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US in contact with Huthis in Yemen: Pentagon
Jan 27, 2015 (AFP)
US officials are holding discussions with representatives of the Shiite militia in Yemen who have forced the resignation of the country's president, a Pentagon ...
IS hostage exchange demand a bid to sow dissent: analysts
Jan 27, 2015 (AFP)
The Islamic State group's demand that a jihadi on Jordan's death row be exchanged for a Japanese hostage is an attempt to chip away at the US-led coalition agai...
IS 'not a state, not justified by Islam': top Egyptian cleric
Jan 26, 2015 (AFP)
The Islamic State (IS) group, which has sown a trail of terror across Syria and Iraq, is neither a state nor justified by Islam, Egypt's top Muslim cleric said ...
Yemen upheaval deals blow to US fight against AQAP
Jan 24, 2015 (AFP)
With the collapse of the government in Sanaa, the United States has lost a reliable partner in its fight against Al-Qaeda in Yemen with potentially dire consequ...
Japan vows to 'never give up' search for IS hostages
Jan 24, 2015 (AFP)
Japan on Saturday vowed to "never give up" its struggle to save two Japanese hostages held captive by Islamic State militants after the deadline to pay their ra...
IS group lost one percent of captured territory in Iraq: US
Jan 23, 2015 (AFP)
Islamic State jihadists have lost only a tiny fraction of captured territory in Iraq after five months of US-led air strikes, the Pentagon said Friday. Kurdish ...
US commander at Guantanamo naval base sacked
Jan 22, 2015 (AFP)
The officer overseeing the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay has been sacked after he had an alleged affair with a woman whose husband was recently found dead at ...
Anti-IS coalition talks focus on jihadist threat
Jan 22, 2015 (AFP)
Top officials from the US-led coalition against the Islamic State group met in London on Thursday for the first talks since the Paris attacks with the threat po...
Pakistan arrests IS militant in Lahore: officials
Jan 21, 2015 (AFP)
Pakistani security forces have arrested a member of the Islamic State jihadist group and two accomplices in eastern city of Lahore, officials said Wednesday. "A...
'Race against time' to save IS hostages: Japan PM
Jan 21, 2015 (AFP)
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe admitted Wednesday it was a "race against time" to free two hostages snatched by Islamist militants who are demanding $200 mi...
Obama 'will not relent' in bid to close Guantanamo prison
Jan 21, 2015 (AFP)
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday pledged to make good on his promise to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, saying it was "time to finish the job."...
A dozen former French soldiers waging jihad: defence source
Jan 21, 2015 (AFP)
A dozen ex-French soldiers have joined jihadist groups in Iraq and Syria, raising concerns over the possible existence of radical elements within the military, ...
Japan PM rushes home to lead hostage crisis response
Jan 21, 2015 (AFP)
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was rushing home from the Middle East Wednesday to take charge of Tokyo's response after Islamic militants threatened to kill...
IS executing 'educated women' in new wave of horror says UN
Jan 20, 2015 (AFP)
The UN on Tuesday decried numerous executions of civilians in Iraq by the Islamic State group, warning that educated women appeared to be especially at risk. Th...
Obama to call for new war powers to fight IS: excerpts
Jan 20, 2015 (AFP)
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday was to urge lawmakers to endow him with new war powers to defeat Islamic State militants, warning the battle would be long ...
IS threatens to kill Japan hostages, Tokyo vows not to give in
Jan 20, 2015 (AFP)
The Islamic State group threatened in a video Tuesday to kill two Japanese hostages within 72 hours unless it receives a $200 million ransom, but Tokyo vowed it...
Spain hopes Iran will join fight against Islamic extremism
Jan 20, 2015 (AFP)
Spain said Tuesday it hopes Iran will join the global fight against Islamic extremism if Tehran reaches an agreement with world powers over its disputed nuclear...
Saudi border guards get shoot on sight orders
Jan 19, 2015 (AFP)
Saudi border guards have been given orders to shoot infiltrators on sight after three troopers were killed on the Iraqi frontier earlier this month, a spokesman...
Islamist threat evolving, more dangerous, European officials say
Jan 19, 2015 (AFP)
European security officials are scrambling to meet a changing and more complex threat from jihadists -- both from sleeper cells and fighters returning from Midd...
Kobane setback puts brakes on IS Syria ambitions
Jan 18, 2015 (AFP)
Once poised to overrun the Syrian town of Kobane, the Islamic State group has suffered a damaging blow to its ambitions at the hands of Kurdish fighters and US-...
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