Paris Olympics: 16-year-old arrested after he said he wanted to 'die a martyr' at Games

France previously raised its security alert to its highest level ahead of hosting this summer's Olympic games amid concerns news.sky.com/story/paris-ol…

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16 y/o suspect arrested in Paris for plotting an attack in La Défense quarter during the upcoming Olympics, using a firearm or an explosives belt and with the intention to die as a martyr in the name of the Islamic State.

Another video released from inside #Baghouz by A’māq

Should have been added to the thread of leaked and released footage from inside al-Baghouz twitter.com/p_vanostaeyen/…

An ISIS photo report has been released from inside al-Baghouz

Apocalypse Now 2019
#Baghuz #Syria

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#Slavery #Abolition #SlaveTrade #Atlantic #WestAfrica
The Rise and Demise of Slavery and the Slave Trade in the Atlantic World
ed. Philip Misevich, Boydell & Brewer 2016
#OpenAccess
The Atlantic Slave Trade in World History
Jeremy Black, Routledge 2015 🎯
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#Mali les preuves s’accumulent au sujet de l’usage abusif des drones (fab. #Turquie ) #TB2 #Bayraktar contre les populations civiles. #Amasrakad & #Kidal ne sont que deux exemples parmi tant autres Les Observateurs FRANCE 24 Français observers.france24.com/fr/afrique/202…

Today is Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, the annual commemoration of the genocide committed by the Ottoman government more than 100 years ago. Some 1.5 million Armenians were killed through systematic massacres and starvation.

Morning

15 new entries added to the Islamic State Select Worldwide Activity Map

Legal cases: Germany, India, Switzerland, Turkey (2), Poland, Russia, Palestine

Claims of Responsibility: Nigeria (2)

Pictures: Nigeria (5)
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Le ⁦Treasury Department⁩ désigne Sidane Ag Hitta #Mali & Jaafar Dicko pour leur implication dans les prises d’otages à l’heure où le #JNIM #AQMI a soldé le dossier des otages occidentaux avec la libération des 3 ressortissants italiens home.treasury.gov/news/press-rel…

U.S. Targets West African Hostage Takers: Sanctions Target the Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin Terrorist Group home.treasury.gov/news/press-rel…

Baby Gecko 🦎

Meet my new friend the cicada
He was a bit stingy at first …

Did you know there are approximately 4,000 Spanish words with Arabic origins?

The influence of Arabic on the Spanish language is due to the Arab rule in the Iberian Peninsula between 711 & 1492 AD, notably in Al-Andalus (الأَنْدَلُس)

For Spanish Language Day a thread...