Islam

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Gun Attacks and Suicide Bomb In Tehran, At Least Two Dead

Gunmen and a suicide bomber have carried out apparently coordinated attacks on Iran's parliament and the tomb of...

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Terror In Tehran As Parliament and Shrine Are Attacked

Several people have been injured after multiple gunmen opened fire inside Iran's parliament and a suicide bomber blew...

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Several Wounded In Attacks On Iran Parliament, Tomb

Several people were reported injured after armed men burst into Tehran's parliament building and the mausoleum of...

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Long Battle Feared As Militants Hold On In Philippine City

With bomb-proof tunnels, anti-tank weapons hidden in mosques, human shields and a "mastery" of the terrain, Islamist...

International

Trump Urges Arab Unity In Call To Saudi Arabia’s King Salman

US President Donald Trump has called the king of Saudi Arabia to urge Gulf unity amid an escalating dispute over...

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Tunisia Radical Islamist Party Banned For One Month

Tunisian judicial authorities on Tuesday slapped a one-month ban on radical Islamist party Hizb ut-Tahrir, notably for...

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Amal Clooney’s Parents ‘over the Moon’

Amal Clooney's parents said they were elated Tuesday to welcome their twin grandchildren Ella and Alexander, and added...

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London and Internet Radicalised My Son

The Italian mother of London attacker Youssef Zaghba says she tried to prevent him being radicalised, "but he had...

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How Syria’s Raqa Resisted IS Rule

Secret dates, dead-drops and "bullet-free" maths lessons: these are just some of the ways residents of the Islamic...

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Five Facts On Targeted IS-Held Syrian City of Raqa

As US-backed Arab and Kurdish forces broke into the Islamic State group's bastion of Raqa on Tuesday for the first...

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UN Accuses IS of Executing 163 Civilians In Mosul On June 1

The United Nations human rights chief on Tuesday accused the Islamic State group of murdering 163 civilians to prevent...

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Last Chance For Peace, Afghan President Warns Taliban

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani issued an ultimatum to the Taliban Tuesday, warning them to embrace peace or "face...

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Cameroon Soldiers Arrested After Demanding Bonuses

Around 30 Cameroonian soldiers fighting the Nigerian jihadist group Boko Haram were arrested after a demonstration to...

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Police Treat ‘cowardly’ Melbourne Siege As Terrorism

A fatal shootout claimed by the Islamic State group was being treated as a terrorist attack, Australian police said...

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Kabul To Host Peace Summit After Week of Deadly Violence

Kabul will host a multinational peace conference on Afghanistan Tuesday, as the capital reels from a wave of bombings...

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Duterte Offers Bounties For Militant Chiefs In Philippine City

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte offered large bounties Monday for the leaders of Islamist fighters holding parts...

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Looters Target Empty Homes In Iraq’s Mosul

Men, women and children walk down a main road in west Mosul with arms full and carts loaded, but they are not among the...

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Syrians Displaced From IS Bastion Raqa Dream of Eid At Home

As US-backed forces prepare a final assault on the Islamic State group's Syrian bastion Raqa, displaced civilians are...

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Jihadists Occupy Civilian Homes As Mosul Battle Rages

After jihadists turned the roof of his house into a sniper position, Owayid Mohammed and his family fled west Mosul in...