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World Jihad’s Low-Profile Boss

Discreet in his youth and invisible as the world's most wanted man, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi rose through the ranks quietly...

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Spectre of Terror Raids Overshadows C. African Town

They were attacked by "drugged, drunk and uncontrollable" armed men, and now the residents of a Central African town...

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Taliban Attack On Afghan Army Base Kills 10 Soldiers

At least 10 Afghan soldiers were killed when Taliban militants stormed their army base in the southern province of...

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Kabul Probes ‘terrorist’ Attack On Foreign Guest House

Kabul police said Monday they were investigating a "terrorist" attack on an international guest house that left a...

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Twenty Policemen, Dozens of Taliban Killed In Shah Joi

At least 20 policemen were killed in Taliban ambushes in southern Afghanistan, officials said, as security forces...

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German and Afghan Guard Killed In Kabul Guest House Attack

A German aid worker and an Afghan guard were killed as gunmen stormed an international guest house in central Kabul,...

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Sixty Aid Workers Forced To Flee S.Sudan Fighting

A surge of fighting in eastern South Sudan has forced 60 aid workers to flee, the UN humanitarian agency said Saturday,...

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Five Aid Workers Kidnapped In Somalia

No group has said it was behind the abduction yet Armed men have abducted five aid workers from the central Somali town...

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Stranded In Serbia, Migrants Endure An Odyssey of Violence

Driven back by police batons and snarling dogs, or beaten and robbed by the smugglers they relied on, migrants caught...

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Kidnapped Australian Woman Released In Afghanistan

An Australian woman kidnapped in Afghanistan last year has been released, officials said Thursday. The Australian...

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Displaced Hit By Water Shortages In NE Nigeria

Tens of thousands of people who fled Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria are facing a severe lack of water, compounding...

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Bangladesh Islamists To Hang For Japanese Farmer’s Murder

Five Islamist extremists who murdered a Japanese farmer in a drive-by shooting in 2015 were sentenced to death by a...

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Sudan’s Bashir Frees Jailed Czech Missionary

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has ordered the release of a Czech Christian aid worker sentenced to 24 years in jail...

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Nigerian ‘witch Boy’ Goes To School

A year ago, Danish aid worker Anja Ringgren Lovén was on a mission with her husband in Nigeria to rescue some of the...

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Haiti In National Mourning

Survivors of Hurricane Matthew in Haiti have picked their way through devastation to attend Sunday church services,...