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French court sentences homegrown militant to 30 years in prison for crimes in Syria
PARIS (Reuters) - A Frenchman who converted to Islam and went abroad to fight for Islamic State was sentenced by a Paris court on Friday to 30 years in prison in France's first successful prosecution of an Islamist militant for crimes committed in Syria.
Coronavirus and sanctions hit Iran’s support of proxies in Iraq
(Reuters) - Iran’s financial and military support for Shi’ite proxy paramilitary groups in Iraq, a linchpin of its regional foreign policy, has been dramatically disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic and U.S. sanctions, according to people familiar with the matter.
NATO puts defence plan for Poland, Baltics into action, officials say
VILNIUS (Reuters) - NATO has put a defence plan for Poland and Baltic states into action after Turkey dropped its objections, officials from Lithuania, Poland and France have said.
Philippines probes deadly police shooting of soldiers
MANILA (AFP): Philippine authorities are investigating the deaths of four soldiers shot by police in the country's restive south, with the defence minister vowing Thursday (July 2) to "get to the bottom" of the incident
Italian police seize record amount of amphetamines shipped from Syria
ROME (Reuters) - Italian police said on Wednesday they had seized about 14 tonnes of amphetamine pills worth around 1 billion euros ($1 billion) arriving from Syria, in what they described as the world's single largest operation of its kind.
Indonesia extends IS-military operations; Covid-19 cases rising - over 56,000
JAKARTA, June 30 (Xinhua): The Indonesian government has prolonged the operation to hunt down members of a cell affiliated with the Islamic State (IS) group in a deep forest of Central Sulawesi province.
Sahel summit agrees need to intensify campaign against jihadists
NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - International and regional powers agreed at talks on Tuesday to intensify a military campaign against Islamist militants in the West African Sahel region, with French President Emmanuel Macron saying victory over the jihadists was within grasp.
Spain says PM off to Africa, EU's list of safe nations ready soon
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is to make his first international trip since the coronavirus crisis to west Africa on Tuesday for a summit on Sahel region issues with other heads of state including France's President Emmanuel Macron.
The end of the world as we know it?
IF you live in the developed world, the first 20 years of this century might have resembled the apocalypse in slow motion: from SARS to the global financial crisis, from Islamic State to the Sept 11,2001, terror attacks in the United States and the War on Terror, from technological disruption to Trumpian anxiety and now, the Covid-19 pandemic.
Iran Quds force chief visits Syria, warns of U.S., Israel 'conspiracies' - news agency
DUBAI (Reuters) - The commander of Iran's elite Quds force visited Eastern Syria in the past few days, and accused the United States and Israel of conspiring to support the Islamic State group, the semi-official Iranian news agency Tasnim reported.