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Russian Prison Siege By ISIS Inmates Ends, Hostages Safe
Two prison officers have been taken hostage by Islamic State inmates in a jail in Rostov, southern Russia, the prison services announced Sunday.
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Ex-Briton ISIS 'Beatle' Jailed For Life By US Court For Killing Hostages
A member of the notorious Islamic State kidnap-and-murder cell known as the "Beatles" was sentenced to life in prison by a US court on Friday for the deaths of four American hostages in Syria.
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Saudi-Born Canadian Man Gets Life Sentence In US For Aiding ISIS
A U.S. judge sentenced a Saudi-born Canadian man to life in prison after he pleaded guilty in December to aiding Islamic State by working with propagandists who publicized the group's beheading of hostages including American journalist James Foley.
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ISIS's "Beatles" Group Terrorist Faces Jail For Murdering US Hostages
A member of the Islamic State nicknamed "The Beatles" that beheaded American hostages is due to face a US judge on Friday who will determine whether to subject him to a lifetime of near-solitary confinement.
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ISIS "Beatle" Found Guilty Of All Charges In US Hostage Beheadings
A member of a group of Islamic State militants who beheaded American hostages in Iraq and Syria, nicknamed "The Beatles" for their British accents, was found guilty in US court of terrorism offenses on Thursday.
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Brother Of ISIS Victim James Foley Says He Watched Beheading Video Multiple Times
Testifying against suspected Islamic State hostage taker El Shafee Elsheikh before a US court, James Foley's brother said the image is burned into his brain.
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"Don't Need Lessons From A Failed State Like Pakistan": India At UN
India has hit out at Pakistan as well as the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for raising the Kashmir issue at the UN Human Rights Commission and said the grouping has "helplessly" allowed itself to be held "hostage" by Islamabad.
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ISIS "Beatle", Accused Of Beheading American Hostages, To Plead Guilty
A British-born man who was a member of a team of Islamic State militants in Syria nicknamed "The Beatles" accused of beheading American hostages was due to plead guilty on Thursday to US criminal charges, according to a federal court record.
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Taliban Release 235 Hostages After Afghanistan 'Massacre'
The Taliban released 235 hostages from a remote village in northern Afghanistan where it allegedly massacred around 50 civilians along with Islamic State insurgents but others were still feared held, officials said Tuesday.
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Not ISIS, All Local Militants, Says Bangladesh Government On Dhaka Attack
The terrorists who launched Friday's attack on a Dhaka restaurant, slaughtering 20 hostages, were members of a homegrown Bangladeshi militant group and not followers of the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq, a senior minister of Bangladesh has said.
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Russian Prison Siege By ISIS Inmates Ends, Hostages Safe
Two prison officers have been taken hostage by Islamic State inmates in a jail in Rostov, southern Russia, the prison services announced Sunday.
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Ex-Briton ISIS 'Beatle' Jailed For Life By US Court For Killing Hostages
A member of the notorious Islamic State kidnap-and-murder cell known as the "Beatles" was sentenced to life in prison by a US court on Friday for the deaths of four American hostages in Syria.
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Saudi-Born Canadian Man Gets Life Sentence In US For Aiding ISIS
A U.S. judge sentenced a Saudi-born Canadian man to life in prison after he pleaded guilty in December to aiding Islamic State by working with propagandists who publicized the group's beheading of hostages including American journalist James Foley.
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ISIS's "Beatles" Group Terrorist Faces Jail For Murdering US Hostages
A member of the Islamic State nicknamed "The Beatles" that beheaded American hostages is due to face a US judge on Friday who will determine whether to subject him to a lifetime of near-solitary confinement.
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ISIS "Beatle" Found Guilty Of All Charges In US Hostage Beheadings
A member of a group of Islamic State militants who beheaded American hostages in Iraq and Syria, nicknamed "The Beatles" for their British accents, was found guilty in US court of terrorism offenses on Thursday.
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Brother Of ISIS Victim James Foley Says He Watched Beheading Video Multiple Times
Testifying against suspected Islamic State hostage taker El Shafee Elsheikh before a US court, James Foley's brother said the image is burned into his brain.
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"Don't Need Lessons From A Failed State Like Pakistan": India At UN
India has hit out at Pakistan as well as the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for raising the Kashmir issue at the UN Human Rights Commission and said the grouping has "helplessly" allowed itself to be held "hostage" by Islamabad.
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ISIS "Beatle", Accused Of Beheading American Hostages, To Plead Guilty
A British-born man who was a member of a team of Islamic State militants in Syria nicknamed "The Beatles" accused of beheading American hostages was due to plead guilty on Thursday to US criminal charges, according to a federal court record.
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Taliban Release 235 Hostages After Afghanistan 'Massacre'
The Taliban released 235 hostages from a remote village in northern Afghanistan where it allegedly massacred around 50 civilians along with Islamic State insurgents but others were still feared held, officials said Tuesday.
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Not ISIS, All Local Militants, Says Bangladesh Government On Dhaka Attack
The terrorists who launched Friday's attack on a Dhaka restaurant, slaughtering 20 hostages, were members of a homegrown Bangladeshi militant group and not followers of the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq, a senior minister of Bangladesh has said.
