Iraq: why looting can be a good thing
Better that at least some vestiges of previous civilisations be kept safe in the great museums of London, Berlin and New York, courtesy of the colonial looters of yesteryear.
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Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, sentenced to 1,000 lashes over accusations he insulted Islam, could now be facing the death penalty, Channel 4 News learns.
Security footage has emerged appearing to show three British schoolgirls, believed to be on their way to join Islamic State militants in Syria, waiting for hours at a bus station in Turkey.
‘Jihadi John’ feared he was a “dead man walking” after encounters with security services before heading to Syria to start his reign of terror, new email exchanges claim.
Better that at least some vestiges of previous civilisations be kept safe in the great museums of London, Berlin and New York, courtesy of the colonial looters of yesteryear.
A friend of US hostage Steven Sotloff, who was murdered by Islamic State militants, says that family take some comfort from having a name for the “masked face they have seen in their nightmares”.
The identity of masked Islamic State militant “Jihadi John” was revealed on Thursday. But what we have since learnt about Mohammed Emwazi throws up as many questions as answers.
Bangladesh’s capital reels after a prominent blogger was hacked to death, the latest of a series of attacks on writers who support free-thinking values in the Muslim-majority nation.
The Ukip leader travelled to Washington to speak at right-wing conference CPAC – but was placed bottom of the bill, after most of the delegates had left.
The British man identified as the Islamic State fighter, believed to have beheaded several hostages, was a popular schoolboy who loved Manchester United and S Club 7.
It has been commented on that – like the Woolwich killers the British security services had a file on Mohammed Emwazi. Here, Channel 4 News Africa reporter Jamal Osman describes his own experiences.
Mohammed Emwazi grew up in Shepherd’s Bush and Queen’s Park, areas of north west London that have had a long and uncomfortable history of radical extremism. Channel 4 News looks back.
Before he travelled to Syria, Islamic State’s Mohammed Emwazi (aka Jihadi John) wrote a series of emails to the advocacy group Cage, which Channel 4 News has obtained.
The masked man who beheaded several hostages held by the Islamic State group has been named as Mohammed Emwazi, a 26-year-old west Londoner who was known to the UK security services.
How did the alleged identity of Islamic State’s most wanted suspect fall into the public domain on Thursday morning? And where does the UK go from here in the fight against Islamic State?
It is understood that the security services have long known the identity of the man dubbed Jihadi John. On Thursday they have faced accusations that MI5 tried to recruit him before he left for Syria.