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Sep 20, 2014 (AFP)

Jihadists are in the cross-hairs of US social networks who are battling to enforce policies banning gruesome videos showing beheadings or hateful scenes such as...

Qaeda affiliate executes Lebanese soldier: govt

Sep 20, 2014 (AFP)

A Lebanese soldier has been executed by the Al-Nusra Front, the Syrian affiliate of Al-Qaeda, the government said on Saturday. The soldier "was killed by terror...

46 Turks kidnapped by IS militants freed

Sep 20, 2014 (AFP)

Forty-six Turks held hostage for months by Islamic State jihadists in northern Iraq were freed and returned to Turkey on Saturday, to emotional family reunions ...

Eradicating poverty will defeat extremists: Kerry

Sep 19, 2014 (AFP)

Top US diplomat John Kerry Friday made a passionate plea to wipe out poverty and improve health and education as the most powerful antidote to the "toxic" belie...

IS 'mafia' cash flow poses difficult target for West

Sep 18, 2014 (AFP)

Western governments are facing an uphill battle trying to squeeze the finances of Islamic State jihadists, as the extremists operate like a "mafia" in territory...

Australia foils Islamic State 'demonstration killings' plot

Sep 18, 2014 (AFP)

Australia's largest ever counter-terrorism raids on Thursday detained 15 people and foiled an alleged plot by Islamic State jihadists to conduct "demonstration ...

Keep all options open against IS militants, US lawmakers told

Sep 18, 2014 (AFP)

Veteran military and diplomatic officials urged the US administration Thursday to keep all options on the table to fight Islamic militants, warning it would be ...

Obama and US lawmakers turn up heat on IS

Sep 18, 2014 (AFP)

Barack Obama and US lawmakers ratcheted up the pressure on the Islamic State Wednesday, with the president declaring there was no hiding place for the jihadists...

Hollande goes on offensive with Iraq air strike decision

Sep 18, 2014 (AFP)

President Francois Hollande kicked off a rare news conference Thursday with the dramatic announcement that France would conduct air strikes in Iraq, as he sough...

Despite beheadings, US against hostage ransoms

Sep 17, 2014 (AFP)

Executions by jihadists have not changed Washington's opposition to paying hostage ransoms, leaving it at odds with the European allies it hopes will join the f...

Arrests in large-scale Australian counter-terror raids

Sep 17, 2014 (AFP)

Australian police on Thursday made a series of arrests in pre-dawn counter-terrorism raids across Sydney and Brisbane, with those detained reportedly suspected ...

Iran's Rouhani slams US troop veto in IS fight

Sep 17, 2014 (AFP)

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday criticized the United States for its refusal to send troops into combat in the battle against Islamic State milita...

US House approves plan to train Syria rebels in IS fight

Sep 17, 2014 (AFP)

US lawmakers voted Wednesday to authorize training and arming of Syrian rebels to combat Islamist radicals, a crucial step in President Barack Obama's bid to th...

IS jihadists down Syria warplane: monitor

Sep 16, 2014 (AFP)

Jihadists shot down a Syrian warplane conducting strikes on the Islamic State group stronghold of Raqa on Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monit...

Qaeda branches urge unity against US-led 'war on Islam'

Sep 16, 2014 (AFP)

Powerful Al-Qaeda branches in Yemen and North Africa issued an unprecedented joint statement Tuesday calling for jihadists in Iraq and Syria to unite against th...

Boehner: Congress should back Obama's 'sound' Syria plan

Sep 16, 2014 (AFP)

The top US Republican said Tuesday he backed President Barack Obama's "sound" plan to arm and train vetted Syrian rebels for battling extremists and called on C...

Australia facility to tackle chem-bio threats

Sep 15, 2014 (UPI)

Australia's Defense Science and Technology Organization has broken ground for an upgraded defense science research facility in the State of Victoria. The purpos...

US steps up efforts to target extremists at home

Sep 15, 2014 (AFP)

The United States announced Monday it was stepping up efforts to target extremists at home as it seeks to build a broad global coalition against Islamic State m...

Islamic State suspects in Indonesia are China's Uighurs

Sep 15, 2014 (AFP)

Indonesian police on Monday said the four foreigners arrested over the weekend suspected of being linked to the Islamic State jihadist group were from China's e...

US rejects military cooperation with Iran in Iraq, open to talks

Sep 15, 2014 (AFP)

US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday ruled out military cooperation with Iran but said Washington remained open to talks with Tehran about the threat pose...