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Michigan Airport Attacker To Stay In Jail Pending Trial
A US judge denied bond Wednesday to the Canadian man accused of stabbing a police officer at a Michigan airport, in...
Children Lead the Way As Raqa Families Escape Jihadists
Trapped in their homes in Raqa and running out of supplies, Ahmad Shaabu, his family and their neighbours were...
30 Civilians Dead In Air Strikes On IS-Held Area of Syria
Most of the Syrian town of Deir Ezzor province is controlled by the jihadists and it has been the target of air strikes...
Qatar Slams Saudi Refusal To Negotiate
Qatar on Wednesday condemned Saudi Arabia's refusal to negotiate the demands of the kingdom and its allies for ending a...
Saudis Stand Tough As Top Gulf Diplomats In Washington For Qatar Talks
Three top Gulf diplomats were in Washington Tuesday as US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson sought to help resolve the...
US Court Halts Deportations of Iraqi Nationals
A US judge has halted deportations of all Iraqi nationals -- some slated for removal as early as Tuesday -- on the...
Sniper’s Shot Puts Focus On Canada’s Iraq Role
Canada's supposed non-combat role in Iraq is being questioned after a special forces sniper took out an IS fighter in...
Dozens Dead In US-Led Strikes On Jihadist-Run Syrian Prison
US-led coalition air strikes killed nearly 60 people at a Syrian prison run by the Islamic State group, a monitor said...
North Korea Likens Trump To Hitler
North Korea compared US President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler on Tuesday in its latest diatribe, amid high tensions...
US Warns Syria Over ‘potential’ Plan For Chemical Attack
The US says it has identified “potential preparations” for another chemical attack in Syria, and issued a stark...
US Says Assad May Be Preparing Chemical Attack, Warns ‘heavy Price’
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad may be preparing a chemical weapons attack that would result in the "mass murder" of...
Trump Travel Ban Injunction Partly Lifted
US President Donald Trump has welcomed a Supreme Court ruling allowing his travel ban to be partly reinstated as a...
Key US Republican Threatens To Block Arms To Gulf
A top Republican lawmaker on Monday threatened to block US arms sales to members of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation...
Supreme Court Reinstates Part of Trump Travel Ban
The US Supreme Court on Monday partially reinstated President Donald Trump's controversial travel ban targeting...
Iraq Forces Comb West Mosul After IS Counter-Attacks
Iraqi forces launched a house-to-house search operation Monday in parts of west Mosul after a surprise attack by...
US-Backed Force Has Seized A Quarter of Raqa From IS
US-backed fighters have seized a quarter of Syria's Raqa from the Islamic State group, a monitor said Monday, less than...
Iraq Forces Repel IS Counter-Attack
Fighters of so-called Islamic State (IS) have launched counter-attacks as they come under growing pressure from Iraqi...
US High Court Looks To Travel Ban Ruling and A Possible Retirement
The White House declined to comment Sunday on speculation that a pivotal US Supreme Court justice might announce his...
Iraq Forces Push Deep Into Devastated Old Mosul
Iraqi forces battled deep into the devastated historical heart of Mosul and closed in fast on the last pockets of...