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Islamic State-linked rebels have killed 89 civilians in multiple attacks in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s Lubero territory, the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Central African country said on Friday. CBC | World News
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UK synagogue attacker claimed allegiance to Islamic State group: police
The man whose attack on a synagogue in northern England last week resulted in the deaths of two Jewish worshippers phoned police to say he was acting for Islamic State, investigators said on Wednesday. CBC | World News
Read More »Islamic State-linked rebels attack funeral in east Congo, killing more than 50
Allied Democratic Forces rebels with machetes and guns killed more than 50 civilians at a funeral in east Congo, the latest big attack by the Islamic State-linked group, officials said. CBC | World News
Read More »Men publicly caned by Indonesian Islamic court for hugging and kissing
Two men in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province were among a group of people publicly caned on Tuesday after an Islamic Shariah court convicted them of violating Islamic law by hugging and kissing, which the court ruled can lead to banned sexual relations. CBC | World News
Read More »British-born woman who joined Islamic State at 15 loses citizenship appeal
A British-born woman who went to Syria as a schoolgirl to join the Islamic State has lost her latest appeal over the removal of her British citizenship. CBC | World News
Read More »Iran vows revenge for deadliest attack since Islamic Revolution
Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards and First Vice-President Mohammad Mokhber vowed revenge on Thursday for explosions that killed nearly 100 people at a ceremony to commemorate top commander Qassem Soleimani, who was killed by a U.S. drone in 2020 in Iraq. CBC | World News
Read More »Israel, Islamic Jihad truce appears holding despite rockets
A ceasefire between Israel and Gaza’s Islamic Jihad militant group appeared to be holding Thursday despite an earlier barrage of rocket fire that briefly disrupted a truce to end two days of intense fighting that killed at least 34 Palestinians, including three women and eight children, and paralyzed parts of Israel. CBC | World News
Read More »Israeli airstrike kills Islamic Jihad commander in Gaza home
A pair of Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday targeted two senior commanders from the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad, killing one in Gaza but missing another in Syria, escalating Israel’s confrontation with Iran across the region and threatening to unleash another round of cross-border violence with Palestinian militants. CBC | World News
Read More »Michel Barnier: Brexit Britain is RUNNING AWAY from a war against Islamic jihadis
MICHEL BARNIER provoked outrage by suggesting Britain was selfish and ran away from the fight against Islamic State by backing Brexit. The inflammatory comments were made in a speech in a security conference in Berlin ahead of a set of talks over the next fortnight. Daily Express :: News Feed
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