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Russia to destroy 'last chemical weapons', Putin says

Sep 27, 2017 (AFP)

The world's global chemical weapons watchdog praised the step as a "major milestone", ridding Russia of one of the last vestiges of the Cold War. "Today the las...

Russian women desperately seek daughters who joined IS

Sep 27, 2017 (AFP)

Since then, her mother has led an agonising search, desperate for any trace of her daughter and grandchild. "She was a beautiful and intelligent young woman. Sh...

US strikes IS camp in Libya, killing 17: official

Sep 24, 2017 (AFP)

The command said the air strikes were conducted on Friday, in coordination with Libya's Government of National Accord, hitting a desert camp 150 miles (240 kilo...

BTO Lays Foundation for a New Generation of Biotech Ventures

Sep 21, 2017 (SPX)

Biotech is now emerging as a breakthrough opportunity space and it represents an area that is ripe for fresh collaboration among DARPA, the nation's top researc...

US-backed force says in 'final stages' of defeating IS in Raqa

Sep 20, 2017 (AFP)

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have now seized 90 percent of the extremists' de-facto Syrian capital, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for ...

Philippines' Duterte may declare martial law next week: defence chief

Sep 15, 2017 (AFP)

"He said, if the left will try to have a massive protest, start fires on the streets, they will disrupt the country, then I might (declare martial law)," Defenc...

US kills six in Shabaab air strikes in Somalia

Sep 13, 2017 (AFP)

The pre-dawn operation occurred in southern Somalia about 160 miles (260 kilometers) south of Mogadishu. The strikes were conducted under powers President Donal...

Russia claims killing of IS 'minister of war' in Syria

Sep 08, 2017 (AFP)

"As a result of a precision air strike of the Russian air forces in the vicinity of Deir Ezzor city, a command post, communication centre and some 40 ISIS fight...

EU warns of 'real risk' of new funds for terror attacks

Sep 07, 2017 (AFP)

IS, which is also known as Daesh, has lost an estimated 90 percent of its territory in Iraq and 85 percent in Syria as a result of military campaigns, some of t...

Chechen leader evacuates 8 children and mothers from Iraq

Sep 01, 2017 (AFP)

Kadyrov, head of the mainly Muslim region of Chechnya, wrote on Instagram that "This evening, a plane will arrive in Grozny from Iraq with the latest group of o...

Islamic State chief Baghdadi likely still alive: US general

Aug 31, 2017 (AFP)

"We're looking for him every day. I don't think he's dead," Lieutenant General Stephen Townsend, commander of the counter-IS coalition in Iraq and Syria, told r...

Chile ex-general jailed at 91 for dictatorship crimes

Aug 23, 2017 (AFP)

Hector Orosco's lawyers say he has senile dementia but the country's Supreme Court nevertheless handed him a 10-year custodial sentence. It convicted him last m...

World voices solidarity with Spain after terror attack

Aug 18, 2017 (AFP)

- Spain - The Spanish royal family issued an unusually strongly-worded statement: "They are assassins, criminals who won't terrorise us. All of Spain is Barcelo...

Iraq seeks UN resolution to investigate IS

Aug 16, 2017 (AFP)

In a letter dated August 9 but given to the press Wednesday, Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jafaari, congratulating his country's army on its "brilliant mili...

Commandos kill 25 jihadists in central Syria: monitor

Aug 13, 2017 (AFP)

Supported by regime ally Russia, Syria's army has waged a months-long offensive to recapture the vast desert region that stretches from the country's centre to ...

Nigerian town still reeling from botched bombing

Aug 09, 2017 (AFP)

Only now can his story be told after AFP became one of the first global media organisations allowed access to the area. On that fateful Tuesday at around 12:30 ...

Suspect arrested after car rams Paris anti-terror troops

Aug 09, 2017 (AFP)

The suspected terror attack follows a string of assaults that have hit France since January 2015, claiming more than 230 lives. The suspect, a 36-year-old Alger...

Car rams into soldiers outside Paris, six injured

Aug 09, 2017 (AFP)

Police were scrambling to track down the vehicle, which took off after the incident described by local mayor Patrick Balkany as "without a doubt a deliberate ac...

Pentagon may boost support to Philippine counter-IS ops: official

Aug 08, 2017 (AFP)

Discussions are "pretty advanced" and would see the US provide increased surveillance drone capabilities and training for local forces, the official told AFP on...

Battelle helps DHS assess, train canine security teams

Aug 08, 2017 (UPI)

The DHS program is called REDDI, the Regional Explosives Detection Dog Initiative. The DHS's Advanced Research Project Agency dispatched its team of trainers, e...