A US strike targeting Islamic State fighters in a Mosul building in Iraq in March killed at least 105 civilians when the blast caused IS weapons to explode, a US general said Thursday. "The secondary...
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday he expected NATO to overcome reservations and join the US-led anti-Islamic State coalition at a summit with President Donald Trump. Trump meets NATO...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Wednesday he may impose martial law throughout the nation, after declaring military rule in the southern third the cof ountry to combat Islamist militants....
Former US defense secretary Robert Gates warned Tuesday that the West can expect further attacks like the suicide bombing in Manchester that killed at least 22 people. Gates, who served under both...
A group of heavily-armed militants from a group linked to Isis have reportedly stormed a city in the Philippines and engaged in firefights with the national army. Residents of Marawi City, in the...
US President Donald Trump's emphatic embrace of Sunni Arab regimes and his vilification of Iran mark a stark departure from the vision of his predecessor Barack Obama in the volatile region, analysts...
Ahrar al-Sham blamed the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) for the attack Ahrar al-Sham blamed the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) for the attack At least 14 fighters from the...
President Donald Trump has told the Pentagon to 'annihilate' the Islamic State group in Syria to prevent the escaped foreign fighters from returning home. Instead of targeting jihadists as they leave...
ISIS has executed 19 civilians in Syria, including two children, human rights activists have claimed today. The executions are said to have happened in the last 24 hours in a village held by...
US President Donald Trump landed in Saudi Arabia Saturday for the start of an eight-day foreign tour, taking his first steps on the world stage as scandals mount at home. Trump can expect a warm...
US President Donald Trump will seek to rebuild relations with the Muslim world on his first foreign trip starting Saturday in Saudi Arabia as political scandals mount at home. Trump can expect a warm...
President Donald Trump has instructed the Pentagon to "annihilate" the Islamic State group in Syria in a bid to prevent escaped foreign fighters from returning home, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said...
Davi Moreira looks like any other young Rio de Janeiro beach lover as he heads down to the Ipanema surf each week - at least until he dons his blue mermaid's tail. Other bathers watch on in...
A murderess who took a selfie with the dead body of her father-in-law after she stabbed him to death has explained the sickening move, saying: ‘It was just something that made me really happy’....
Staff at Rokmer Pharmacy at Dansoman in Accra have described an armed robbery attack on two combined shops as one they have only seen in action movies. The incident took place on Tuesday night around...
FIFA has been urged to ban Christian players from making the sign of the cross after scoring a goal. A Muslim cleric from Saudi Arabia, Mohammed Alarefe called on football’s governing body to write...
The Pentagon said Friday it played no part in an unusual deal in which Islamic State jihadists were allowed to leave a key town in Syria -- only for some of them to be killed anyway. The US-backed...
A US-backed alliance will launch their final assault on ISIS's Syrian stronghold of Raqqa in June, two commanders from the force have said. Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) commander Rojda Felat said:...
A US-backed alliance will launch their final assault on ISIS's Syrian stronghold of Raqqa in June, two commanders from the force have said. Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) commander Rojda Felat said:...
Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said Thursday he had "no doubt" that Turkey and the United States would work out any differences arising from the US decision to arm Kurdish fighters in Syria. That...
