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Blast kills 3 Shi’ite Muslim pilgrims in Iraq: police
Middle East

Blast kills 3 Shi’ite Muslim pilgrims in Iraq: police

  BAQUBA, Iraq (Reuters) – Three Shi’ite Muslim pilgrims were killed by a roadside bomb as they walked to a…
Islamic State claims blast near election commission in Afghan capital: Amaq
Middle East

Islamic State claims blast near election commission in Afghan capital: Amaq

  CAIRO (Reuters) – Islamic State claimed responsibility on Monday for a blast near the election commission in Afghan capital…
Report: Foreign fighters led IS atrocities against Yazidis
Middle East

Report: Foreign fighters led IS atrocities against Yazidis

  PARIS (AP) — Foreign fighters, including many Europeans, took a leading role in carrying out the Islamic State group’s…
Radical preacher Anjem Choudary released from UK prison
World

Radical preacher Anjem Choudary released from UK prison

  LONDON (AP) — Anjem Choudary, a radical preacher convicted of inviting support for the Islamic State group, has been…
FBI chief meets Lebanese leaders, expresses support to army
Middle East

FBI chief meets Lebanese leaders, expresses support to army

  BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon says FBI Director Christopher Wray has expressed support to the Lebanese army during a visit…
Political rows, worsening security greet Mattis in Afghanistan
Middle East

Political rows, worsening security greet Mattis in Afghanistan

  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — US Defense Secretary James Mattis arrived on a surprise visit to Afghanistan’s war-shattered capital on…
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…
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…
Saudi Arabia says it’s given $100 million to northeast Syria
Middle East

Saudi Arabia says it’s given $100 million to northeast Syria

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia said early on Friday that it has contributed $100 million to northeast…
UN report: Up to 30,000 Islamic State members in Iraq, Syria
Middle East

UN report: Up to 30,000 Islamic State members in Iraq, Syria

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Islamic State extremist group has up to 30,000 members roughly equally distributed between Syria and…
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