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Kataeb Hezbollah vows to keep arms as Iraq faces US pressure to disarm groups


Saturday, 30 May, 2026 , 14:11 AFP The influential Iraqi armed group Kataeb Hezbollah pledged on Saturday to keep up its "jihadist action", as Baghdad faces mounting US pressure to disarm factions backed by Iran.

Kataeb Hezbollah vows to keep arms as Iraq faces US pressure to disarm groups


Saturday, 30 May, 2026 , 13:44 AFP The influential Iraqi armed group Kataeb Hezbollah pledged on Saturday to keep up its "jihadist action", as Baghdad faces mounting US pressure to disarm factions backed by Iran.

Iran Guards kill two Kurds in hiding after protests: rights groups


Friday, 29 May, 2026 , 11:23 AFP Iran's Revolutionary Guards have killed two Kurdish activists in the west of the country who went into hiding following anti-government protests in January, two rights groups said on Friday.

Australia charges woman with terrorism over IS links


Thursday, 28 May, 2026 , 03:24 AFP Australian police charged on Thursday a woman linked to the Islamic State group with membership of a terrorist organisation and entering a known conflict zone.

Australian police charge woman with terrorism over IS links


Thursday, 28 May, 2026 , 02:51 AFP Australian police charged on Thursday a woman allegedly linked to the Islamic State group (IS) with membership of a terrorist organisation and entering a known conflict zone.

Austria sentences Syrian to life over deadly knife attack


Wednesday, 27 May, 2026 , 19:58 AFP An Austrian court on Wednesday sentenced an unrepentant 24-year-old Syrian Kurd refugee to life in prison over a jihadist knife attack which claimed the life of a teenage boy and wounded five.

IS-linked women, children return to Australia


Tuesday, 26 May, 2026 , 10:02 AFP A group of seven women and 12 children linked to suspected Islamic State fighters returned to Australia on Tuesday after years in Syria, police said.

IS-linked group set to return to Australia, minister says


Monday, 25 May, 2026 , 23:59 AFP A group of seven women and 12 children linked to Islamic State fighters are bound for Australia after years in Syria, the Australian interior minister said on Tuesday.

Iran hangs another protester as dozens more risk execution: rights groups


Monday, 25 May, 2026 , 15:49 AFP Iran on Monday executed a man on charges related to protests this year, the latest in a spree of hangings on political or security accusations since the start of the US-Israeli war with dozens more risking execution, rights groups said.

Syria's Kurds reject appointment of representatives to new parliament


Monday, 25 May, 2026 , 13:18 AFP Prominent Syrian Kurdish parties and forces on Monday rejected the outcome of a ballot organised by Damascus a day earlier in the country's northeast to select members of the national parliament.