhir Attoev, 33, from Uzbekistan, crossed the border into Arizona and was ... 05/2/2024 - 11:00 am | View Link
Man with alleged ties to ISIS lived in US for two years prior to arrest by ICE: Report Attoev is now in custody in Pennsylvania, and is waiting for an immigration trial in New Jersey. Lawyers for ICE are expected to argue that Attoev needs to remain in custody in order to get more ... 05/2/2024 - 10:06 am | View Link
Islamic State of Iraq e. The Islamic State of Iraq ( ISI; Arabic: دولة العراق الإسلاميةDawlat al-ʿIrāq al-ʾIslāmiyyah) was a Salafi jihadist militant organization that fought the forces of the U.S.-led coalition during the Iraqi insurgency. 05/4/2024 - 1:22 am | View Website
History of the Islamic State The origins of the Islamic State group can be traced back to three main organizations. Earliest of these was the "Jamāʻat al-Tawḥīd wa-al-Jihād" ( transl. "The Organisation of Monotheism and Jihad") organization, founded by the Jihadist leader Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi in Jordan in 1999. The other two predecessor organizations emerged during ... 05/4/2024 - 1:00 am | View Website
ISIS The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria—also know as ISIS or ISIL—is a jihadist militant group and terrorist organization that formed in 1999. 05/3/2024 - 9:11 pm | View Website
As ISIS Resurges, US is Drawn Back Into the Fray Jan. 25, 2022. BAGHDAD, Iraq — An audacious attack on a prison housing thousands of former ISIS fighters in Syria. A series of strikes against military forces in neighboring Iraq. And a horrific... 05/3/2024 - 8:14 pm | View Website
The rise and fall of the Islamic State group: The long and short ... A US-backed alliance of Syrian fighters has announced that the United States and its partners have reclaimed the last territory in Syria controlled by Islamic State (IS) militants. But who are... 05/3/2024 - 8:07 pm | View Website
President Vladimir Putin has been sworn for a record-breaking fifth term as Russia’s leader.
In a lavish Tuesday ceremony at Andreyevsky Hall in the Grand Kremlin Palace, Putin swore an oath of allegiance by placing his right hand on Russia’s constitution. The ceremony—widely boycotted by Western diplomats following what election watchdogs called a sham vote in March—marked the start of a new six-year presidential term.
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“We are a united and great people and together we will overcome all obstacles, we will bring to life everything we have planned.
Erin Patterson, an Australian woman who is accused of murdering her ex-husband’s elderly parents and aunt last year by serving them poisonous mushrooms at a lunch, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to three counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder.
The 49-year-old denied the charges via a video call from the Melbourne prison she’s been held in for months, having not applied for bail.
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Days after consuming beef Wellington prepared by Patterson at her home in Leongatha, a rural town in regional Victoria, on July 29, 2023, three guests—her former parents-in-law, Don and Gail Patterson, both 70, and her ex-husband’s aunt Heather Wilkinson, 66—died in hospital.
NEW DELHI — Millions of Indian voters across 93 constituencies were casting ballots on Tuesday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi mounted an increasingly shrill election campaign, ramping up polarizing rhetoric in incendiary speeches that have targeted the Muslim minority.
In recent campaign rallies, Modi has called Muslims “infiltrators” and said they “have too many children,” referring to a Hindu nationalist trope that Muslims produce more children with the aim of outnumbering Hindus in India.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Police arrested about 125 activists as they broke up a pro-Palestinian demonstration camp at the University of Amsterdam early Tuesday, as protests that have roiled campuses in the United States spread into Europe.
Police in the Dutch capital said in a statement on the social media platform X that their action was “necessary to restore order” after protests turned violent.
An Israeli tank brigade seized control Tuesday of the Gaza Strip side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, authorities said, moving forward with an offensive in the southern city even as cease-fire negotiations with Hamas remain on a knife’s edge.
The move comes after hours of whiplash in the Israel-Hamas war, with the militant group on Monday saying it accepted an Egyptian-Qatari mediated cease-fire proposal.
BEIJING — Chinese state media are reporting a knife attack with possible deaths at a hospital in the country’s southwest.
The official Xinhua News Agency said there were more than 10 casualties in what it called a “vicious assault” on Tuesday in Yunnan province. An online post from Guizhou province television citing unnamed authorities said that two had died and 23 people were injured.
A suspect has been arrested, the Guizhou TV post said.