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Fresh blast rocks Chinese town: state media

Oct 01, 2015 (AFP)

A fresh explosion rocked a Chinese town Thursday, a day after 17 parcel bombs killed at least seven people and wounded scores more, state media reported. No inj...

Seven killed by multiple China letter bombs: state media

Sep 30, 2015 (AFP)

Seven people were killed on Wednesday when 15 letter bombs exploded in southern China, state media said, with blasts reported in multiple locations including go...

Iraq Kurds take back land from IS jihadists

Sep 30, 2015 (AFP)

A ground offensive led by 3,500 Iraqi Kurdish forces Wednesday recaptured several villages west of the city of Kirkuk from the Islamic State group, officials sa...

16 Turkish hostages freed in Iraq arrive back home

Sep 30, 2015 (AFP)

Sixteen Turkish workers who had been kidnapped in Iraq nearly a month ago were freed on Wednesday and flew back home where they were welcomed by their tearful f...

At UN, Obama marches on with coalition against Islamic State

Sep 29, 2015 (AFP)

President Barack Obama sits down with more than 100 leaders at the United Nations on Tuesday to push ahead with the US-led campaign against the Islamic State gr...

France will carry out 'more strikes' against IS in Syria: defence minister

Sep 28, 2015 (AFP)

France will carry out "more strikes" against the Islamic State group in Syria, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Monday. "There will be more strikes, ...

France carries out first air strikes on IS in Syria

Sep 27, 2015 (AFP)

France carried out its first air strikes against the Islamic State group in Syria on Sunday, launching a military operation as Russia and Western powers sought ...

Iraq steps up anti-IS coordination with Iran, Syria, Russia

Sep 27, 2015 (AFP)

Iraq, Russia, Iran and Syria have agreed to set up an intelligence committee in Baghdad, the government said Sunday, a further sign of Moscow's growing role in ...

French strikes in Syria to reap political, but not military gains

Sep 27, 2015 (AFP)

French air strikes launched against Islamic State jihadists in Syria on Sunday may win Paris political capital, but are unlikely to yield serious military gains...

Yazidis urge ICC to open probe into IS atrocities

Sep 24, 2015 (AFP)

Iraq's Yazidi minority -- the target of brutal attacks by the Islamic State group -- on Thursday urged the International Criminal Court to investigate the milit...

Putin moves forward against Islamic State in Syria

Sep 24, 2015 (UPI)

Russian President Vladimir Putin is reportedly preparing to launch unilateral airstrikes on the Islamic State as his country strengthens its air base in Syria. ...

Israel defends soldiers as questions swirl over Palestinian's death

Sep 24, 2015 (AFP)

Israel on Thursday defended the actions of its soldiers who shot dead an 18-year-old Palestinian woman at a checkpoint in the West Bank as questions swirled ove...

Egypt military winds down Sinai campaign against IS

Sep 23, 2015 (AFP)

Egypt's military announced Wednesday it was winding down its largest campaign in the Sinai against Islamists, following a 16-day operation in which it said scor...

Iran best defence against Mideast 'terror': Rouhani

Sep 22, 2015 (AFP)

Iran's armed forces are the best defence against "terror" in the Middle East, President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday, urging regional countries not to rely on...

British air strikes kill 330 IS fighters: minister

Sep 17, 2015 (AFP)

British air strikes in Iraq have killed around 330 Islamic State (IS) group fighters since they began in September 2014, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said i...

Are jihadists hiding among refugees? Unlikely, say analysts

Sep 16, 2015 (AFP)

Warnings that jihadists bent on violence may be sneaking into Europe disguised as refugees are growing louder, but analysts say extremists do not need to board ...

Thai police chief links Uighurs to Bangkok bomb

Sep 15, 2015 (AFP)

Thailand's police chief Tuesday linked the Bangkok bomb to China's Uighurs for the first time, as the lawyer for one of two detained foreign suspects confirmed ...

What's in a name? Thais avoid linking Uighurs to Bangkok blast

Sep 14, 2015 (AFP)

The police investigation into the Bangkok shrine blast increasingly points towards a game-changing attack on Chinese tourists by Uighur militants or sympathiser...

Mexico slams Egypt 'air strike' after tourists killed

Sep 14, 2015 (AFP)

Mexico called on Egypt Monday to swiftly investigate why tourists were mistakenly targeted in what witnesses described as an air strike that left at least two M...

Algeria leader replaces powerful intelligence chief

Sep 13, 2015 (AFP)

Algerian leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika has replaced his powerful intelligence chief, the presidency announced Sunday, confirming his domination over the armed for...