Islamic State

Turkey strikes IS as Syria border tensions flare

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) - by Stuart WILLIAMS Turkey on Tuesday pounded Islamic State (IS) jihadists in Syria with new artillery strikes…

UN bracing for massive flight from Iraq’s Mosul

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) - The United Nations said Tuesday it was rushing to build camps to accommodate what it expects to…

Turkey seeks to identify IS child bomber who killed 54

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) - by Fulya OZERKAN Stuart WILLIAMS Turkish authorities scrambled Monday to identify a child suicide bomber acting on…

Death toll in Turkey wedding bomb attack rises to 50: local governor’s office

  (REUTERS)   The death toll from Saturday's suspected suicide bomb attack in the southeastern Turkish city of Gaziantep has risen…

Trump hires ‘street fighter’ in new shakeup of White House campaign

  (REUTERS)  U.S. Republican Donald Trump overhauled his presidential campaign team on Wednesday for the second time in less than…

Trump promises to work with NATO to defeat Islamic State

  (REUTERS)  Republican Donald Trump said on Monday he would work closely with NATO allies to defeat Islamic State militants…

Clinton, Trump spar over his Islamic State founders claim

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - Hillary Clinton admonished rival Donald Trump on Thursday for claiming that she and Barack Obama were…

Ukraine blocks jihadist routes to Syria: security service

KIEV, Ukraine (AFP) - by Dmitry ZAKS Ukraine's security service said on Thursday it had blocked channels being used by…

Libya pro-govt forces say Sirte battle in ‘final phase’

TRIPOLI, Libya (AFP) - by Rim Taher Pro-government forces battled Thursday to clear the Islamic State group from its main…

At ancient Syria site, IS discovers then destroys treasures

When the Islamic State group captured Tal Ajaja, one of Syria's most important Assyrian-era sites, they discovered previously unknown millennia-old…

Islamic state posts video of men it says were French church attackers

REUTERS -- Islamic State's news agency on Wednesday (July 27) released a video of two men it said were those…

Intel report on alleged ISIS threats on Davao City not from AFP, PNP

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) -- Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Spokesperson Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla said, intelligence reports claiming…

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