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Legal
US urges Europe to repatriate, prosecute jihadist fighters from Syria
(AFP) The United States called on European nations on Thursday to repatriate and put on trial their citizens who went to fight for the Islamic State group in Syria. The appeal, which has been made previously and fallen on deaf ears, came […]
Government & Politics
France slashes Olympics opening ceremony crowd size amid terror attack fears French President Emmanuel Macron asked for capacity to be reduced to half of what was initially planned for showpiece event.
(Politico) France has scaled down the Paris 2024 Olympic Games opening ceremony which will take place in July on the River Seine, amid concerns over a theoretical Islamist terror attack. Boats carrying each nation’s flag-bearers will pass on the water in the […]
Legal
Paris attack survivors relive horror of ‘playing dead’ at Bataclan
(AFP) Survivors of the 2015 Islamic State massacre at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris on Wednesday told the trial being held over a night of bloodshed in the French capital they “played dead” on the ground for hours to avoid being […]