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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...
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...
Pigeon ‘caught With Backpack of Drugs’
Customs officials in Kuwait have apprehended a pigeon carrying drugs in a miniature backpack, Kuwaiti newspaper al-Rai...
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...
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...
2017 Ramadan Begins
Muslims across the world have begun this year’s holy month of fasting and prayers Majority of Muslims across the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Foreigners Involved In Deadly Philippine Urban Battle
Foreigners are among Islamist gunmen battling security forces in a southern Philippine city, the government said Friday...
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...
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...
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...
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,...