1. MUST WATCH: Several cloaked women of the Iranian regime arrest female protestor

The person who filmed this woman who was attacked by 4 agents of the Islamic Republic on #IranProtests says we did our best to stop the security force but we failed and now I am worried about her fate. pic.twitter.com/kzgdTKQpY6 — masih alinejad (@AlinejadMasih) January 4, 2018

The person filming was also attacked by four agents of the state.





2. Chibok girls: Kidnapped schoolgirl rescued in Nigeria

One of the "Chibok girls" abducted by Islamist group Boko Haram in 2014 has been rescued, Nigeria's military says. The girl is in “the safe custody of troops and receiving medical attention”, it said in a statement. More than 270 girls were kidnapped by the group from a school in the north-eastern town of Chibok. The military say that the girl was rescued in Pulka in northern Borno state, which is more than 160km (100 miles) from the town. They say she was discovered with a 14-year-old girl who was with a child but neither was identified as being part of the Chibok group. More than 100 of the 276 kidnapped schoolgirls are still being held by Boko Haram and their whereabouts is unknown.

3. Austria STRIPS benefits from residents' children living [abroad] in move that could anger EU

[...] The plan is part of a broader government agenda that includes cutting taxes, reducing benefits for refugees and restricting new immigrants' access to many social services for five years. Mr Kurz's cabinet was sworn in on December 18, two months after his conservative People's Party won the parliamentary election. It struck a coalition deal with the anti-immigration Freedom Party (FPO), making Austria the only western European country with a far-right party in government.

4. January 4, Tehran:

And calling again for a referendum https://t.co/wg12oFEh0r — Golnoush Niknejad (@TehranBureau) January 5, 2018

5. Leftists in Germany protest a march in memory girl murdered by Afghan migrant









6. US designates al-Shabab deputy leader as “global terrorist”

The United States government has designated the deputy leader of the Somalia-based al-Shabab extremist group a “global terrorist.” A State Department statement says the designation of Abukar Ali Adan blocks any assets of his that are subject to U.S. jurisdiction and prohibits U.S. citizens from making any transactions with him. The al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab is the deadliest Islamic extremist group in Africa. It has been blamed for the October truck bombing in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, that killed 512 people.

Here is a video of Al Shabab from 2011:



7. Muslim group asks Trudeau to designate Jan. 29 day of remembrance for Quebec City mosque shooting

[...] The National Council of Canadian Muslims wants Trudeau to endorse Jan. 29 as a national day of remembrance and action on Islamophobia. In a letter to the prime minister released today, executive director Ihsaan Gardee says such a designation would help enhance public education about hate, bigotry and Islamophobia. Last January, six Muslim men were shot and killed and 19 others were wounded in an attack on the mosque during prayers. Alexandre Bissonnette of Quebec City is to stand trial in March on six charges each of first-degree murder and attempted murder. Gardee says Canadian Muslim communities are still feeling the aftershocks of the attack. He says the call for a day of remembrance is supported by dozens of other Canadian Muslim groups and community partners.

8. UK: Men accused of child abduction and drugs offences appear in court

Two men accused of child abduction in Coventry have appeared in court. Mustafa Ahmadzai and Nasar Jabarkhail both face two counts of child abduction and two counts of possession with intent to supply a class A drug. Police stopped a car in Bell Green Road, at the junction with Redruth Close, on the night of Monday, November 27, as they suspected it was being driven without insurance. However, a quantity of class A drugs were recovered and unemployed Ahmadzai, 19, of Sherbourne Street, Spon End, was arrested. He was charged and appeared at Warwick Crown Court on Thursday alongside Jabarkhail, 18, of no fixed address.

9. Pakistan: "Death to Trump" - protesters outraged by US terror accusations



10. U.N. Agency Won’t Say How Many Palestinian “Refugees” It Helps After Census