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Legal
Michigan man linked to ISIS, charged with attempting to support terrorism
(Detroit Free Press) Federal officials charged a former metro Detroit man with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, a terrorist organization, and for being a felon in possession of a destructive device. The indictment, which […]
Government & Politics
France’s Le Pen to go on trial for tweeting gruesome IS images
(AFP) French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has been ordered to stand trial for tweeting pictures of Islamic State atrocities, a judicial source told AFP on Wednesday. Le Pen shared the gruesome images in December 2015, a few weeks after IS jihadists […]
Crime
Channel migrant dinghy in which five people died packed with people carrying weapons and fighting — survivor Eighteen-year-old Heivin was among the survivors when five migrants died during an attempt to cross the English Channel in a small boat.
(Sky News) The migrant dinghy in which five people died was chaotic, overloaded and packed with people carrying weapons and fighting, according to one of the passengers who was on board, speaking exclusively to Sky News. Heivin, 18, confirmed the boat was […]