In Name At Least, ISIL Is Defeated
ISIL is no more. At least, that's the case in the hallways of the Pentagon, where military officials have done an about-face and started calling the Islamic State group ISIS, not ISIL. The latter...
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Iraq Air Force Strikes IS Targets In Syria
The Iraqi air force struck members of the Islamic State group inside neighbouring Syria Friday, officials said, adding that the targeted militants were responsible for recent bombings in Baghdad. The...
IS Attack Kills 15 Iraq Border Guards Near Jordan
The Islamic State group carried out an attack on an Iraqi border guard position near Jordan on Friday, killing at least 15 guards, officials said. "Daesh launched an attack with a suicide car bomb...
French ‘attack Plot’ Leads To Three Arrests
Three people have been arrested on suspicion of plotting a terrorism attack Three people have been arrested in France on suspicion of plotting a terrorism attack, police sources say. French media say...
New York Bomb Plot Mastermind Omar Abdel Rahman Dies In Prison
The mastermind of numerous bomb plots in New York in the early 1990s has died in prison in the US, his family says. Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, a blind cleric who preached at mosques in New York, was...
UN Demands Armed Groups Stop Fighting In C. Africa
The UN Security Council on Wednesday demanded armed groups in the Central African Republic immediately halt fighting and join peace talks after UN airstrikes targeted rebel fighters. UN attack...
Twenty-Five Banks Flout Law
Only five banks out the 30 have transferred their records to the Public Records and Archives Administration (PRAAD) as required by the law. They are namely, Ecobank Ghana, Standard Chartered Bank...
Hundreds Detained Over Alleged Links To PKK
Turkish police have detained more than 800 people over alleged links to Kurdish fighters in nationwide operations, according to state media. Police conducted simultaneous raids in 37 different...
Adebayor Exhibits Dancing Skills
A video shared by the Peter Okoye of P-Square fame shows the Togolese international displaying his 'Al Qaeda' dancing skills. The football personality who recently signed an 18-month deal with...
US Says It Killed 11 Al-Qaeda Operatives In Syria Air Strikes
GETTY IMAGES/The Pentagon said it conducted two air strikes over two days earlier this month US forces killed 11 members of al-Qaeda in two air strikes near Idlib in Syria, this month, including a...
US Says It Killed 11 Al-Qaeda Operatives In Syria Air Strikes
US forces killed 11 members of al-Qaeda in two air strikes near Idlib in Syria, this month, including a former ally of Osama Bin Laden, the Pentagon said. Captain Jeff Davis, a spokesman, said 10...
French Soldier Shoots Attacker Outside Louvre
A French soldier guarding the Louvre in Paris has shot a man who tried to attack a security patrol with a machete shouting “Allahu Akbar”, police say. The man, who tried to gain entry to the...
Trump To Focus Counter-Extremism Program Solely On Islam
The Trump administration wants to revamp and rename a U. S. government program designed to counter all violent ideologies so that it focuses solely on Islamist extremism, five people briefed on the...
Civilians Likely Killed In Yemen Raid
A deadly dawn raid on the al Qaeda militant group in southern Yemen earlier this week "likely killed" civilians and could include children, the U. S. military said on Wednesday. Trump travelled to...
Commando Dies In U.S. Raid In Yemen, First Military Op OK’d By Trump
A U. S. commando died and three others were wounded a deadly dawn raid on the al Qaeda militant group in southern Yemen on Sunday, which was the first military operation authorized by U.S. President...
Is Religion Responsible For Terrorism?
By Patrick Fynn Man is a religious animal. He is the only animal who has the true religion – several of them. He is the only animal that loves his neighbour as himself and cuts his throat if his...
Chairman Being Autocratic – Minority
The Minority in Parliament is accusing the Chairman of the Appointments Committee of Parliament of behaving like an “autocrat” during proceedings. Wa Central MP Rashid Pelpuo levelled the charge...
Turkish Gov’t-Funded Madrassa Teacher Recorded Praising ISIL In Classroom
An obtrusive recording revealed that a teacher working at a Turkish gov’t-funded religious school in Albania converses with a student about how the ISIL militants seek to “provide protection to...
Yemen; Obama’s Parting Gift To Terror
Barack Obama saved his parting gift to terror, his worst crime, for last, the War on the Yemeni People. Obama’s last war has institutionalized a failed state and which will continue to inflict...
‘draconian’ EU Anti-Terror Laws Target Muslims
A raft of new counterterrorism laws across Europe discriminate against Muslims and refugees, spreading fear and alienation, Amnesty International said in a report on Tuesday. The human rights group...