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Syrian team, Putin to discuss relaunching peace talks: source
Nov 20, 2014 (AFP)
A high-level Syrian delegation is to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow to discuss a possible relaunch of peace talks with the opposition, a senior...
Hollande confirms two Frenchmen in Islamic State video
Nov 19, 2014 (AFP)
President Francois Hollande on Wednesday confirmed that two Frenchmen had been identified as suspects in an Islamic State video showing the beheading of Syrian ...
Global 'terror' deaths up by 61 percent: study
Nov 18, 2014 (AFP)
The number of people killed globally in terrorist attacks jumped by 61 percent in 2013, reflecting the rise of Boko Haram and Islamic State jihadists, the Insti...
Belgian jihadist's 'appearance in IS beheading video' probed
Nov 18, 2014 (AFP)
Belgian authorities were investigating Tuesday whether an alleged jihadist from a Brussels suburb had appeared in a video by the Islamic State group that shows ...
Obama orders hostage policy review in wake of 'evil' IS beheadings
Nov 18, 2014 (AFP)
US President Barack Obama has ordered a review of how Washington can release American hostages, as intelligence agencies investigated the involvement of Western...
Kerry broadside against IS: 'We are not intimidated'
Nov 17, 2014 (AFP)
US Secretary of State John Kerry launched a withering critique of the Islamic State Monday, blasting extremist brutality and insisting the world will not be int...
Suspected Western jihadists in 'evil' IS beheading video
Nov 17, 2014 (AFP)
Authorities were on Monday investigating the suspected involvement of Western jihadists in the brutal video by the Islamic State group claiming the beheading of...
Egypt refers 5 students to military court over protest
Nov 17, 2014 (AFP)
An Egyptian court referred five university students Monday to military trial over a violent protest, judicial sources said, under a controversial new law expand...
IS claims beheading of US aid worker Kassig
Nov 16, 2014 (AFP)
The Islamic State group on Sunday released a video claiming the beheading of US aid worker Peter Kassig in a warning to Washington as it prepares to send more t...
Netanyahu supports Obama in IS fight, but cautions on Iran
Nov 16, 2014 (AFP)
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed support Sunday for the US fight against Islamic State militants, but cautioned against any softening toward...
Obama confirms 'evil' murder of US aid worker Kassig
Nov 16, 2014 (AFP)
President Barack Obama confirmed Sunday the death of US aid worker Peter Kassig, calling his beheading at the hands of the Islamic State group "pure evil." A vi...
Iraq forces break jihadist siege of main oil refinery
Nov 15, 2014 (AFP)
Iraqi forces broke a months-long siege by jihadist fighters of the country's largest oil refinery Saturday as the top US officer flew in to discuss the expanded...
Islamic State faces war of attrition in Syria's Kobane
Nov 15, 2014 (AFP)
The Islamic State group is locked in a war of attrition in the Syrian border town of Kobane, where Kurdish fighters backed by US-led air strikes are mounting fi...
Countries wrestle with how to de-radicalise returning jihadists
Nov 15, 2014 (AFP)
Countries around the globe are experimenting with de-radicalisation programmes to deal with the threat of jihadists returning from the wars of the Middle East, ...
Jordan takes IS battle to Internet, mosques
Nov 14, 2014 (AFP)
Jordan is cracking down on firebrand preachers and online extremism to tackle jihadists after joining US-led air strikes on the Islamic State group. The desert ...
IS releases audio of chief Baghdadi after death rumours
Nov 13, 2014 (AFP)
The Islamic State group released a defiant audio recording Thursday it said was of chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, after air strikes on jihadist leaders in Iraq spa...
Baghdadi: jihadist 'caliph' terrorising two countries
Nov 13, 2014 (AFP)
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the self-proclaimed "caliph" terrorising Iraq and Syria, is a preacher who rose from obscurity to lead the world's most feared jihadist or...
US hosts coalition officers to plan fight against IS
Nov 12, 2014 (AFP)
Military officers from more than 30 countries in the US-led coalition against the Islamic State group will meet Wednesday at a US base to plan the war effort ag...
US war against IS steadily escalates, raising stakes
Nov 12, 2014 (AFP)
US military action against Islamic State jihadists in Iraq and Syria began on a small scale three months ago but has steadily expanded in size and scope, raisin...
3M Canada producing filter canisters for Army's protection masks
Nov 11, 2014 (UPI)
The Canadian subsidiary of 3M is to produce new lightweight filter canisters for U.S. Army's M50 Joint Service General Purpose Mask and M51 Combat Vehicle Mask....
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