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Jury convicts Virginia man who traveled to ISIS

A Virginia man who joined ISIS in Syria and Iraq for three months, all the while evading the scrutiny of U.S. intelligence officials, was convicted Wednesday on terrorism charges despite his protestations that he was only there to "check things out." The jury in U.S. District Court took only...

Anti-Muslim crimes spike in London after attack

Anti-Muslim crimes in the British capital have increased fivefold since the London Bridge terror attack, Mayor Sadiq Khan said Wednesday, warning that police would take a "zero-tolerance approach". "Provisional statistics for 6 June show a 40 percent increase in racist incidents, compared to...

Iraqi Kurds plan independence referendum on Sept. 25

 Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region has called a referendum on independence to be held on Sept. 25, an official said on Wednesday, moving ahead with a plan for full statehood that is likely to be opposed by Baghdad. Hemin Hawrami, assistant to Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani, tweeted: "big...