Air Strikes Pummel Syria’s Raqa As US-Backed Forces Advance On IS
Heavy bombardment and fierce fighting shook the Islamic State group's Syrian stronghold Raqa on Monday, as US-backed forces said they ...
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Four Islamist Extremists Surrender After Shootout In Bangladesh
Four suspected Islamist extremists surrendered Sunday after a night-long standoff with Bangladeshi police in which they detonated explosives and opened ...
US-Backed Forces In New Push Against IS In Raqa
US-backed forces captured a new district from jihadists in Syria's Raqa but struggled to hold their positions against suicide car ...
Four Suicide Bombers Kill 15 In Maiduguri, Nigeria
At least 15 people were killed when four female suicide bombers detonated their explosives in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, police said ...
Palestinian Shot Dead By Israeli Army In Jenin Clashes
A Palestinian man was shot dead during clashes with the Israeli army in the northern West Bank Jenin refugee camp ...
Mosul Victory Imminent, US Says, As Iraqi Forces Celebrate
Iraq will announce imminently a final victory in the nearly nine-month offensive to retake Mosul, a US general said Saturday, ...
US-Backed Forces In Syria Breach Wall Surrounding Old City of Raqa
US-backed forces in Syria have breached the wall surrounding the Old City of Raqa as they try to retake the ...
Militants Cling On To Hundreds of Buildings In Besieged Philippine…
Islamist gunmen led by one of the world's most wanted terrorists still hold about 1,500 buildings in a southern Philippine ...
Fighting In Philippine City Displaces Nearly 400,000
Islamist militants occupying a southern Philippine city have forced nearly 400,000 people in the wider area to flee their homes, ...
Five Militants Blow Themselves Up During Raids In Lebanon
Seven Lebanese soldiers were wounded on Friday as five militants blew themselves up and a sixth threw a grenade during ...
‘Toy’ Bomb Kills Six Children In NW Pakistan
A bomb resembling a toy killed at least six children Sunday in Pakistan's northwestern tribal area bordering Afghanistan, officials said. ...
Daunting Aid Challenges As Civilians Flee Syria’s Raqa
The battle to oust the Islamic State group from its stronghold of Raqa is creating daunting challenges for aid groups ...
What We Know About the Manchester Attacker’s Bomb
Manchester suicide bomber Salem Abedi used a powerful explosive device that was painstakingly assembled -- likely with assistance -- for ...
IS Terrorises Mosul Civilians As Iraq Forces Advance
Iraqi forces advanced in west Mosul Tuesday, closing in on the Old City where jihadists executed civilians in a desperate ...
Iraq Forces In Push To Retake UNESCO-Listed Hatra
Iraqi forces on Tuesday launched a fresh push southwest of Mosul to retake the Hatra area, which includes a UN-listed ...
52 Al-Shabab Militants Killed In Attack
Kenya's Ministry of Defense said its troops, operating under the African Union Mission in Somalia, have destroyed an al-Shabab camp, ...
Germany Arrests Suspected Perpetrator of Dortmund Team Bus Attack
German police on Friday arrested the suspected perpetrator of a bomb attack on Borussia Dortmund’s team bus, the public prosecutor’s ...
Borussia Dortmund Attack
German police have detained a suspect with “Islamist links” following a bomb attack on the bus of the Borussia Dortmund ...
Egypt Police Kill 7 Suspected IS Followers
Egypt security forces have killed seven suspected Islamic State group sympathisers thought to be planning attacks against Coptic Christians, the ...
Egypt’s Coptic Churches Hit By Deadly Blasts On Palm Sunday
Two blasts targeting Coptic Christians in Egypt on Palm Sunday have killed at least 42 people, officials say. In Alexandria, ...