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Twin blasts turn regular Kabul wrestling session into massacre
Middle East

Twin blasts turn regular Kabul wrestling session into massacre

The wrestling mats were spattered with blood, the sports bags and water bottles still strewn across the floor Thursday, hours…
Car bomb claimed by Islamic State kills 7 in western Iraq
Middle East

Car bomb claimed by Islamic State kills 7 in western Iraq

BAGHDAD (AP) — Seven people were killed Wednesday in a suicide car bombing claimed by the Islamic State group in…
Iran has arrested ‘dozens of spies’: intelligence minister
Middle East

Iran has arrested ‘dozens of spies’: intelligence minister

Iran’s intelligence minister said “dozens of spies” had been arrested as part of a crackdown on espionage and dual nationals…
Iraq official: Suicide bomber kills 6 at checkpoint in Anbar
Middle East

Iraq official: Suicide bomber kills 6 at checkpoint in Anbar

BAGHDAD (AP) — An Iraqi security official says a suicide bomber has targeted a security checkpoint in the western province…
‘Fourth’ IS leader in Afghanistan killed, Kabul claims
Middle East

‘Fourth’ IS leader in Afghanistan killed, Kabul claims

Saad Erhabi, the fourth leader of Islamic State’s (IS) branch in Afghanistan, has been killed, Afghan authorities say. US forces…
Islamic State claims responsibility for Egypt’s Sinai attack
Egypt

Islamic State claims responsibility for Egypt’s Sinai attack

  Islamic State on Sunday claimed responsibility for an attack on an Egyptian police checkpoint in northern Sinai, the group’s…
Afghan leader rejects resignation of spy chief, top ministers
Middle East

Afghan leader rejects resignation of spy chief, top ministers

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has turned down the resignations of three senior security officials and ordered them to find ways…
Head of Islamic State in Afghanistan killed, says government
Middle East

Head of Islamic State in Afghanistan killed, says government

  The head of Islamic State in Afghanistan, Abu Saad Erhabi, was killed in a strike on the group’s hideouts…
Suicide bomb attack kills two in eastern Afghanistan
Middle East

Suicide bomb attack kills two in eastern Afghanistan

  A suicide bomb attack killed at least two people Saturday in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, officials said,…
Islamic State chief, in rare speech, urges followers to fight on
Middle East

Islamic State chief, in rare speech, urges followers to fight on

CAIRO (Reuters) – Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in his first purported speech in nearly a year, has called…
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