Lawyers

• US Air Force veteran pledges allegiance to Islamic State; Lawyer argues personal thoughts don't make anyone liable

  A US Air Force veteran was found to be alleging with the militant Islamic State by federal prosecutors. The suspect's attorney however said that it has never been a crime for someone who thinks of joining a terrorist group.

• Police Warn Online Firearm Smuggling Could Bring Terror in the UK

  Police authorities in the UK warned that the rising smuggling of guns might bring terror in the island if guns and ammunitions would fall into the hands of the extremists. The guns smuggled through online shopping is the easiest way for the smugglers to sell firearms to the terrorists.

• French President Wants to Renew State of Emergency Measures

  The three-month state of emergency measure placed on France is about to expire and its President wants to renew it.

• Al Qaeda identifies fighters behind attack in Burkina Faso

  Al Qaeda released a statement naming three attackers responsible for an attack in Burkina Faso, West Africa. The raid on Friday last week left 29 people dead with mostly westerners.

• Mali says arrests two suspects linked to Bamako hotel attack

  Mali authorities arrested two people on Thursday suspected of links to an attack on a luxury hotel in the capital that killed 20 people, the security ministry said.

• Tennessee rampage suspect went to Qatar in 2014: sources

  The man suspected of killing five members of the U.S. military in Tennessee last week was in Qatar at least once during a 2014 trip to the Middle East, according to two U.S. government sources who said reasons for the stopover were still unknown.

• Chad president tells Boko Haram leader to surrender or face death

  President Idriss Deby of Chad said on Wednesday he knew the whereabouts of Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram, and called on him to surrender or risk being killed.

• France, Britain dismiss calls to renew relations with Syria's Assad

  France and Britain dismissed on Friday any suggestion of restoring relations with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, saying this would likely end all hope of a political transition and push moderates into the arms of radical Islamist groups.

• France unveils anti-jihad campaign with video and web site

  France unveiled a short video and web site on Wednesday designed to dissuade potential jihadists from joining Islamist fighting groups in Syria and Iraq, where recruiters have lured hundreds of Westerners using slickly produced clips and social media.

• Australia seeks broad new security powers after anti-terror raids

  Australia's government is seeking broad new security powers to combat what it says is a rising threat from militant Islamists, the prime minister said on Monday, on the heels of sweeping counter-terrorism raids last week.