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Iranian chess ref in trouble over attire
Published on 17/01/2020
» VLADIVOSTOK, Russia: An Iranian chess referee who has been accused of violating her country’s Islamic dress code while adjudicating a women’s tournament says she does not want to return home from Russia out of fear for her safety.
Security deteriorating at Syrian camps housing jihadists
AFP, Published on 23/01/2026
» RAQA, Syria - Poor security at a camp in Syria housing thousands of suspected relatives of Islamic State jihadists has prevented United Nations staff from entering, days after Kurdish forces withdrew and the Syrian army deployed at the site.
Thirty four Australians released from Syrian camp holding IS-affiliated families
Published on 16/02/2026
» ROJ CAMP — Syrian Kurdish forces on Monday released 34 Australians who were detained in a camp holding families of suspected Islamic State (IS) militants in northern Syria, saying they would be flown to Australia from Damascus.
Accused British IS 'Beatle' appears in court
AFP, Published on 11/08/2022
» LONDON: A British man accused of being part of an Islamic State (IS) kidnap-and-murder cell known as the "Beatles" appeared in court in London on Thursday on terrorism charges after returning to the UK.
Anxious wait for news after 41 dead in Uganda school attack
AFP, Published on 18/06/2023
» MPONDWE, Uganda: Distraught families gathered at a mortuary in western Uganda on Sunday for any news of their loved ones after a militant attack left dozens of students dead and others missing.
Ugandans bury more victims of horrific school massacre
AFP, Published on 19/06/2023
» KAMPALA: Grief-stricken Ugandans were on Monday burying more victims of last week's horrific school attack in the remote west of the country blamed on a notorious militia based in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.
Peace via conquest
News, Postbag, Published on 17/04/2018
» Re: "Islamic head preaches message of peace", (Spectrum, April 15).
Muslims in Thailand elect their new spiritual leader
News, Post Reporters, Published on 23/11/2023
» Arun Boonchom, president of Bangkok's Islamic Affairs Committee, has been elected the 19th Sheikhul Islam (Chularajmontri), the spiritual leader of Thailand's Muslims, replacing Aziz Phitakkumpon who died last month.
'Terrorists' kill at least 29 at Iran military parade
News Agencies, Published on 22/09/2018
» TEHERAN: Twenty-nine people, including women and children, were killed and 57 wounded by militants who opened fire on a military parade in southwestern Iran on Saturday, local media reported.
Turkey says it captured sister of dead IS leader
AFP, Published on 05/11/2019
» ISTANBUL: Turkish forces in northern Syria have detained a sister of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State group who was killed in a US raid, a senior Turkish official said Tuesday.