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Push on last IS enclave stalled by surprise discovery of civilians
The offensive on the last enclave held by the Islamic State group in eastern Syria has been blunted by the discovery of hundreds of civilians still living there, a commander with the Kurdish-led force fighting the extremists said Friday. The U.S.-backed force known as the ...
U.S. general recommends arming and aiding Syrian fighters after pullout
The United States should keep arming and aiding the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) following the planned U.S. withdrawal from Syria, provided the group keeps up the pressure on Islamic State, a senior U.S. general said Friday. The recommendation by Army Gen. Joseph Votel, who ...
India warns of 'crushing response' to Kashmir suicide attack
India's prime minister warned of a "crushing response" to the suicide bombing of a paramilitary convoy in Indian-controlled Kashmir that killed 41 people and was the deadliest in the divided region's volatile history. Prime Minister Narendra Modi placed the blame for Thursday's bombing squarely on ...
U.S. spies say China and Russia are getting closer
Beijing and Moscow are teaming up to diminish Washington's global influence, spread tyranny and undermine democracy.
Canada closes Haiti embassy as violence traps hundreds of tourists
Canada on Thursday temporarily closed its embassy in Haiti as violent protests against President Jovenel Moise's government trapped hundreds of Canadian tourists in the Caribbean island nation. "Due to the current volatility, the Port-au-Prince embassy is closed today and we will continue to assess the ...
Syria Islamic State jihadis trapped in last square kilometer of Baghouz, take to tunnels
Islamic State group jihadis using tunnels and suicide bombers were mounting a desperate defense Thursday of their last square kilometer in eastern Syria. Kurdish-led forces closed in on the small town of Baghouz where IS fighters and their relatives were hunkered down and met famished ...
Car bomb kills 33 Indian soldiers, wounds 20 in Kashmir convoy attack blamed on Pakistan
At least 33 soldiers were killed and about 20 others wounded Thursday in a car bomb attack on a paramilitary convoy along a key highway in Indian-controlled Kashmir, security officials said. It was one of the deadliest car bombings in the disputed region's history. Officials ...
Islamic State says it attacked Nigerian governor's convoy, leaving 42 dead
Islamic State claimed responsibility on Wednesday for an attack on the convoy of a state governor who was headed to a rally in northeastern Nigeria ahead of Saturday's presidential election. The group said in a statement on its Aamaq news agency that 42 people were ...
Jihadi fighters made a desperate last stand in eastern Syria on Wednesday, while their wives and children fled the final, blood-soaked implosion of the Islamic State group's "caliphate." The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces on Saturday launched a final push to expel IS fighters from the ...
U.S. strikes Islamic State-held mosque as Syria battle intensifies; jihadis push for exit corridor
The U.S. military said Tuesday it struck a mosque that had allegedly been used as an Islamic State control center, as American-allied Syrian forces battled the extremists in their last stronghold in eastern Syria amid reports of more civilian casualties. The U.S.-led coalition said warplanes ...
In valley where Soviets were routed, Afghans are uneasy about prospect of U.S. withdrawal
The last time Abdul Karim saw Soviet forces he was a teenage mujahedeen fighter shivering on an Afghan mountainside, clutching his Kalashnikov and wondering if winter or the Russians would bring death first. "But then I heard (mujahedeen commander) Ahmad Shah Massoud over the walkie ...
Fleeing Islamic State bastion, French women say more foreigners are still trapped inside
Two French women who fled the Islamic State group's last pocket in Syria told AFP on Monday more foreigners were trapped inside, barred from leaving by Iraqi jihadis. The Muslim converts said they paid smugglers to take them out of the battered IS-held holdout of ...
