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Two men, who both reside in the Paris region, have been arrested and held in custody for being connected to the gunman who murdered Swedish football fans in Belgium last week.

Benzema has been accused of having ties with The Muslim Brotherhood, which is considered as a terrorist organisation in many countries.

Following a terrorist attack that targeted Swedish nationals in Belgium, police shot a suspect who admitted to killing people in the name of God.

The two victims were gunned down in the street just three miles away from the stadium.

There have been ongoing discussions between the UK, US, Israel and Egypt to open the Rafah crossing to Palestinian, British and US nationals.

Afghan asylum seekers who have fled the Taliban will be deported from Pakistan by December, as tensions on the border continue to intensify.

The UN has recorded a series of events conducted by the Taliban against both men and women in Afghanistan, including beatings, imprisonment and executions.

UN request that the cross-border mandate in Syria is extended for at least 12 months, to allow humanitarian organisations to continue providing vital support and resources to the 4.1 million people in North-West Syria.

The prison also holds fighters from Kurdish-led forces.

A spokesman for IS said Hashimi, an Iraqi, was killed "in combat with enemies of God", without elaborating on the date or circumstances of his death.

The host nation is on high alert after it was revealed that members of the terrorist organisation are planning attacks targeting the event.

US targets 'senior' IS jihadist in Syria's northeast: Centcom

Counter-terrorism officers said the hostages' recollections helped "zero in" on three of the British captors.

A British man accused of being part of an Islamic State (IS) kidnap-and-murder cell known as the "Beatles" appeared in court in London.

The four members of the "Beatles" are accused of abducting at least 27 journalists and relief workers from the United States, Britain, Europe, New Zealand, Russia and Japan.

From Saddam to IS: Iraq still exhuming mass graves

Spain, as host of an upcoming NATO summit, will push for the inclusion of "hybrid threats" such as irregular migration, food insecurity and terrorism in the alliance's new policy roadmap, Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said in an interview.

The security official believes that "financial motives" are the main reason Tripoli's youth are joining IS ranks.

US forces took incoming fire from unknown local gunmen during the raid

Relatives of jihadists, including children, are kept in Kurdish-controlled camps in Syria's northeast

Although both IS and the Taliban are hardline Sunni Islamist militants, they differ on details of religion and strategy.