Iraqi authorities expect the long battle for Mosul to end in coming days as remaining Islamic State fighters are bottled up in just a handful of neighborhoods of the Old City, according to Reuters. The seizure of the nearly 850-year-old ...
Read More »Australia suspends air strikes in Syria after U.S. downing of Syrian jet
“As a precautionary measure, Australian Defence Force (ADF) strike operations into Syria have temporarily ceased,” Australia’s Department of Defence said in a statement, according to Reuters. Russia said on Monday it would treat U.S.-led coalition aircraft flying west of the ...
Read More »U.S. joins battle as Philippines takes losses in besieged city
The Philippines military said the United States was providing technical assistance to end the siege of Marawi City by fighters allied to Islamic State, which is now in its third week, but it had no boots on the ground, according ...
Read More »Manila hotel attack: Dozens of guests are injured as Islamists storm Philippines resort popular with Westerners
Dozens of tourists are feared injured after an ISIS gunman opened fire at a hotel resort near Manila airport in the Philippines, according to MailOnline. The shooting happened at the popular Resorts World Manila in Pasay City, Philippines at about ...
Read More »Isis claim responsibility for the Manchester attack that killed 22
At least 22 people were killed and around 60 more were wounded as explosives outside Manchester Arena as Ariana Grande fans left a concert, according to Metro. The Islamic State terror group has claimed responsibility for the Manchester bomb attack. Isis ...
Read More »U.S. issues travel alert for Europe, citing threat of terrorist attacks
In the alert, the State Department cited recent incidents in France, Russia, Sweden and the United Kingdom and said Islamic State and al Qaeda “have the ability to plan and execute terrorist attacks in Europe”, according to Reuters. The ...
Read More »Wild boars overrun Islamic State position and killed three fighters
Sheikh Anwar al-Assi, a chief of the local Ubaid tribe and supervisor of anti-ISIS forces, told The Times of London the militants were hiding on the edge of a field about 50 miles southwest of Kirkuk when the boars overwhelmed them Sunday, according to USA Today. Five ...
Read More »At least 45 people killed in Egypt’s Coptic churches deadly blasts on Palm Sunday
An explosion at St George’s Coptic church in Tanta killed 29 people. Hours later, a blast outside St Mark’s Coptic church in Alexandria left 16 dead, according to the BBC. So-called Islamic State (IS) said it was behind the explosions, ...
Read More »London attack: Police appeal for information on Khalid Masood
They have named his fourth victim as retired window cleaner Leslie Rhodes, 75, from Streatham in south London – one of three killed by Masood’s car on Westminster Bridge on Wednesday, Joinfo.com reports with reference to the BBC. A Romanian ...
Read More »London attack: Isis claims responsibility for terrorist attack by the Houses of Parliament
Isis has claimed responsibility for the Westminster attack that left three victims dead in the heart of London. A statement published by the group’s Amaq propaganda agency said a “soldier of the Islamic State” had carried out the atrocity by ...
Read More »New airplane electronics rules stem from ISIS-associated threat
New aviation security measures restricting electronic devices on flights from certain overseas airports were prompted by new threat intelligence obtained earlier this year indicating that ISIS associates were working on smuggling explosives-laden electronics onto U.S.-bound flights, ABC News has learned. ...
Read More »British Isis member hid extremist data in James Bond-style cufflink
A man has admitted hiding his Islamic State activities in a James Bond-style cufflink, Joinfo.com reports with reference to The Guardian. Samata Ullah, 34, admitted being a member of Isis last September, being involved in terrorist training and preparation of ...
Read More »ISIS claims responsibility for Istanbul nightclub attack
ISIS group said in a statement the attack on Reina night club in central Istanbul was carried out by “a heroic soldier,” the BBC reports. At least 600 revellers were celebrating in the early hours of Sunday at Istanbul’s Reina ...
Read More »European Union referendum: UK goes to the polls
A record 46,499,537 people are entitled to take part, according to provisional figures from the Electoral Commission, BBC reports. Polling stations opened at 07:00 BST and will close at 22:00 BST. It is only the third nationwide referendum in UK ...
Read More »Brussels attacks: Two brothers behind Belgium bombings
Two of the suicide bombers who carried out attacks in Brussels on Tuesday have been named as brothers Khalid and Brahim el-Bakraoui, Belgian nationals, BBC reports. The federal prosecutor said Brahim was part of the attack at Zaventem airport that ...
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