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Legal
Ex-hostages, relatives seek accountability at IS ‘Beatles’ trial
(AFP) Former hostages and relatives of victims are seeking justice, accountability and perhaps even some solace as the trial of a member of the brutal Islamic State (IS) kidnap-and-murder cell known as the “Beatles” gets underway. Jury selection began on Tuesday in […]
Military
US shuts once-secret Guantanamo prison unit, moves prisoners
(AP) A once-secret unit within the Guantanamo Bay detention center that had fallen into disrepair has been closed and the prisoners moved to another facility on the American base in Cuba, the U.S. military said Sunday. The prisoners at Camp 7 were […]
Interfaith
Self-styled ‘Anglo Jihadi’ guilty of planning attack on shopping centre Jordan Richardson, 21, from Howden, East Yorkshire, was convicted after police found a handwritten note with instructions on how to make mustard gas.
(Sky News) A gym instructor who called himself the “Anglo Jihadi” has been found guilty of planning a bomb and chemical attack on a major shopping centre. Jordan Richardson, 21, a Muslim convert from Howden, East Yorkshire, was convicted after he was […]