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Apologise for Spain civil war role, Germany told
Aug 21, 2014 (AFP)
Spanish campaigners said on Thursday they have written to German Chancellor Angela Merkel demanding she apologise for her country helping the ex-dictator Franco...
Foley captors demanded $132 million ransom: employer
Aug 21, 2014 (AFP)
Journalist James Foley's jihadist captors had demanded a ransom of 100 million euros -- $132 million -- for his release, his employer said Thursday after a vide...
Islamic State 'beyond anything we've seen': US
Aug 21, 2014 (AFP)
The Islamic State poses a greater danger than a conventional "terrorist group" and is pursuing a vision that could radically alter the face of the Middle East, ...
US must 'destroy' jihadists in Iraq, Syria: ex-general
Aug 21, 2014 (AFP)
The US military must take decisive action to "destroy" Islamic extremists in both Iraq and Syria before the threat from the jihadists expands, a former American...
The politics of revenge
Aug 20, 2014 (UPI)
James Foley's assassination at the hands of the Islamic State was barbaric, inhuman and politically motivated. Terrorism has many pragmatic benefits as a tool i...
Jihadists claim beheading of US journalist
Aug 20, 2014 (AFP)
Jihadist group the Islamic State on Tuesday claimed to have executed American journalist James Foley in revenge for US air strikes against its fighters and thre...
Beheading video puts spotlight on British jihadists
Aug 20, 2014 (AFP)
The distinct English accent of the militant seen beheading US journalist James Foley in a grisly online video has forced Britain once again to confront the ques...
Obama warns of jihadist 'cancer' as US reveals failed rescue
Aug 20, 2014 (AFP)
US President Barack Obama on Wednesday demanded the world take action against the "cancer" of jihadist extremism in Iraq, after militants murdered an American r...
Britain seeks to identify US journalist's executioner
Aug 20, 2014 (AFP)
Prime Minister David Cameron said Wednesday it seemed "increasingly likely" that US journalist James Foley was beheaded by a British jihadist, as experts sought...
Opinion: Do not defer action against IS
Aug 19, 2014 (UPI)
While President Barack Obama is contemplating what to do, if anything, about the Islamic State as well as recovering from the "hug-out" in Martha's Vineyard wit...
Obama promises 'long-term' strategy against IS
Aug 18, 2014 (AFP)
President Barack Obama said Monday that the United States has embarked on a long-term mission to defeat the insurgents of the so-called "Islamic State" fighting...
IS could come to streets of Britain, warns Cameron
Aug 16, 2014 (AFP)
Islamic State fighters sweeping across Syria and Iraq are a direct threat to Britain and the country must use all of its "military prowess" to halt their advanc...
Yemen Qaeda chief praises Iraq jihadists
Aug 14, 2014 (AFP)
An influential Al-Qaeda leader in Yemen has praised Islamic State jihadists for their "victories in Iraq" but without pledging allegiance to their self-proclaim...
Kerry calls severed head photo among 'most grotesque' ever
Aug 12, 2014 (AFP)
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday described the picture of an Australian boy holding a severed head in Syria as "stomach-turning" and said concerns ab...
China holds man over Xinjiang 'massacre' allegations
Aug 11, 2014 (AFP)
China has detained a man on suspicion of making up rumours that the Chinese military had killed thousands of people in Xinjiang, home to the mainly Muslim Uighu...
UN Security Council takes aim at Iraq, Syria jihadists
Aug 11, 2014 (AFP)
The UN Security Council on Monday began fine tuning a draft resolution aimed at choking off the flow of foreign fighters and financial support to jihadists in I...
Kuwait vows to fight terror after US sanctions move
Aug 07, 2014 (AFP)
Kuwait said Thursday it was committed to fighting terrorism and its funding after the United States sanctioned three Kuwaitis accused of providing money, fighte...
US, Morocco bolster counterterror ties
Aug 07, 2014 (AFP)
The United States and Morocco are boosting counterterrorism cooperation to train intelligence workers as North Africa fights threats from Al-Qaeda in the Islami...
'Slain' Southeast Asian militant is alive: Philippines
Aug 06, 2014 (AFP)
The Philippine military said Wednesday one of Southeast Asia's top Islamic militants was alive, more than two years after jubilantly declaring he had been kille...
Australia toughens terror laws on foreign fighter fears
Aug 05, 2014 (AFP)
Australia will toughen laws to target home-grown terrorists and those who fight overseas over fears violent jihadist citizens in Syria and Iraq will return home...
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