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Australian police shoot dead 'known terror suspect'

Sep 24, 2014 (AFP)

Police in Melbourne have shot dead a "known terror suspect" who stabbed two officers, a day after the Islamic State group called for Muslims to indiscriminately...

British PM, Iran leader discuss IS in historic talks

Sep 24, 2014 (AFP)

British Prime Minister David Cameron sought to win cooperation from Iran's President Hassan Rouhani against jihadists in Syria on Wednesday in the first meeting...

Obama: Syria strikes show US not alone in fighting IS

Sep 23, 2014 (AFP)

President Barack Obama said Tuesday that air strikes the United States and its Arab allies unleashed against the Islamic State group in Syria showed that Americ...

Confusion in France over fate of notorious jihadist's brother-in-law

Sep 23, 2014 (AFP)

Confusion reigned Tuesday over the fate of the brother-in-law of a notorious jihadist whose 2012 killing spree shocked France, after the interior ministry said ...

US, Arab allies bomb IS jihadists in Syria

Sep 23, 2014 (AFP)

US and Arab warplanes hammered Islamic State militants in eastern Syria early Tuesday, opening a new front in the fight against the jihadist group, defense offi...

US, Arab allies strike IS jihadists in Syria

Sep 23, 2014 (AFP)

The United States and its Arab allies unleashed deadly bomb and missile strikes on jihadists in Syria on Tuesday, opening a new front in the battle against the ...

Damascus says was informed by US of air strikes on IS

Sep 23, 2014 (AFP)

The Damascus government said it had been informed by Washington of the air strikes it began early Tuesday on Islamic State group (IS) targets on Syrian soil. "Y...

US-backed rebel group criticises Syria strikes

Sep 23, 2014 (AFP)

A Syrian rebel group that has reportedly received weapons from the United States criticised air strikes Tuesday by a US-led coalition against jihadists in the w...

Khorasan: latest incarnation of Al-Qaeda anti-west threat

Sep 23, 2014 (AFP)

A little-known Al-Qaeda offshoot, the Khorasan group, found itself in the crosshairs of the United States on Tuesday as they prepared attacks on western targets...

Australia treating IS kill threat as genuine

Sep 23, 2014 (AFP)

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop on Tuesday said Canberra was treating as genuine a call by the Islamic State group for Muslims to indiscriminately kill Australian...

'3,000 European jihadis' now in Syria, Iraq

Sep 23, 2014 (AFP)

The number of Europeans joining Islamist fighters in Syria and Iraq has jumped by a third to around 3,000 in a few months, the EU counter terrorism chief said T...

Kerry raises IS militant threat with Iranian, Russian FMs

Sep 22, 2014 (AFP)

US Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday raised the threat of Islamic militants in Iraq and Syria directly with his Iranian counterpart in high-level talks in...

Syrian opposition urges air strikes against IS

Sep 22, 2014 (AFP)

Syria's opposition on Monday called for air strikes to be immediately launched against Islamist fighters who have captured villages in the north -- or risk "cat...

Syria Kurds battle jihadist advance as thousands flee

Sep 22, 2014 (AFP)

Kurdish militia fought to defend a key border town in northern Syria on Monday after 130,000 terrified residents fled to Turkey to escape an advance by the Isla...

Australia says deploying warplanes to join Iraq campaign

Sep 22, 2014 (AFP)

Australian warplanes are being deployed to the Middle East to join the US-led campaign of air strikes on jihadist targets in northern Iraq, Defence Minister Dav...

More than 130,000 Syrian Kurds have fled to Turkey: minister

Sep 22, 2014 (AFP)

More than 130,000 Syrian Kurds have fled across the border into Turkey, escaping an advance by Islamic State jihadists, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurt...

France 'not afraid' as IS urges lone-wolf attacks

Sep 22, 2014 (AFP)

France insisted Monday it was not spooked by a call for Muslims to kill citizens of countries fighting the Islamic State group, as Western nations scramble to p...

Dead or alive? Rumours swirl again over Boko Haram leader

Sep 22, 2014 (AFP)

Is he alive or isn't he? Fresh claims have emerged in Nigeria that Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, or at least someone impersonating him, may be dead -- and ...

Black prevails in Syria jihadist stronghold

Sep 21, 2014 (AFP)

In the Syrian stronghold of the Islamic State jihadist group, everything is black, activists say, from men's turbans to women's veils. Even the passports. "Blac...

Indonesia names four foreigners as terror suspects

Sep 20, 2014 (AFP)

Four foreign men detained in Indonesia for allegedly planning to take part in militant training were officially named suspects for breaking counter-terrorism an...