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New Zealand

New Zealand vows anti-terror laws change after supermarket attack

Authorities say Friday's knife attack by an ISIS supporter has highlighted deficiencies in New Zealand's anti-terror laws.

New Zealand

New Zealand police kill 'terrorist' after he stabs 6 people

An ISIS supporter stabbed and injured six people in an Auckland supermarket before police shot and killed him, New Zealand authorities said on Friday.

Afghanistan

'We will hunt you down', Biden warns IS after deadly Kabul attacks

The US president said the evacuation mission will continue despite Thursday's airport bombings, while the US military warns more attempted attacks are expected.

Afghanistan

IS threat forces US changes to evacuations at Kabul airport

Potential Islamic State threats against Americans in Afghanistan are forcing the U.S. military to develop new ways to get evacuees to the airport in Kabul, a US official told AP.

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Albania

Albania repatriates 19 family members of dead ISIS fighters from Syria

A few hundred Albanians joined the Islamic State militant group in Iraq and Syria and most were killed. Since then, their families have been stuck in camps.

Iraq

Biden says US combat mission in Iraq to conclude by year end

Biden said the U.S. military will continue to assist Iraq in its fight against the Islamic State group.

Norway

Norwegian court gives Syrian teen 5-year jail term for planning terror

The court ruled that juvenile punishment was not applicable in the case and that “there is a risk of recurrence and that imprisonment is required and imperative."

Netherlands

Dutch court convicts woman for spreading IS propaganda

The woman's sentence was double the three years originally demanded by prosecutors, with judges saying the sentence request was “far too low”.

Italy

Ensuring 'lasting defeat' of IS on agenda at Global Coalition summit

The summit in Rome is co-chaired by the Italian Foreign Minister, Luigi di Maio, and his American counterpart, Anthony Blinken, and will be attended by more than 80 international delegations.

Nigeria

Boko Haram leader 'seriously wounded' in attempted suicide attempt

Abubakar Shekau reportedly tried to kill himself to avoid capture after being surrounded by rival jihadists.

Afghanistan

Blast near girls’ school in Afghan capital kills at least 50

Many children between 11 and 15 years old are among the dead.

France

Marine Le Pen acquitted in trial over posting images of IS atrocities

Le Pen's lawyer hailed the ruling as a victory as the far-right leader prepares to run for president in 2022.

Sweden

How ISIS and coalition airstrikes combined to terrorise Raqqa

Amid Syria’s civil war, Raqqa became known the world over for being the stage of some of the most horrific episodes of violence perpetrated by the so-called Islamic State.

United Kingdom

Shamima Begum: UK Supreme Court says IS bride cannot return to UK

The Supreme Court, in its judgment on Friday 26 February, ruled against the Court of Appeal's decision, stating among other reasons that "the right to a fair hearing does not trump all other considerations, such as the safety of the public".

Germany

German court sentences 'IS recruiter' to 10.5 years in prison

A German court in Celle sentenced former imam Abu Walaa to 10.5 years in prison on Wednesday for being a member of the Islamic State terrorist organisation and recruiting for them.

Syria

UN: 27,000 children need to be repatriated from ISIS camp in Syria

Voronkov said there are children from 60 countries in the camps who are the responsibility of their member states, not of Syria or the groups that control the camps.

Germany

Germany repatriates 3 women, 12 children from camps in Syria

European governments have so far been reluctant to take back their citizens who joined jihadist groups in Syria and Iraq.

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Iraqi firefighters put out oil well fire 'started by Islamic State'

Firefighters from the Iraqi state-owned North Oil Company put out a fire at an oil well in the northern Khabbaz oil field which has been raging for a week.

USA

Two Islamic State ‘Beatles’ plead not guilty to charges in US court

Two jihadists from the Islamic State group, who were part of a terror cell nicknamed ‘The Beatles’ due to their British accents, have pleaded not guilty before a judge in the USA.

Mali

3 European hostages and Malian politican freed by Islamic extremists

French president Emmanual Macron welcomed the news of the release of French captive Sophie Pétronin, saying it was "a joy to have heard her voice."