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Al-Qaeda Chief Killed: US Drone Strike Spells End for 9/11 Mastermind
Ayman al-Zawahiri succeeded Osama bin Laden as al Qaeda leader after years as its main organizer and strategist, but his lack of charisma and competition from rival militants Islamic State hobbled his ability.
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No Law In Sri Lanka To Prevent People From Joining Foreign Terror Outfits
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Sky News on Thursday that the Sri Lankan government had known that Sri Lankan nationals who had joined the Islamic State had returned to the country - but that they couldn't be arrested, since joining a foreign terrorist organization is not against the law.
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US Designates Iran's Revolutionary Guards As Terrorist Organisation
The United States on Monday designated Iran's elite military force, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a terrorist organization, ramping up already far-reaching attempts to undermine the Iranian government.
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New York Suspect Planned Attack Year Ago, Said Proud Of What He Had Done
Federal authorities on Wednesday charged the 29-year-old Uzbek immigrant they say plowed a rented truck into people walking and cycling on a New York City bike path - killing eight - with providing support to a terrorist organization, alleging that he was inspired by the Islamic State to inflict mayhem and chose Halloween because he figured there w...
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Protesters Rally Against Islamic Law In Dozens of US Cities
Protesters held rallies across the United States on Saturday to denounce sharia law, the Islamic legal and moral code that organizers say poses a threat to American freedoms, but critics believe anti-Muslim hatred is behind the condemnation
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Elite Unit That Helped Kill Osama Bin Laden Gets Expanded Power To Hunt Terrorists
The Obama administration is giving the elite Joint Special Operations Command - the same organization that helped kill Osama bin Laden in a 2011 raid by Navy SEALs - expanded power to track, plan and potentially launch attacks on terrorist cells around the globe, a move driven by concerns of a dispersed terrorist threat as Islamic State militants a...
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Growing Evidence Of Terror Groups Reviving Slave Trade: Report
A new report on fighting human trafficking in conflict says there is growing evidence that terrorist groups, including the Islamic State and Boko Haram, are reviving slavery and organizing slave markets.
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It Turns Out Many ISIS Recruits Don't Know Much About Islam
A recent trove of documents linked to the Islamic State reveals an increasingly pronounced phenomenon: Many of the young recruits to the extremist organization don't know much about Islam.
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Attacker In Nice Is Said To Have Radicalised 'Very Rapidly'
The Islamic State on Saturday claimed responsibility for an attack that killed 84 in this coastal French city, according to the organization's news agency, as France's top cop announced for the first time that investigators think the attacker had been "radicalized."
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ISIS Claims Responsibility For France Attack In Nice
The Islamic State on Saturday claimed responsibility for an attack that killed 84 in this coastal French city, the organization's news agency said Saturday, as French prosecutors took four more people into custody in connection with the attack.
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Al-Qaeda Chief Killed: US Drone Strike Spells End for 9/11 Mastermind
Ayman al-Zawahiri succeeded Osama bin Laden as al Qaeda leader after years as its main organizer and strategist, but his lack of charisma and competition from rival militants Islamic State hobbled his ability.
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No Law In Sri Lanka To Prevent People From Joining Foreign Terror Outfits
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Sky News on Thursday that the Sri Lankan government had known that Sri Lankan nationals who had joined the Islamic State had returned to the country - but that they couldn't be arrested, since joining a foreign terrorist organization is not against the law.
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US Designates Iran's Revolutionary Guards As Terrorist Organisation
The United States on Monday designated Iran's elite military force, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a terrorist organization, ramping up already far-reaching attempts to undermine the Iranian government.
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New York Suspect Planned Attack Year Ago, Said Proud Of What He Had Done
Federal authorities on Wednesday charged the 29-year-old Uzbek immigrant they say plowed a rented truck into people walking and cycling on a New York City bike path - killing eight - with providing support to a terrorist organization, alleging that he was inspired by the Islamic State to inflict mayhem and chose Halloween because he figured there w...
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Protesters Rally Against Islamic Law In Dozens of US Cities
Protesters held rallies across the United States on Saturday to denounce sharia law, the Islamic legal and moral code that organizers say poses a threat to American freedoms, but critics believe anti-Muslim hatred is behind the condemnation
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Elite Unit That Helped Kill Osama Bin Laden Gets Expanded Power To Hunt Terrorists
The Obama administration is giving the elite Joint Special Operations Command - the same organization that helped kill Osama bin Laden in a 2011 raid by Navy SEALs - expanded power to track, plan and potentially launch attacks on terrorist cells around the globe, a move driven by concerns of a dispersed terrorist threat as Islamic State militants a...
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Growing Evidence Of Terror Groups Reviving Slave Trade: Report
A new report on fighting human trafficking in conflict says there is growing evidence that terrorist groups, including the Islamic State and Boko Haram, are reviving slavery and organizing slave markets.
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It Turns Out Many ISIS Recruits Don't Know Much About Islam
A recent trove of documents linked to the Islamic State reveals an increasingly pronounced phenomenon: Many of the young recruits to the extremist organization don't know much about Islam.
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Attacker In Nice Is Said To Have Radicalised 'Very Rapidly'
The Islamic State on Saturday claimed responsibility for an attack that killed 84 in this coastal French city, according to the organization's news agency, as France's top cop announced for the first time that investigators think the attacker had been "radicalized."
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ISIS Claims Responsibility For France Attack In Nice
The Islamic State on Saturday claimed responsibility for an attack that killed 84 in this coastal French city, the organization's news agency said Saturday, as French prosecutors took four more people into custody in connection with the attack.
