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Pressure mounts on ISIS with twin assaults in Iraq, Syria
Kurdish-Arab forces launched a major assault against the Islamic State group in Syria’s Raqa province Tuesday and Iraqi forces advanced on it in...
Migrants stranded in Greece, face eviction in France as Europe rifts widen
At flashpoints near borders on either side of Europe, authorities tried Tuesday to force back migrants desperate to begin new lives in more prosperous...
Russia closes Arctic border post in spat over return of migrants from Norway
Russia has closed an Arctic border post to stop migrants being controversially returned from Norway, officials said on Sunday.
Ten ISIS leaders, some with links to Paris terror attacks, killed in US strikes
An Islamic State leader with direct links to the alleged Paris attacks mastermind has been killed in an air strike in Syria.
MI5 Boss: IS Planning UK Mass Casualty Attacks
The head of MI5 has said the terror threat level facing Britain is the highest he has seen in his 32-year career.
Fragmented post-recession Europe harder to govern
From Portugal to Sweden, European countries are becoming harder to govern, and economic reforms more difficult to implement, as a prolonged financial crisis...
U.S.Congress: country failing to stop ISIS recruitment
More than 250 Americans have joined Islamic State and other militant groups to fight in Syria and Iraq,which is double the number a year ago, a U.S.
As refugee crisis explodes, U.N. faces scrutiny
As Europe hardens its stance and tensions between refugees and police become more explosive, many are scorning the U.N.’s inaction.
Britain, France join Germany to pledge help with refugee wave
Britain and France on Monday joined Germany in pledging to accept tens of thousands of refugees as Europe’s record influx of people fleeing war and...
Drowned migrant boys buried as Hungary warns of ‘mass inflow’ of refugees
In the Syrian town of Kobani, 3-year-old Aylan Kurdi was laid to rest today alongside his mother and 5-year-old brother, while Hungary’s leader told...
Migrant crisis: Merkel vows no tolerance for hate as 44 die in Mediterranean
German Chancellor Angela Merkel faced down far-right hecklers on Wednesday, vowing zero tolerance for “vile” anti-migrant violence as at least...
Pentagon: A year into the war ISIS remains a ‘potent’ force
A year after Islamic State declared a caliphate on territory seized in Iraq and Syria, the al Qaeda splinter group faces military pressure from a U.S.-led...
Thai official warns of ‘alarming level’ of boat people
Thailand’s Foreign Minister said Friday that the upsurge of boat people in Southeast Asia has reached an “alarming level,” and called...
As Europe debates migrant crisis, a surge of boatpeople in Southeast Asia
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini on Monday appealed for UN backing for Europe’s plan to confront the Mediterranean migrant crisis by using...
Lawmaker: Islamic State kills some 25 captive Iraqi Yazidis
Islamic State group militants shot to death at least 25 captive Yazidis at a prison camp in northern Iraq, a Yazidi lawmaker said Saturday, the latest...
Italian prosecutors blame captain for collision in migrant shipwreck
Italian prosecutors blamed the captain of a grossly overloaded fishing boat for a collision which capsized and sank his vessel off Libya, drowning hundreds...
New Islamic State video appears to show murder of Ethiopian Christians
The authenticity of the video has yet to be verified, but the killings resemble past violence carried out by Islamic State, an ultra-hardline group which...
There won’t be a ‘Hurricane Isis’ next year
The United Nations weather agency has removed “Isis” from a list of future Pacific hurricane names, deeming it inappropriate given that the...
Russia’s role in Ukraine seen shifting to training rebels
Nearly a year into the conflict in Ukraine, the extent of Moscow’s direct involvement has become clear: They may wear camouflage, but the Russians’...
More than 25,000 foreigners fight with terrorists, mostly in Syria and Iraq
The number of fighters leaving home to join al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group in Iraq, Syria and other countries has spiked to more than 25,000 from...
UN report: More than 25,000 foreigners fight with terrorists
The number of fighters leaving home to join al-Qaida and the Islamic State group in Iraq, Syria and other countries has spiked to more than 25,000 from...
How IS succeeds on social media where #StopKony fails
A multitude of sites now actively try to make their material go “viral,” but most attempts fail because it’s almost impossible to predict...
Young boy shown killing Israeli in new Islamic State video is French
A man and young boy shown killing a Palestinian hostage in the latest Islamic State video are French citizens, according to a French official.
Female Islamic State recruiter arrested at Barcelona airport
A Moroccan woman was arrested at a Spanish airport Saturday on suspicion of recruiting European and North African women to join the Islamic State group,...
IS advances on strategic town in northeast Syria, destroy ruins in Iraq
Islamic State group jihadists launched a fierce assault Saturday in a bid to gain control of a strategic town in Syria’s northeastern Hasakeh province,...
Islamic State ‘issues death threats’ against Twitter co-founder and employees
Twitter Inc. and law enforcement authorities are investigating alleged threats made by Islamic State militants against the social media network’s...
Iraqi Kurdish troops battling IS retake key Sinjar corridor
Iraqi Kurdish forces on Wednesday launched a broad offensive backed by mass bombing from U.S.-led coalition warplanes to retake the northeastern Sinjar...
EU seeking Turkish support in Russia sanctions, ISIS fight
The European Union will press Turkey to cooperate more closely in the fight against Islamic State (IS) and urge it not to undermine EU sanctions on Russia...
Assad: U.S.-led airstrikes having little impact on Islamic State
Syrian President Bashar Assad said in remarks published Wednesday that U.S.-led airstrikes targeting Islamic State group militants in his country are neither...
Iran jets carried out airstrikes in Iraq, says United States
Iranian fighter jets bombed Islamic State jihadists in eastern Iraq in recent days, but the strikes were not coordinated with US forces, the Pentagon said...
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