Trial begins over French train attack foiled by 'brave intervention' of three American tourists
The incident inspired a Hollywood film; the first day of the trial was spent discussing whether its director Clint Eastwood needed to be present.
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The incident inspired a Hollywood film; the first day of the trial was spent discussing whether its director Clint Eastwood needed to be present.
Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh are accused of being involved in a “brutal hostage-taking scheme”.
Smith is charged with membership of the Islamic State terrorist group and with financing terrorism.
Smith has already been charged with membership of an unlawful organisation under 2005 terror legislation.
Around 84 million Captagon tablets were seized at the port of Salerno.
Safiyya Amira Shaikh will be sentenced in May.
The 38-year-old is accused of being a member of the so-called Islamic State.
Smith is expected to arrive back in Ireland this weekend.
The woman is the first adult female to have officially been repatriated to Germany.
Legal experts have said that Irish prosecutors will have limited options if they charge Lisa Smith.
President Erdogan said that the man was not Turkey’s problem.
Yesterday Turkey said it was in the process of deporting 20 ‘foreign jihadists’.
The US President has repeatedly praised the pooch’s role in the deadly raid.
The Pentagon also released video of airstrikes on a group of unknown fighters on the ground.
The Islamic State leader was killed in a US-led raid in Syria at the weekend.
Baghdadi ignited an explosive vest after being chased into a tunnel by US forces.
The displacement camps host some 12,000 foreigners – 8,000 children and 4,000 women.
The Dundalk woman is being held in a displacement camp in Syria for the wives and children of Islamic State fighters.
The US has moved some Islamic State prisoners amid fears they could escape custody as Turkey invades northeast Syria.
Five people are serving prison sentences in Ireland for convictions related to Islamist extremism offences, according to a new report.
“I will never see happiness in my life again,” the groom told a local TV station.
The court heard that one of the man’s sons was killed fighting in the Syria.
The Dundalk woman and her young daughter are currently in Syria.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said that he wants her to come back to Ireland, but noted concerns over security risks and cost.
The Dundalk native made the comments in a new interview with BBC.
The charges carry a maximum sentence of three years in prison and a fine of €75,000.
Three main defendants who allegedly pledged allegiance to IS are accused of direct involvement.
The world’s most wanted man was last seen in Mosul in 2014
The deaths came as three cornered suicide bombers blew themselves up and others were shot.
Hundreds were killed in a series of bomb blasts in the country on Easter Sunday.
“While Smith was living with IS during 2016, 135 European citizens were slaughtered in 10 separate attacks that year,” security expert Tom Clonan writes.
The Irish government has said citizens have the right to return home, but fighters face the possibility of prosecution.
Experts have said there needs to be a focus on ensuring more people in Ireland do not become radicalised.
Fighters from the US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance raised their yellow flag in Baghouz early today.
The government here has said Lisa Smith, who was married to an Islamic State fighter, can come home.
Carol Duffy claims her friend was ‘very naive’ before she left Ireland a number of years ago.
Lisa Smith is reportedly being detained by the US armed forces based in northern Syria.
It emerged last night that the former Defence Forces member had been detained in northern Syria.
Yago Riedijk is currently being detained in Syria.
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