Tehran attackers were Iranian IS recruits: official
TEHRAN: The attackers who stormed Tehran's parliament complex and the revolutionary leader's shrine on Wednesday… Read More
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Saudi king slams Iran as ‘spearhead of global terrorism’
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Sunday accused regional rival Iran of exporting extremist Islamic… Read More
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US aims to eliminate IS from Afghanistan this year
WASHINGTON: After dropping a monster bomb on its fighters, then targeting its leader, the US… Read More
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In Iraq’s Mosul, mobile clinics deliver precious medical care
MOSUL, IRAQ: Men, women and children stand in separate lines in the scorching sun baking… Read More
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Pope Francis leads mass for thousands of Egyptian Catholics
CAIRO: Pope Francis led a jubilant mass for thousands of Egyptian Catholics on Saturday during… Read More
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US ‘mother of all bombs’ damaged houses in Kurram Agency
KURRAM AGENCY: The United States dropped the largest non-nuclear device, called ‘mother of all bombs’… Read More
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Number of IS fighters killed by US bomb jumps to 90: Afghan officials
JALALABAD: The number of Islamic State fighters killed by a massive US bomb in eastern… Read More
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Sindh: University student disappears, claims reaching ‘land of Khilafat’
HYDERABAD: A female student of Jamshoro city's Liaquat Medical University who went missing a month… Read More
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US Marines deploy artillery battery to Syria
WASHINGTON: The United States has sent a Marine Corps artillery battery into Syria to help… Read More
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Anti-Islamic State assaults gain ground in Iraq and Syria
MOSUL, IRAQ: Iraqi forces advanced in west Mosul and fighters in neighbouring Syria seized a… Read More
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U.S.-backed Iraqi forces capture al-Hurriya bridge in Mosul, spokesman says
MOSUL: U.S.-backed Iraqi forces on Monday captured Mosul's al-Hurriya bridge, which leads to the Islamic… Read More
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Israel charges Belarus-born convert to Islam with IS ties
JERUSALEM: Israeli prosecutors filed charges on Wednesday against a Belarus-born immigrant after accusing him of… Read More
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Islamic State planning attacks in Britain: anti-terrorism lawyer
LONDON: Islamic State militants are planning "indiscriminate attacks on innocent civilians" in Britain on a… Read More
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Iraqi forces fighting Islamic State set to storm airport, clear way to western Mosul
MOSUL: U.S.-backed Iraqi forces closing in on the Islamic State-held western half of Mosul prepared… Read More
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UN envoy questions US engagement on Syria
MUNICH: UN envoy Staffan de Mistura on Sunday questioned US President Donald Trump's engagement in… Read More
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Trump to focus counter-extremism program solely on Islam: sources
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration wants to revamp and rename a U.S. government program designed to… Read More
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Iraqi forces claim recapture of eastern Mosul after 100 days of fighting
MOSUL: Iraqi officials said on Monday government forces had taken complete control of eastern Mosul,… Read More
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Seven Al-Qaeda militants killed in Yemen drone strikes
ADEN: Seven suspected Al-Qaeda members have been killed in drone strikes in central Yemen that… Read More
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IS destroys facade of Roman theatre in Syrian city of Palmyra
DAMASCUS/BEIRUT: Islamic State militants have destroyed one of the most famous monuments in the ancient… Read More
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Bin Laden documents: worry over IS tactics, ‘aging’ Al-Qaeda
WASHINGTON: Months before his death, Osama Bin Laden fretted about the Islamic State group's impatient,… Read More
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