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IS chief refers to Syria defeat in first video in five years
Middle East

IS chief refers to Syria defeat in first video in five years

The Islamic State group’s elusive supremo Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi made his first purported appearance in five years in a propaganda…
IS says its fighters behind police clashes in Sri Lanka
World

IS says its fighters behind police clashes in Sri Lanka

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for three men who blew themselves up in clashes with Sri Lankan police,…
Sri Lankan police hunt 140 people believed linked to Islamic State after Easter bombings
World

Sri Lankan police hunt 140 people believed linked to Islamic State after Easter bombings

COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lankan police are trying to track down 140 people believed linked to Islamic State, which has…
US-led coalition killed 1,600 civilians in Raqqa
Middle East

US-led coalition killed 1,600 civilians in Raqqa

BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S.-led coalition killed more than 1,600 civilians in the northern Syria city of Raqqa during months…
Iraq: Yazidis to accept children of IS rape into community
Middle East

Iraq: Yazidis to accept children of IS rape into community

IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — The children of Yazidi women raped by Islamic State men will be welcomed into the minority…
After IS fall, some women who joined plead to come home
Middle East

After IS fall, some women who joined plead to come home

AL-HOL, Syria (AP) — They came from around the world, four women drawn to the Islamic State group’s “caliphate.” They…
A month after IS ‘caliphate’ defeated, challenges aplenty
Middle East

A month after IS ‘caliphate’ defeated, challenges aplenty

Sleeper cells, prisons teeming with jihadists, camps crammed with their wives and children — perils abound in Syria, nearly a…
Video: 2,500-year-old 26th Dynasty sarcophagi unearthed in Egypt
Egypt

Video: 2,500-year-old 26th Dynasty sarcophagi unearthed in Egypt

A 2,500-year-old mummy of a high priest was located in an ancient cemetery south of Cairo in Minya. The remains…
IS ‘caliphate’ totally eliminated: Syria force
Middle East

IS ‘caliphate’ totally eliminated: Syria force

Kurdish-led forces pronounced the death of the Islamic State group’s nearly five-year-old “caliphate” Saturday after flushing out diehard jihadists from…
Father of UK teen who joined ISIS says don’t scrap citizenship
Middle East

Father of UK teen who joined ISIS says don’t scrap citizenship

SUNAMGANJ, Bangladesh (AP) — The father of a British teenager who ran away to join the Islamic State group in…
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