BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA- Al-Jazeera journalist Peter Greste headed home to Australia on Wednesday, a family spokeswoman said, following his release from an Egyptian jail where he was held for more than...
BEIRUT, LEBANON- Sara Hussein- Hackers targeted Syrian opposition members with online "honey traps," posing as female supporters to steal battle plans and the identity of defectors, a security firm...
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- US President Barack Obama has requested $8.8 billion to fund the fight against the Islamic State group in his 2016 budget unveiled Monday. A total of $5.3 billion would go...
UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES- The UN Security Council condemned Sunday the "heinous and cowardly" murder of a Japanese journalist, after Islamic State militants claimed his beheading. "This crime...
AMMAN, JORDAN, Kamal Taha- Jordan vowed on Sunday to do all it could to save an airman held by the Islamic State group after the jihadists killed a Japanese journalist they had been holding. Safi...
KOBANE, SYRIA, Burak Akinci- The bodies of nine Islamic State fighters lie on the roadside in the village of Khamlici south of Kobane, the strategic Syrian town recaptured from the jihadists a week...
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- Kurdish fighters' success in recapturing the key Syrian town of Kobane from Islamic State jihadists was a "big deal," US Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday. Kerry,...
BEIRUT, LEBANON- Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said Friday his Shiite militant group is not seeking confrontation with Israel but warned their conflict could go beyond Lebanon's borders in any new...
CAIRO, EGYPT, Haitham El-Tabei- Egypt's army and jihadists clashed in Sinai Friday, leaving two children dead, as President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi flew home early from an African summit after militant...
BEIRUT, LEBANON- Al-Qaeda's affiliate in Syria battled Western-backed rebels Friday as the jihadists pressed their bid to seize control of northern areas, a monitoring group and rebels said. The...
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