An Australian woman was charged Thursday with traveling to Syria and joining the Islamic State group, police said. The 34-year-old woman was arrested at her Melbourne home eight months after she returned to Australia via Lebanon with another woman, Australia Federal Police Deputy Commissioner Hilda Sirec said. The arrest came…

An Australian mother of four has been held in custody after she appeared in a court charged with traveling to Syria and joining the Islamic State group.

Two planes carrying 19 Australian women and children linked to the Islamic State group in Syria landed in Melbourne and Sydney on Tuesday, despite Australia's government warning that the returnee