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Iraqi Troops Push For Last ISIL Holdouts In Mosul

Iraqi forces have launched a broad assault on parts of Mosul, closing in on the remaining pockets of territory held by...

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Libya Jihadist Group Ansar Al-Sharia Announces Dissolution

The Libyan jihadist group Ansar al-Sharia, which is linked to Al-Qaeda and deemed a terrorist organisation by the UN...

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Pigeon ‘caught With Backpack of Drugs’

Customs officials in Kuwait have apprehended a pigeon carrying drugs in a miniature backpack, Kuwaiti newspaper al-Rai...

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Joaquin Phoenix Electrifies Cannes In ‘feminist’ Action Movie

Hollywood actor Joaquin Phoenix wowed Cannes Saturday as a hammer-wielding hitman tasked with saving a young girl from...

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Ramadan Begins For World’s Muslims, Violently For Some

The world's 1.5 billion Muslims began observing the holy fasting month of Ramadan on Saturday, blighted by conflict and...

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2017 Ramadan Begins

Muslims across the world have begun this year’s holy month of fasting and prayers Majority of Muslims across the...

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Why Civilian Deaths In Iraq and Syria Are Increasing

Reports of civilian deaths from US-led air strikes in Iraq and Syria have soared in recent months, raising questions...

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Major Attacks On Mideast Christians

Friday's attack on a bus carrying Egyptian Copts, which killed at least 28 people, was the latest in a wave of...

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Britain Arrests ‘large Part’ of Manchester Attack Network

Britain has arrested a "large part" of the network behind Manchester's suicide bomb attack, police said on Friday, as...

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US-Led Syria Strike Kills Scores of Relatives of IS Fighters

Dozens of relatives of Islamic State fighters were killed on Friday in new US-led strikes on Syria, just hours after...

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Gold Star Dad, Trump Critic To Publish Children’s Book

The Pakistani American father of a soldier killed in Iraq who eviscerated Donald Trump during last year's election...

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New US-Led Syria Strike Kills 80 Relatives of IS Fighters

A US-led coalition air strike on the eastern Syrian town of Mayadeen early Friday killed at least 80 relatives of...

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UN Urges Anti-IS Coalition To Protect Civilians

The UN on Friday urged all nations bombing jihadist targets in Syria to better distinguish between civilian and...

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Syria Army Takes Control of Damascus-Palmyra Road

The Syrian army is in full control of the highway from Damascus to ancient Palmyra for the first time since 2014 after...

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Foreigners Involved In Deadly Philippine Urban Battle

Foreigners are among Islamist gunmen battling security forces in a southern Philippine city, the government said Friday...

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Arab TV Series Showcases Untold Stories of IS Women

They are mothers, daughters, wives -- and suicide bombers: an Arab television drama timed for the Muslim holy month of...

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US-Led Strikes Kill 35 Civilians In East Syria

US-led coalition air strikes on Thursday killed at least 35 civilians in an eastern Syrian town held by the Islamic...

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Breeding and Training Ground For Jihadists

Feeding on the chaos that has gripped Libya since the overthrow and killing of longtime dictator Moamer Kadhafi in...

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US Appeals Court Maintains Block On Trump Travel Ban

A US federal appeals court on Thursday dealt a fresh setback to President Donald Trump's controversial travel ban,...