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While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Oct 9, 2025

Iris Stalzer, who had recently been elected mayor of Herdecke, was discovered at her home on Oct 7 with serious injuries after the stabbing.

Islamic State group escalates attacks on Niger civilians, rights group says

FILE PHOTO: A convoy of Nigerien soldiers patrol outside the town of Ouallam, Niger, July 6, 2021. Picture taken July 6, 2021. REUTERS/Media Coulibaly/File Photo

Rebels linked to Islamic State kill at least 61 at east Congo funeral

A charred wreckage of a truck stands on a road after it was burnt following an attack by Islamic State-affiliated Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels, in the town of Ntoyo in North Kivu province's Lubero territory, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo September 9, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer

Teen held in France suspected of plotting attacks on embassies, government buildings

The French police had arrested the teen on Sept 1 at his parents’ home in the western Sarthe region, France.

A new generation of ‘AI-native’ extremists is rising. Can they be stopped?

Examine attacks from the past decade, whether by Islamist jihadists or far-right extremists, and you’ll find the perpetrators are rarely analogue relics frozen in time.

Denmark high court rules Dane in ISIS was spy, not militant

Ahmed Samsam, a Danish citizen of Syrian origin who claims time he spent with the Islamic State (IS) group was as an agent for Danish intelligence, gives a statement in front of the press after the verdict in his case against the intelligence service at Denmark's Supreme Court in Copenhagen on September 2, 2025. Denmark's Supreme Court on September 2 ordered the country's intelligence services to admit that the Danish man of Syrian origin was their informant, which they immediately did. (Photo by Ida Marie Odgaard / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP) / Denmark OUT

Juvenile involved in plot to attack Taylor Swift concert gets suspended sentence in Germany

Police made multiple arrests over the suspected plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert in the Austrian capital's Ernst Happel Stadium.

Iraq starts excavation work on ISIS mass grave thought to contain thousands of bodies

US sees backing Syrian leader as key to countering Iran and Isis

New Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa, a former commander of Al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria, led an offensive late last year that toppled former Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, ending a more than 24-year-rule that had been supported mainly by Iran and Russia.

Malaysia monitoring higher education institutions for militant-linked activities

Malaysia's Higher Education minister Zambry Abd Kadir said the move comes after the recent arrest of several individuals suspected of being involved with militants.

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MDDI (P) 048/10/2024. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2025 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.