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UK Minister To Meet Silicon Valley Over Online Extremism
Britain's interior minister Amber Rudd will meet with tech leaders in California's Silicon Valley this week to try and...
Israelis Gather In Jerusalem’s Old City After Weeks of Tension
Thousands of Jews attended prayers at the Western Wall in Jerusalem to observe the start of the Tisha B'av fasting day...
Kabul Attack: Gun Battle and Suicide Bombing In Afghan Capital
Afghan security forces are battling gunmen following a suicide attack outside the Iraqi embassy in the capital, Kabul....
Hamburg Supermarket Attacker ‘was Known Islamist’
The man who killed one person and injured six in a supermarket knife attack in Hamburg was a “known Islamist”,...
Squeezed In Raqa, IS Jihadists Ramp Up Counter-Attacks
As Islamic State group fighters steadily lose chunks of their Syrian bastion Raqa to a US-backed force, the jihadists...
Kidnapped Oil Workers Speak On Boko Haram Video
Boko Haram Islamists have published a video showing three kidnapped members of an oil exploration team, after an ambush...
Indonesia, Australia Host Counter-Terrorism Meeting
Western governments are warning their citizens against travelling to nearly all of the southern third of the...
Schoolgirls In Iraq’s Mosul Aim To Catch Up On Lost Years
Despite having fallen three years behind their peers elsewhere in Iraq, it's been mostly smiles all around for the...
Yemeni Rebel Missile Shot Down Near Mecca
A ballistic missile fired by Yemeni rebels was shot down late Thursday close to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, a month before...
Qatar Accuses Gulf States of ‘stubbornness’, Wants UN To Help
Qatar's foreign minister on Thursday accused Gulf neighbors and Egypt of "stubbornness" in their ongoing diplomatic...
Despite De-Escalation Deal, Syrians Still Waiting For Aid
Nearly three months after Russia, Iran and Turkey reached a deal on de-escalating the war in Syria, hundreds of...
In the Ruins of Mosul, A Hunt For the Missing
In Mosul, the missing are everywhere, their families hunting through the ruined Iraqi city for traces of lost husbands...
US-Trained Iraqi Unit Carried Out Mosul Executions
An Iraqi army division trained by American forces summarily executed prisoners in west Mosul, Human Rights Watch said...
Abbas Backs Call For Palestinians To Return To Al-Aqsa
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas backed calls for worshippers to return to Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque on Thursday...
All New Security Measures Removed From Jerusalem Holy Site
Israeli police said on Thursday all new security measures installed at a sensitive Jerusalem holy site after a July 14...
War-Torn Kabul Pulls Down Concrete Blast Walls
The blast walls that cut through Kabul like ramparts are being pulled down, part of a counter-intuitive makeover by...
US-Backed Syria Force Ousts IS From Half of Raqa
A US-backed alliance has ousted Islamic State group jihadists from half of their Syrian bastion Raqa, a monitor said...
Syrian Civilians Fleeing IS In Raqa Turn To Smugglers
Civilians fleeing the Islamic State group's Syrian bastion of Raqa are paying smugglers to lead them out of the city...
EU Court Upholds Hamas Terror Listing
The European Union's top court on Wednesday upheld the bloc's decision to put Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on...