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Ex-colleague shoots dead American in Saudi capital

Oct 14, 2014 (AFP)

A former employee of a US defence contractor shot dead one American colleague and wounded another in the Saudi capital Tuesday, officials said, in a rare attack...

Iceland shuts down 'Islamic State' website

Oct 13, 2014 (AFP)

Iceland has closed down a website believed to be used by the jihadist organisation Islamic State and which showed the murder of hostages, the authority responsi...

Why civil liberties are more important than security

Oct 13, 2014 (UPI)

A resurrected al-Qaida has vowed to renew its efforts to bring terror to Europe and America. The Islamic State seems focused on seizing and holding territory in...

Kurds thwart IS in Kobane, Turkey boosts involvement

Oct 13, 2014 (AFP)

Attacking Islamic State jihadists met firm Kurdish resistance in the Syrian battleground town of Kobane on Sunday, as neighbouring Turkey heeded pressure to int...

IS jihadists boast of enslaving Yazidis

Oct 13, 2014 (AFP)

The Islamic State jihadist group says that it has given Yazidi women and children captured in northern Iraq to its fighters as spoils of war, boasting it had re...

Travel warnings, Jihadists, changing French holiday plans

Oct 12, 2014 (AFP)

With France's autumn school holiday approaching, a time when many leave to soak up foreign sun, travel companies are complaining that bookings are in free-fall ...

IS pours in reinforcements to Syria's Kobane: monitor

Oct 12, 2014 (AFP)

The Islamic State group poured in reinforcements Sunday for its nearly month-long siege of Kobane as the Syrian town's Kurdish defenders kept up their high-prof...

Kurds thwart IS in Syria town but Iraq forces on back foot

Oct 12, 2014 (AFP)

Islamic State jihadists met dogged Kurdish resistance in the high-profile Syrian battleground town of Kobane Sunday but they put Iraqi forces under heavy pressu...

IS jihadists execute four women in northern Iraq

Oct 11, 2014 (AFP)

The Islamic State group has executed at least four women, including two doctors and a politician, in their northern Iraq strongholds this month, relatives and r...

Kurdish PKK fighters called back to Turkey after protests

Oct 11, 2014 (AFP)

A leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) warned on Saturday it had called all its fighters back to Turkey and could resume attacks, after protests...

US reports 'progress' in pressing Turkey to join IS fight

Oct 11, 2014 (AFP)

The United States reported "progress" Friday in pressing Turkey to participate in the fight against the Islamic State group, noting a pledge from Ankara to trai...

Coalition military chiefs to meet in US next week: officials

Oct 10, 2014 (AFP)

Military chiefs from 21 countries in the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq will gather next week in Washington to discuss the ...

Egypt forces kill top jihadist in Sinai

Oct 10, 2014 (AFP)

Egyptian soldiers killed Friday a top member of the jihadist group Ansar Beit al-Maqdis who was involved in deadly attack on security forces in the Sinai Penins...

IS jihadists execute Iraqi journalist, 12 other people

Oct 10, 2014 (AFP)

Islamic State militants executed an Iraqi news cameraman and 12 other people on Friday in several towns and villages north of Baghdad, officials, relatives and ...

Jihadists seize Kurdish HQ in Syria's Kobane, massacre feared

Oct 10, 2014 (AFP)

Islamic State jihadists captured the headquarters Friday of Kurdish fighters defending the Syrian border town of Kobane, with a UN envoy warning thousands would...

France, Germany seek revamp of Schengen laws to fight jihadist exodus

Oct 09, 2014 (AFP)

France and Germany on Thursday pressed for urgent reforms to the European Union's visa-free Schengen travel zone to counter the increasing number of Europeans l...

Turkey plea for Syria buffer zone meets cool response

Oct 09, 2014 (AFP)

A proposal by Turkey for a buffer zone inside Syria has met with a guarded response from the international community, despite being a key condition for Ankara t...

IS advances in Kobane as Turkey rejects solo ground action

Oct 09, 2014 (AFP)

Advancing Islamic State fighters seized a third of the Syrian border town of Kobane Thursday despite US-led air strikes, as Turkey rejected sending troops in ag...

IS militants draw new allies amid US airstrikes

Oct 09, 2014 (AFP)

The lightning rise of the Islamic State group is turning it into a magnet for Muslim extremists, as US air strikes in Iraq and Syria help galvanize support for ...

White House walks back talk of Syria-Turkey buffer zone

Oct 08, 2014 (AFP)

The White House denied Wednesday it was planning to create a safe haven along Turkey's border with Syria, after France backed the proposal and the US and Britis...