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US aims to eliminate IS from Afghanistan this year

WASHINGTON: After dropping a monster bomb on its fighters, then targeting its leader, the US military is looking to destroy the Islamic State group's...

In Iraq’s Mosul, mobile clinics deliver precious medical care

MOSUL, IRAQ: Men, women and children stand in separate lines in the scorching sun baking west Mosul's Baghdad Square for a turn in one...

Pope Francis leads mass for thousands of Egyptian Catholics

CAIRO: Pope Francis led a jubilant mass for thousands of Egyptian Catholics on Saturday during a visit to support the country's embattled Christian minority...

US ‘mother of all bombs’ damaged houses in Kurram Agency

KURRAM AGENCY: The United States dropped the largest non-nuclear device, called ‘mother of all bombs’ in an area in Afghanistan to target militants, but...

Number of IS fighters killed by US bomb jumps to 90: Afghan officials

JALALABAD: The number of Islamic State fighters killed by a massive US bomb in eastern Afghanistan has nearly tripled to at least 90, Afghan...

Sindh: University student disappears, claims reaching ‘land of Khilafat’

HYDERABAD: A female student of Jamshoro city's Liaquat Medical University who went missing a month ago has sent a message to her brother that...

US Marines deploy artillery battery to Syria

WASHINGTON: The United States has sent a Marine Corps artillery battery into Syria to help defeat the Islamic State group in Raqa, the capital...

Anti-Islamic State assaults gain ground in Iraq and Syria

MOSUL, IRAQ: Iraqi forces advanced in west Mosul and fighters in neighbouring Syria seized a key supply route to Raqa Monday, as twin US-backed...

U.S.-backed Iraqi forces capture al-Hurriya bridge in Mosul, spokesman says

MOSUL: U.S.-backed Iraqi forces on Monday captured Mosul's al-Hurriya bridge, which leads to the Islamic State-held old city center from the south, a military...

Israel charges Belarus-born convert to Islam with IS ties

JERUSALEM: Israeli prosecutors filed charges on Wednesday against a Belarus-born immigrant after accusing him of seeking to join the Islamic State (IS) group in...

Islamic State planning attacks in Britain: anti-terrorism lawyer

LONDON: Islamic State militants are planning "indiscriminate attacks on innocent civilians" in Britain on a scale similar to those staged by the Irish Republican...

Iraqi forces fighting Islamic State set to storm airport, clear way to western Mosul

MOSUL: U.S.-backed Iraqi forces closing in on the Islamic State-held western half of Mosul prepared on Tuesday to storm the airport and a nearby...

UN envoy questions US engagement on Syria

MUNICH: UN envoy Staffan de Mistura on Sunday questioned US President Donald Trump's engagement in solving the Syrian conflict, just days ahead of crucial...

Trump to focus counter-extremism program solely on Islam: sources

WASHINGTON: The Trump administration wants to revamp and rename a U.S. government program designed to counter all violent ideologies so that it focuses solely...

Iraqi forces claim recapture of eastern Mosul after 100 days of fighting

MOSUL: Iraqi officials said on Monday government forces had taken complete control of eastern Mosul, 100 days after the start of their U.S.-backed campaign...

Seven Al-Qaeda militants killed in Yemen drone strikes

ADEN: Seven suspected Al-Qaeda members have been killed in drone strikes in central Yemen that were probably carried out by US forces, security sources...

IS destroys facade of Roman theatre in Syrian city of Palmyra

DAMASCUS/BEIRUT: Islamic State militants have destroyed one of the most famous monuments in the ancient city of Palmyra, the Tetrapylon, and the facade of...

Bin Laden documents: worry over IS tactics, ‘aging’ Al-Qaeda

WASHINGTON: Months before his death, Osama Bin  Laden fretted about the Islamic State group's impatient, violent tactics and the fading of Al-Qaeda, documents released...

Islamic State lost nearly a quarter of its territory in 2016: report

LONDON: The Islamic State group lost nearly a quarter of its territory in Iraq and Syria last year, according to a report released Thursday...

In parts of Mosul, a semblance of normality despite war

MOSUL, Iraq: In some parts of Mosul, you can almost forget that a war is being waged over the city between Iraqi forces and Islamic...
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