NEW YORK: Islamic State militants will "stop at nothing" to strengthen their presence in Libya and the urgency of a request by the country for international help to tackle the extremists should not be underestimated, a top United Nations official said on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON: The United States Thursday sought to galvanize global action against violent extremist groups, amid warnings the world was confronted with "a new war against a new enemy."
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron vowed on Friday to take on "the poisonous ideology" of Islamic extremists and said intelligence agencies must be allowed to track militants online despite privacy concerns.