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Crowds of shoppers inside the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota

Minnesota Teen Charged in Alleged ISIS-Inspired Mall of America Shooting Plot

Federal prosecutors have charged an 18-year-old from Richfield, Minnesota, with planning a mass shooting at the Mall of America. The rifle he bought from an undercover FBI employee had been made inert.

October 8, 2026

News

German police escort deportees at airport during deportation flight from Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia Plans €313 Million Deportation Centre at Former British Military Base in Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia has agreed to build a 140-bed deportation detention centre at the former JHQ military complex in Mönchengladbach, at a cost of €313 million and subject to federal approval. The project,

September 15, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Niger military security forces in armored vehicles patrolling Niamey after the coup

Gunfire and Blasts Hit Niger’s Capital as Attacks Target Airport, Military Base, and Presidential Palace

Gunfire and blasts struck three strategic sites in Niger's capital Niamey on Saturday, cutting off state television. Niger's defense minister called it a soldier mutiny while security sources described the perpetrators as

August 29, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Kurdish SDF fighters during the dissolution announcement in Syria August 2026

US Special Envoy Hails Kurdish Forces Dissolution, Welcomes Integration Into Syrian State

US Special Envoy Tom Barrack called the SDF's dissolution "absolutely historic" and declared a "united Syria for all takes shape" as Mazloum Abdi confirmed the Kurdish-led force's integration into the Syrian national

August 26, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Taslima Nasrin speaking at a podium at the Reason Rally in Washington DC in 2012

Taslima Nasrin: 32 Years of Exile and No Way Home

In 1993 clerics put a price on Taslima Nasrin's head; in 1994 the Bangladeshi state issued an arrest warrant, and it was for her. Thirty-two years later no government has let her

August 23, 2026

Books·Government and Politics·News

New York State Capitol building in Albany targeted in FBI-foiled ISIS bomb plot

FBI Thwarts ISIS Plot to Bomb New York State Capitol, Arrests Albany Woman

Jessica Bowie, 35, of Albany was arrested on August 20 on a federal charge of attempting to provide material support to ISIS after a seven-week FBI undercover operation documented five surveillance visits

August 21, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Ibrahim Traore shakes hands with Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow in May 2025

Ibrahim Traoré: Biography, Age, Policies and Rule in Burkina Faso

Ibrahim Traoré seized power in Burkina Faso in September 2022 promising elections. Four years on he is 38, political parties are dissolved and he has told the country to forget about democracy.

April 7, 2025

Government and Politics·News

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Minnesota Teen Charged in Alleged ISIS-Inspired Mall of America Shooting Plot

North Rhine-Westphalia Plans €313 Million Deportation Centre at Former British Military Base in Germany

Gunfire and Blasts Hit Niger’s Capital as Attacks Target Airport, Military Base, and Presidential Palace

US Special Envoy Hails Kurdish Forces Dissolution, Welcomes Integration Into Syrian State

Taslima Nasrin: 32 Years of Exile and No Way Home

FBI Thwarts ISIS Plot to Bomb New York State Capitol, Arrests Albany Woman

Ibrahim Traoré: Biography, Age, Policies and Rule in Burkina Faso

Radical Islam is being appreciated by Indian authorities too

Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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