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Law Enforcement
Florida man seeks plea deal after being charged with backing terror group ISIS
(Miami Herald) A Cuban-born man accused of supporting a foreign terrorist group by distributing propaganda videos on social media is being held in a Miami federal lockup, according to court records. Jonathan Guerra Blanco, 23, who lives near Fort Myers, was denied […]
Crime
Channel crossings: Migrant jailed for smuggling people in dinghy
(BBC) A Sudanese man has been jailed for smuggling himself and nine other migrants into the UK in a dinghy. Altaib Mobarak, 43, steered the boat across the English Channel on 7 July. He was given a two-year sentence at Canterbury Crown […]
Children & Teens
Ministry: Finland has done everything possible to repatriate Finnish children from Syria Finland takes the ruling by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child 'very seriously,' according to a senior Foreign Ministry official.
(Yle) The Ministry for Foreign Affairs has reacted to Wednesday’s ruling against Finland by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. The committee declared that Finland had violated the rights of Finnish children in northern Syria by not repatriating them […]