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Philippines

Dutch photographer 'shot dead by ISIS-linked captors in Philippines'

Ewold Horn had been held hostage by Islamic State-linked militants in the Philippines since 2012.

Spain

Police arrest man accused of funding return of ISIS fighters to Europe

Police said the operation was part of the fight against so-called Islamic State's (ISIS) new strategy of returning its fighters to their home countries, following the loss of its territory in Iraq and Syria.

France

Christianity in Iraq 'will never die' insists Archbishop of Mosul

Christianity in Iraq 'will never die' insists Archbishop of Mosul

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka bombings: Who are the suspects?

Investigations have confirmed there were nine suicide bombers and that eight have been identified, police said.

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Kosovo

Kosovo brings back jihadist fighters and families from Syria

Kosovo has brought back 110 citizens from Syria, including jihadists who fought in the civil war and 74 children.

Belgium

Ex-ISIL women 'losing hope' of returning home to Belgium

Two Belgian women said they were losing hope of ever going back home after a Belgian court overturned the ruling to repatriate them and their six children.

Syria

Last days of the ISIS Caliphate

What was once proclaimed as a caliphate is now just a tiny enclave and these soldiers from the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces believe they are now on the verge of a final victory.

USA

ISIS on the brink of defeat in Syria as U.S.-backed forces launch final attack

"We expect it to be over soon," said Mustafa Bali, a spokesman for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

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Hundreds of people evacuated from last ISIS stronghold in Syria

Syrian Kurdish fighters released footage of hundreds of men, women and children being evacuated on Monday night from the last stronghold of the Islamic State group in Syria.

United Kingdom

British Bengalis divided on IS teen's right to come home

A divide is opening in the British Bangladeshi community in East London, where Shamima Begum spent her formative years, over whether the teen who ran away to join to self-styled Islamic State should return home

USA

Trump says he will not readmit Alabama woman who joined ISIS

Muthana, a 24-year-old Alabama woman, made a desperate plea to U.S. officials earlier this week to be allowed to return home.

United Kingdom

Teen Shamima Begum to have her UK citizenship revoked after joining IS

British authorities have revoked the UK citizenship of 19-year-old Shamima Begum, who abandoned Britain in 2015 so she could join Islamic State

United Kingdom

Shamima Begum: Can Britain revoke citizenship and what happens next?

Britain is already embroiled in a legal battle with a member of a group of foreign ISIS fighters dubbed 'the Beatles'. Can we learn anything from this case?

United Kingdom

ISIS runaway schoolgirl must ‘be allowed’ to return: friend’s father

A British teenager who fled the UK to marry a member of the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria should be allowed to return, said the father of another schoolgirl who accompanied her four years ago.

World News

Seven Islamic extremists get life sentences for killing tourists in Tunisia

So-called Islamic State said they carried out both attacks, supposedly their first in the country.

United Kingdom

Journalist John Cantlie, captured by ISIS in 2012, 'is still alive'

The journalist was last seen in a propaganda video at the end of 2016

Europe News

Lawyers: Defendant in Brussels terror attack should be acquitted

No DNA of Mehdi Nemmouche found on door of Jewish Museum or revolver, they claim

USA

Top US envoy in fight against ISIS resigns after Trump Syria pullout

Brett McGurk submitted his resignation amid disagreements over US troop presence in Syria

Yemen

Euroviews. How to Stop the War in Yemen | View

The Houthi threat has not been given due attention in Western capitals. They are not proscribed as a terrorist group by the US State Department, NATO, or the EU. This means it is perfectly legal to support, or even fundraise for them.

Germany

I met my ISIS captor on a German street

Teenager says she encountered her ISIL captor, who kept her as a sex slave, in Germany