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Legal
American IS follower pleads guilty to terror charges
(VOA) An American who traveled to Syria to fight for Islamic State’s self-declared caliphate has pleaded guilty to terror charges, a year after he was returned to the United States. The U.S. Justice Department announced Wednesday that Omer Kuzu, 23, had pleaded […]
Government & Politics
Security dominates EU draft statement on Afghan migration Absent is any mention of how many refugees the EU might accept. The EU wants to first see how more countries respond, one diplomat said.
(Politico) The EU emphasized security and keeping Afghan migrants outside the bloc in a draft statement obtained Thursday by POLITICO. The two-page document — dated August 25 and slated for discussion at an EU interior ministers meeting Tuesday — used the word […]
Legal
IS fanatic Bourhan Hraichie’s non-parole period shortened on appeal The grim details of a prison attack carried out by an Islamic State-inspired religious fanatic have been laid bare as he appealed to have his sentence cut.
(NCA NewsWire) An Islamic State-inspired fanatic known for cruel attacks on fellow inmates has had his sentence cut after a court was found to have made errors when sentencing him. But Bourhan Hraichie, 25, whose crimes include carving an IS slogan into […]