Islamic state
Day of mourning in Afghanistan as Kabul bomb toll tops 100
Middle East
January 28, 2018
Day of mourning in Afghanistan as Kabul bomb toll tops 100
Afghanistan went into national mourning on Sunday after an attack the previous day in the capital that saw a huge…
Q&A: Why Afghanistan suffers unrelenting attacks
Middle East
January 28, 2018
Q&A: Why Afghanistan suffers unrelenting attacks
Afghanistan has endured a month of relentless attacks claimed by the Taliban and a rival Islamic State affiliate, capped by…
Ambulance bomb kills 40, wounds 140 in Kabul attack: officials
Middle East
January 27, 2018
Ambulance bomb kills 40, wounds 140 in Kabul attack: officials
An explosives-packed ambulance blew up in a crowded area of Kabul on Saturday, killing at least 40 people and wounding…
‘IS’ claims deadly attack on Save the Children office in Afghanistan
Middle East
January 24, 2018
‘IS’ claims deadly attack on Save the Children office in Afghanistan
An attack on Save the Children’s office in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad has ended with at least two people…
US-backed Syria force denies Islamic State in area targeted by Turkey
Middle East
January 24, 2018
US-backed Syria force denies Islamic State in area targeted by Turkey
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) rejected a Turkish army statement that Islamic State was present in the Afrin region…
Car bombs kill at least 27 in east Libya city of Benghazi
Middle East
January 24, 2018
Car bombs kill at least 27 in east Libya city of Benghazi
Twin car bombs exploded as people left a mosque in a residential area of the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi…
Exclusive: Looted cash, gold helps Islamic State recruit in Philippines
World
January 23, 2018
Exclusive: Looted cash, gold helps Islamic State recruit in Philippines
Islamist insurgents looted cash, gold and jewelry worth tens of millions of dollars when they occupied a southern Philippines town…
Belgium lowers terror threat level to pre-attacks status
World
January 23, 2018
Belgium lowers terror threat level to pre-attacks status
Belgium has reduced its terror threat level after three years on high alert. Prime Minister Charles Michel said there will…
Kabul hotel attack toll at least 22: officials
Middle East
January 22, 2018
Kabul hotel attack toll at least 22: officials
At least 22 people are now known to have died when Taliban militants slaughtered guests at a luxury Kabul hotel,…
Iraq to hang German woman for belonging to ‘Islamic State’
Middle East
January 21, 2018
Iraq to hang German woman for belonging to ‘Islamic State’
A German woman of Moroccan origin was sentenced to death by hanging by a court in Iraq on Sunday after…