Six people, including the alleged gunman, have been arrested in connection with a shooting Wednesday morning near the entrance to the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, that injured a Lebanese guard, authorities said. Shots from “small arms” were heard at…
Shamima Begum loses appeal against removal of British citizenship
Shamima Begum, who left Britain as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State (IS), has lost an appeal against the decision to remove her British citizenship. Describing it as a case of “great concern and difficulty”, the special immigration appeals commission…
Lafarge fined $778 million after pleading guilty to supporting ISIS
Lafarge has pleaded guilty to paying a Jihadist group ISIS to ease the movement of its staff and goods within a war zone in Syria. United States Department of Justice (DoJ) in a statement said the cement company has been…
Rebels carry out attack on police station in Benin killing two
Two police officers have been killed and another wounded in a rebel attack on a police station in northwest Benin, local media and police sources said, in what appears to be a spillover effect of unrest in neighbouring Burkina Faso…
Post-Covid-19 Pandemic, Nigeria and France must seize the chance to strengthen military and economic ties – Muhammadu Buhari
Today, leaders from across Africa meet in Paris to discuss plans to recover from the impact of a common enemy – COVID-19. But for African nations from across the Sahel region and beyond, the issues are inseparable from the fight…
IS brides: Two more mothers ‘stripped of UK citizenship’ (BBC)
Two more women from the UK who are being held in Syrian camps with their young children have been stripped of their citizenship, a report says. It comes after the death in a Syrian camp of the baby son of…
Melbourne terror attacker inspired by ISIS (CNN)
A man who stabbed three people after his pickup truck burst into flames in a Melbourne street was known to authorities for his radical views but was not considered a threat, Australian police said. Hassan Khalid Shire Ali, 30, had…
200 mass graves of thousands of ISIS victims found (CNN)
More than 200 mass graves containing the remains of thousands of victims have been found in areas formerly controlled by ISIS, a United Nations report revealed Tuesday. Both the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and the UN Human Rights…
ISIS still ‘serious’ global risk with 20,000 fighters-UN (ThisDay)
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – or Syria (ISIL/Da’esh) still has no fewer than 20,000 ISIS fighters. It is continuing its dangerous transformation into a covert global network, UN counter-terror officials said. The officials also said that…