A video posted on social media shows the removal of the nude Donald Trump statue that was placed in Union Square, New York City, on Thursday (August 18). Art collective ”INDECLINE” claimed responsibility for erecting the statue, entitled ”The Emperor Has No Balls”. The video shows NYC park officials driving away with the statue face-down […]
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An Orthodox Jew was stabbed in the stomach in broad daylight in the French city of Strasbourg on Friday, local authorities said, by an attacker who several witnesses said shouted an Islamic religious phrase. The 62-year-old man was recovering in hospital and his life was not in danger, a Strasbourg rabbi told Reuters. His assailant […]
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Islamic State has claimed responsibility for an attack on a traffic police post outside Moscow on Wednesday in which both attackers were killed, calling it revenge for Russia’s aerial bombing campaign in Syria. The militant group made the claim via the Amaq news agency, which it regularly uses to issue statements, and released a video […]
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His face bloodied and completely covered in dust, the little boy sits quietly, staring ahead, dazed and shocked after an apparent air strike in the Syrian city of Aleppo. Alone in an ambulance, the boy – identified by doctors as five-year-old Omran Daqneesh – tries to wipe the blood off his head, unaware of the […]
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To his detractors, including the British government, Salman Butt is an extremist whose views on Islam fly in the face of Britain’s values and help foster an atmosphere where young Muslims can be radicalised by militants. Even though he is not accused of supporting militant groups or violence, the British authorities believe it is only […]
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A Saudi-Palestinian firm has invented a multi-purpose umbrella with a fan, navigation system and flashlight, to meet the needs of Muslims performing the Hajj pilgrimage.
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Anjem Choudary, Britain’s most high-profile Islamist preacher whose followers have been linked to numerous militant plots across the world, has been found guilty of inviting support for Islamic State. Choudary, 49, was convicted at London’s Old Bailey court of using online lectures and messages to encourage support for the banned group which controls large parts […]
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Indian security forces on Tuesday killed five protesters and injured 10 in clashes that erupted after crowds angered by the killing of a separatist militant in disputed Kashmir pelted them with stones and defied a curfew, officials said. Indian-ruled Kashmir has witnessed violent protests since July 8, when security forces killed a field commander of Pakistan-based […]
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A British law firm that doggedly pursued allegations of killings and torture made by Iraqi claimants against British troops will close down at the end of the month after it lost vital government funding, British media reported on Monday. Public Interest Lawyers (PIL) had been widely criticised for driving a series of legal actions that […]
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The people of Manbij, near the Turkish border with Syria, appear jubilant in video released one day after Syria Democratic Forces ousted Islamic State forces from the city. The people of Manbij, near the Turkish border with Syria were jubilant on Saturday (August 13) a day after Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) ousted Islamic State forces […]
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