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Ghosts of Mosul Stalk Iraq’s Fleeing Children
The children proudly wield donated plastic water bottles like freshly dug nuggets of treasure, smiling despite the fear...
Mali’s State of Emergency Extended By 10 Days
The state of emergency in force almost non-stop for 16 months in Mali was extended by 10 days from Friday, the...
Top Bangladesh Army Officer Dies From IS-Claimed Blast
A senior army officer who headed the intelligence wing of Bangladesh's elite security force died Friday, days after he...
US Beefs Up Muscle In Somalia Fight
The US provides military support to Somalia in its fight against al-Shabab President Donald Trump has given the US...
Trump Boosts US Military Authority For In Somalia Fighting
President Donald Trump has boosted the US military's authority to step up air strikes in the fight against Islamist...
IS Propaganda Team Killed In Iraq Air Strike
The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group said Thursday that it had killed a propaganda chief and...
Bangladesh Police Storm Hideout, Find Up To Eight Bodies
Bangladesh security forces found the scattered body parts of up to eight people including women and possibly children...
Boko Haram Faction Seeks Grassroots Support In NE Nigeria
A Boko Haram faction led by the son of the group's founder is trying to win over civilians by shunning the...
Will Iran’s Rouhani Survive the Bleak Economy?
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is credited with pulling the economy back from the brink, but less than two months...
Bus Bombing Hits Syria’s Homs, Five Dead
A bomb attack on a bus in Syria's third city Homs killed five people and wounded at least seven on Wednesday, state...
Islam Does Not Limit Women
Contrary to public perception, Islamic scholars have debunked the notion that Islam limits women from aspiring to...
Grenade Attack As Bangladesh Police Raid Islamist Hideout
Bangladesh police came under grenade attack when they raided two suspected Islamist extremist hideouts on Wednesday,...
Freed From IS, But Iraq’s Qaraqosh Is Now A Ghost Town
In the Iraqi Christian town of Qaraqosh, time stands still. The Islamic State group was expelled in October 2016, but...
Trouble Looms Over Who Becomes Wa MCE
What appears to a ‘gentleman agreement” among the members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) members in the Upper...
US Probes Mosul Bombing Amid Worries of Rising Civilian Deaths
The Pentagon said Monday it was reviewing more than 700 video feeds of coalition air strikes on west Mosul, Iraq after...
Rebel Court Sentences Yemen President To Death
A rebel court in Yemen's insurgent-held capital has sentenced President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi to death for high...
Bangladesh Anti-Terror Raids
At least two civilians and one policeman killed during the operation at a residential building in Sylhet city. At least...
Coalition Air Strikes Kill 16 Rebels In Yemen
Sixteen rebels have been killed and 24 wounded in 24 hours of air raids by a Saudi-led coalition targeting the...
Shiite Lebanese Women Wage Painful Custody Battles
Every week, young divorcee Rita Choukeir looks forward to the three precious hours she gets with her young son in...