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News Wrap: Alleged Pan Am 103 bomber extradited to U.S. to face charges

In our news wrap Sunday, a Libyan suspect in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988 is in U.S. custody and will face federal charges, American forces killed two ISIS officials in Syria, University of South California quarterback…

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WATCH: Islamic State member ‘Beatle’ gets life term for U.S. hostage deaths

By Matthew Barakat, Associated Press

A British man nicknamed one of the Beatles by his captives because of his English accent has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in the deaths of four U.S. hostages captured by the Islamic State.

Death toll in Afghan capital mosque bombing rises to 21, police say

By Rahim Faiez, Ebrahim Noroozi, Associated Press

A Taliban police spokesman in Afghanistan's capital says the toll from a mosque bombing the previous evening has risen to 21 people killed with 33 others wounded in the attack.

Taliban government under scrutiny after U.S. kills al-Qaida leader, who was sheltered in Kabul

By Rahim Faiez, Munir Ahmed, Associated Press

The U.S. drone strike that killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri is intensifying global scrutiny of Afghanistan's Taliban rulers.

‘Degrade and Destroy’ chronicles the U.S. war against ISIS

By PBS NewsHour

When the Obama administration withdrew U.S. forces from Iraq in 2011, it declared it was turning the tide of war. But by 2014, the group that calls itself the Islamic State seized territory across Iraq and Syria. Reluctantly, the U.S.

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Lone surviving attacker in 2015 Paris attacks gets life in prison, no parole

By Nicolas Vaux-Montagny, Associated Press

The only surviving attacker from the 2015 terrorist massacre at the Bataclan theater and other sites in Paris has been convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole. That is the most severe sentence possible…

At least 6 killed, including students, in Kabul explosion

By Mohammad Shoaib Amin, Associated Press

An Afghan police spokesman says explosions targeting educational institutions in Kabul have killed at least six civilians and injured 17 others.

After criticism of airstrikes, U.S. frames raid on Islamic State leader as attempt to spare civilians

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Chris Megerian, Associated Press

The U.S. raid still brought the deaths of children. Al-Qurayshi's wife and two children were killed along with the militant leader when he detonated a suicide bomb.

WATCH: Pentagon press secretary John Kirby calls death of ISIS leader a ‘blow’ to group

By Associated Press

Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said the death of the leader of the violent Islamic State group was a "significant blow" to the militant group.

WATCH: Biden speaks on an overnight raid that killed an Islamic State leader in northern Syria

By Lolita C. Baldor, Bassem Mroue, Zeke Miller, Ghaith Alsayed, Associated Press

The leader of the violent Islamic State group was killed Thursday, blowing himself up along with members of his family during an overnight raid carried out by U.S. special operations forces in northwestern Syria, President Joe Biden said.