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‘Troops Mistakenly’ Kill Somali Minister

Somalia’s security forces have shot dead a 31-year-old government minister after mistaking him for a militant...

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Afghan Ex-PM and ‘butcher of Kabul’

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, who returned to Kabul Thursday after more than 20 years, is one of Afghanistan's most notorious...

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‘Troops Mistakenly’ Kills Somali Minister

Somalia's security forces have shot dead a 31-year-old government minister after mistaking him for a militant Islamist,...

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Saudi Court Orders Crane Deaths Trial To Go Ahead

A Saudi appeals court has ordered about a dozen people accused of negligence in a deadly 2015 crane collapse at Islam's...

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Israelis Warned Not To Visit Tunisia For Jewish Festival

Israel warned its citizens on Wednesday against visiting Tunisia, where Jewish pilgrims will celebrate a religious...

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Nine Malian Soldiers Killed In Central Mali Attack

Nine Malian soldiers were killed and five wounded in an area regularly targeted by jihadist groups, as the commander of...

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France Says ’20 Fighters Killed’ In Northern Mali

France says it has killed about 20 suspected fighters in a forest near Mali's border with Burkina Faso. French Mirage...

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US Aims To Eliminate IS From Afghanistan This Year

After dropping a monster bomb on its fighters, then targeting its leader, the US military is looking to destroy the...

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U.S.-Led Fight On ISIS Has Killed 352 Civilians -Pentagon

At least 352 civilians have been killed in US-led strikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria since the...

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Around 20 Jihadists Killed Or Captured In Mali’s North

French soldiers killed or captured about 20 jihadists in Mali's restive north where a French soldier was killed on...

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Turkey Threatens Further Strikes On US-Allied Syrian Kurds

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday his government is 'seriously saddened' by television footage showing...

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Strikes Destroy Seven Hospitals In Syria’s Idlib

Seven hospitals and clinics in northwestern Syria have been knocked out of action this month in air strikes by the...

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Mali State of Emergency ‘extended By 6 Months’

Mali has extended a state of emergency by six months until October 31, a source in the parliament told AFP on Saturday,...

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40 Dead In Rebel-Jihadist Clashes Near Damascus

Fierce clashes between jihadists and Islamist rebels near Damascus left at least 40 dead and 70 wounded on Friday, a...

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SE Asian Militant Group JI Regaining Strength

Southeast Asian militant group Jemaah Islamiyah, blamed for major attacks including the 2002 Bali bombings, has...

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Death Toll In Pakistan Roadside Bomb Rises To 13

The death toll from a roadside bomb targeting a passenger vehicle in Pakistan's northwest rose to 13 on Wednesday after...

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Saudi Shake-Up Strengthens King’s Powerful Son

A recent Saudi government and security shake-up aims to strengthen King Salman's increasingly powerful son against a...

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Iraq Holding Qatar Hunting Party’s Ransom Money

Iraq is holding hundreds of millions of dollars Qatari negotiators had brought to Baghdad as ransom money for the...

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Al-Qaeda’s Zawahiri Calls For ‘guerrilla War’ In Syria

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has called on the armed Syrian opposition to wage guerrilla warfare against the...