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Teenager Safaa Boular jailed for life over IS terror plot

August 3, 2018 World Justice News 0

The youngest woman to be convicted of plotting a terror attack on British soil has been jailed for life, with a minimum term of 13 years. Safaa Boular, 18, of Vauxhall, London, was convicted of […]

Islamic State ‘Beatles’ duo: UK ‘will not block death penalty’

July 23, 2018 World Justice News 0

The UK will not block use of the death penalty by the US in the case of two men who are accused of being Islamic State members, the home secretary says. In a letter to […]

One killed in Paris ‘Islamic State’ knife attack

May 12, 2018 World Justice News 0

A knifeman has killed one person and wounded four in a suspected terror attack in central Paris, French officials say. The attacker was then shot dead by police in the Opéra district. Witnesses say they […]

UK carries out cyber-attack on Islamic State

April 12, 2018 World Justice News 0

The UK has conducted a “major offensive cyber-campaign” against the Islamic State group, the director of the intelligence agency GCHQ has revealed. The operation hindered the group’s ability to co-ordinate attacks and suppressed their propaganda, […]

France hostage crisis: Police shoot supermarket gunman

March 23, 2018 World Justice News 0

Armed police have killed a suspect who shot dead three people in a series of attacks in southern France. The gunman hijacked a car and then took hostages at a supermarket in the town of […]

Man jailed for sending ‘Islamic State’ video link

March 1, 2018 World Justice News 0

A man has been jailed for sending a link to an Islamic State group instructional video which showed how to kill and make explosives. Christopher Soares, 28, of Lysways Street, Walsall, was arrested in June […]

Where should the IS ‘Beatles’ be tried?

February 10, 2018 World Justice News 0

They were allegedly members of an Islamic State cell notorious for killing Western hostages and putting their deaths on camera. Western media dubbed them “the Beatles” because of their British accents. Today one is dead, […]

Syria war: Last of British IS ‘Beatles’ gang captured by Kurds

February 8, 2018 World Justice News 0

Two British men believed to be members of a notorious Islamic State group (IS) cell have been seized by Syrian Kurdish fighters, US officials say. Alexanda Kotey, 34, and El Shafee Elsheikh, 29, were the […]

US woman used bitcoin to move cash to Islamic State

December 15, 2017 World Justice News 0

A New York woman has been accused of laundering bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies and wiring the money to help the so-called Islamic State. Zoobia Shahnaz, 27, was charged with bank fraud, conspiracy to commit money […]

Briton jailed for joining IS in Syria

December 8, 2017 World Justice News 0

A British man who travelled to Syria to join so-called Islamic State has been jailed for 10 years. Mohammed Abdallah was helped by his brother Abdalraouf, who set up a “hub” of communication for would-be […]

Human Rights

UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy

October 15, 2026 0

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has threatened to ban all Eritreans from entering the UK if the east African country’s government does not accept more returns of small boat migrants and foreign national offenders. From Thursday, […]

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Report finds ‘clear human rights failures’ in southern Scotland

October 7, 2026 0

A new report has found “clear human rights failures” across the south of Scotland with basic obligations on food, health and housing not being met. The study was carried out over eight different local authority […]

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Christa Pike set to be first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years still alive after two lethal injections

October 1, 2026 0

A Tennessee death row inmate set to be the first woman to be executed by the state in more than 200 years is still alive after being administered two lethal injections, her lawyers have said. […]