Emily Tamkin The Washington Post
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No Law In Sri Lanka To Prevent People From Joining Foreign Terror Outfits
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Sky News on Thursday that the Sri Lankan government had known that Sri Lankan nationals who had joined the Islamic State had returned to the country - but that they couldn't be arrested, since joining a foreign terrorist organization is not against the law.
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Why No One Expected An ISIS Attack In Sri Lanka
The Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka stunned many, and not only because they marked the worst violence in the country in a decade. Or because the terrorists targeted Christians and foreign tourists, two groups that, for the most part, were spared during Sri Lanka's three decades of civil war. Or because the attacks were coordinated, with explosiv...
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All-Woman Judges' Panel Decided She Was Too 'Masculine' To Be Raped
An Italian appeals court - a panel of three female jurists - acquitted two men of rape in 2017, in part because the judges agreed with the defendants argument that the victim looked like a man, and therefore they could not have been attracted to her. Now that ruling has been overturned and a retrial has been ordered.
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An Irish Woman, Ex-Defence Staff, Is Believed To Have Joined ISIS
Charlie Flanagan, the Irish minister for justice and equality, said Sunday that "every effort" would be made to bring an Irish woman believed to be detained in northern Syria back to Ireland.
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UK May Cancel Her Passport; Her ISIS Husband Wants To Go To Netherlands
Yago Riedijk, the Dutch husband of Shamima Begum, says the two should be able to return with their child to the Netherlands.
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Foreign Media on Arvind Kejriwal, The 'Insignificant Man'
Can a single-issue protest party come to power? The answer, as shown in "An Insignificant Man, "a new documentary by first-time filmmakers Vinay Shukla and Khushboo Ranka, is a resounding yes.
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Japan And India To Build Military Ties With Eye On China: Foreign Media
Indian Defense Minister Arun Jaitley agreed in Tokyo on Monday to increase military cooperation with Japan, which could potentially complicate U.S. policy in the region.
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Indian Immigration In The Time Of Donald Trump
What brought Indians to the United States, and what made Indian immigrants, as a whole, so successful once here?
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No Law In Sri Lanka To Prevent People From Joining Foreign Terror Outfits
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Sky News on Thursday that the Sri Lankan government had known that Sri Lankan nationals who had joined the Islamic State had returned to the country - but that they couldn't be arrested, since joining a foreign terrorist organization is not against the law.
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Why No One Expected An ISIS Attack In Sri Lanka
The Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka stunned many, and not only because they marked the worst violence in the country in a decade. Or because the terrorists targeted Christians and foreign tourists, two groups that, for the most part, were spared during Sri Lanka's three decades of civil war. Or because the attacks were coordinated, with explosiv...
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All-Woman Judges' Panel Decided She Was Too 'Masculine' To Be Raped
An Italian appeals court - a panel of three female jurists - acquitted two men of rape in 2017, in part because the judges agreed with the defendants argument that the victim looked like a man, and therefore they could not have been attracted to her. Now that ruling has been overturned and a retrial has been ordered.
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An Irish Woman, Ex-Defence Staff, Is Believed To Have Joined ISIS
Charlie Flanagan, the Irish minister for justice and equality, said Sunday that "every effort" would be made to bring an Irish woman believed to be detained in northern Syria back to Ireland.
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UK May Cancel Her Passport; Her ISIS Husband Wants To Go To Netherlands
Yago Riedijk, the Dutch husband of Shamima Begum, says the two should be able to return with their child to the Netherlands.
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Foreign Media on Arvind Kejriwal, The 'Insignificant Man'
Can a single-issue protest party come to power? The answer, as shown in "An Insignificant Man, "a new documentary by first-time filmmakers Vinay Shukla and Khushboo Ranka, is a resounding yes.
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Japan And India To Build Military Ties With Eye On China: Foreign Media
Indian Defense Minister Arun Jaitley agreed in Tokyo on Monday to increase military cooperation with Japan, which could potentially complicate U.S. policy in the region.
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Indian Immigration In The Time Of Donald Trump
What brought Indians to the United States, and what made Indian immigrants, as a whole, so successful once here?
