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Terrorists gaining strength in Karachi: Altaf Hussain

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain said on Tuesday that citizens should be… Read More

US policies have failed in South Asia: Asif

ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif has said that the policies of United States have… Read More

Attackers behind Shiite killings linked to IS, says Saudi Arabia

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia said Monday the assailants behind Shiite killings earlier this month are linked… Read More

US Defense Secretary Hagel to resign: officials

WASHINGTON: US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will resign on Monday, senior officials told reporters, as… Read More

IS kills at least 23 Iraqi tribesmen near Ramadi

BAGHDAD: The Islamic State jihadist group killed at least 23 tribesmen during a major attack… Read More

Dutch teen in court after mother 'rescues' her from IS

THE HAGUE: A Dutch teenager who allegedly travelled to Syria to marry an Islamic State… Read More

Jordan jails five for promoting IS on Internet

AMMAN: A Jordanian court on Monday sentenced five people to jail for being members of… Read More

IS releases audio of chief Baghdadi after death rumours

BAGHDAD: The Islamic State group released a defiant audio recording Thursday it said was of… Read More

UK woman jailed for sending cash to jihadist husband in Syria

LONDON: A British woman who tried to send 20,000 euros ($25,000) to her husband fighting… Read More

Obama doubles US troops in Iraq in expanding war on IS

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Friday unveiled plans to send 1,500 additional troops to Iraq… Read More

Canada conducts first airstrikes on IS targets in Iraq

BAGHDAD: Canada conducted airstrikes on Islamic State positions in Iraq for the first time on… Read More

Peshmerga bolster Kurd defenders of Syrian town

SURUC, TURKEY: Kurdish peshmerga forces streamed across the Syrian border from Turkey late Friday to… Read More

Altaf Hussain indicates presence of IS in Pakistan

KARACHI: Chief of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Altaf Hussain on Friday pointed out the presence… Read More

Iraqi Kurdish forces enter Syria to fight Islamic State

SURUC, TURKEY: A first group of Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters entered the besieged Syrian town… Read More

US warplanes bomb IS near Kobane to aid Kurds in Syria

WASHINGTON: US warplanes renewed air strikes against Islamic State jihadists near the Syrian town of… Read More

IS attack on Syria oil field kills 30: monitor

BEIRUT: Islamic State group jihadists have attacked an oil and gas field in Syria, killing… Read More

Iraqi peshmerga fighters head for Syria to fight Islamic State

ARBIL, IRAQ/MURSITPINAR, TURKEY: Iraqi peshmerga fighters headed for the Syrian town of Kobani on Tuesday… Read More

US air war on Islamic State costing $8.3 million a day: Pentagon

WASHINGTON: The Pentagon has revised its estimate of the cost of the US air war… Read More

Kurds thwart new IS bid to cut off Syria’s Kobane

MURSITPINAR, TURKEY: Kurdish forces have thwarted a new attempt by Islamic State group fighters to… Read More

Ground offensive against Islamic State months away in Iraq: U.S.

FLORIDA: Iraqi forces are months away from being able to start waging any kind of… Read More