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Myanmar army's 'business empire' fuels atrocities: UN probe
Aug 05, 2019 (AFP)
They urged the international community to sever links with the armed forces' dizzying economic holdings -- that they said dwarf those of any other civilian comp...
Bolsonaro appoints military men to investigate dictatorship abuses
Aug 01, 2019 (AFP)
The far-right leader is an unapologetic admirer of the dictatorship, under which he served as an artillery officer, and has caused outrage by branding it a "glo...
Coalition says strike kills 5 IS jihadists in Syria
Jul 29, 2019 (AFP)
"Coalition forces conducted a strike against a Daesh cell near Busayrah", a town in Deir Ezzor province, said coalition spokesman James Rawlinson, using an Arab...
Head of UN investigators calls for an IS 'Nuremberg'
Jul 29, 2019 (AFP)
For a year, British lawyer Karim Khan has travelled around Iraq with a team of almost 80 people to gather evidence and witness testimony for the UN body known a...
Arizona State University to design WMD detector for DARPA
Jul 23, 2019 (UPI)
ASU was awarded a $9.1 million contract to start work on a device that can detect WMD-related chemicals on a person within 30 minutes or less. The device is exp...
US slaps sanctions on Al-Qaeda affiliate in Mali
Jul 16, 2019 (AFP)
The measures target Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) -- designated a terrorist organization by Washington last September -- and its commander Bah Ag M...
At least 5 dead in Baghdad suicide blasts: medics, security
Jul 15, 2019 (AFP)
Doctors at the capital's Al-Yarmuk hospital gave a casualty toll of five dead and 14 wounded. Two suicide bombers blew themselves up near Abu al-Fadhel al-Abbas...
New Zealanders give up weapons after mosque killings
Jul 13, 2019 (AFP)
The first of more than 250 collections to be held nationwide was in Christchurch, where 51 Muslim worshippers were gunned down while at prayer less than four mo...
UN rights chief urges states to repatriate families of IS fighters
Jun 24, 2019 (AFP)
The situation of foreign fighters and their families topped a long line of concerns listed by Michelle Bachelet in her opening address to the UN Human Rights Co...
IS focus on millennial women is worry for future: Europol
Jun 14, 2019 (AFP)
In a report on IS propaganda focussed on women, Europol said that this could "pave the way" for a change in the role of female jihadists in future terror organi...
Iraq to identify remains from IS graves in Yazidi area
Jun 06, 2019 (AFP)
"The remains will first be examined, and then DNA samples will be taken to compare with samples gathered from families," Zaid al-Yousef told AFP. The efforts ar...
Iraq sentences all 11 French IS suspects to death
Jun 03, 2019 (AFP)
Bilel Kabaoui, 32, and Mourad Delhomme, 41, join nine other French citizens and a Tunisian national already on death row after trials over the past week. They h...
Nine French jihadists now on death row in Iraq
Jun 02, 2019 (AFP)
Fodil Tahar Aouidate and Vianney Ouraghi were among 11 French citizens and one Tunisian handed over to Iraqi authorities in January by a US-backed force fightin...
Iraq condemns 7th Frenchman to death for IS membership
May 29, 2019 (AFP)
Yassin Sakkam was among 12 French citizens transferred to Iraqi authorities in January by a US-backed force fighting the jihadist group in neighbouring Syria. "...
Iraq condemns two more French IS members to death
May 28, 2019 (AFP)
Brahim Nejara and Karam El Harchaoui, both in their 30s, were among 12 French citizens transferred to Iraqi authorities in January by a US-backed force fighting...
Russia presents UN measure to rein in chemical weapons watchdog
May 16, 2019 (AFP)
The draft text, seen by AFP, states that the Council -- where Russia holds veto power -- is the only international body that can impose measures on countries th...
Row as France remembers troops slain in hostage raid
May 14, 2019 (AFP)
French special forces Cedric de Pierrepont, 33, and Alain Bertoncello, 28, who died in the operation in Burkina Faso, were honoured at a ceremony at the Invalid...
Brazil court orders Bolsonaro to explain gun decree
May 11, 2019 (AFP)
Justice Rosa Weber's ruling on Friday came after an opposition political party, the Sustainability Network, challenged the constitutionality of Bolsonaro's deci...
Why has IS chief appeared after a five-year absence?
Apr 30, 2019 (AFP)
The release of the video Monday addresses key issues for IS, analysts told AFP, as the jihadists look ahead following the collapse of their so-called caliphate....
IS chief refers to Baghouz defeat in first video in five years
Apr 29, 2019 (AFP)
The world's most wanted man was last seen in Mosul in 2014, announcing the birth of IS's much-feared "caliphate" across swathes of Iraq and Syria, and appears t...
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