Sri Lanka has ended a four-month state of emergency declared after Easter suicide bombings by Islamist extremists that killed 258 people, officials said Friday. President Maithripala Sirisena has been extending the emergency on the 22nd of each month since the April 21 attacks on three ...
Head of Iran-backed militia in Iraq walks back U.S. accusation
The head of Iraq's paramilitary Shiite forces, supported by Iran, on Thursday appeared to walk back a statement by his deputy the day before blaming Israeli drones and claiming the U.S. was responsible for a series of attacks on bases run by the militia. Faleh ...
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that other countries will need to take up the fight against Islamic State militants, citing Russia, Pakistan and Iran as examples. Earlier this year, U.S.-backed forces reclaimed the last remaining territory once held by Islamic State militants in ...
'Jihadi Jack' lashes out at U.K. after it revokes his citizenship
The Muslim convert dubbed "Jihadi Jack" who is being held in northern Syria after joining the Islamic State group on Monday said Britain's decision to revoke his citizenship was "not something I recognise." Jack Letts, 24, a dual U.K.-Canadian national, was captured by Kurdish forces ...
Canada 'disappointed' by British decision to strip citizenship of 'Jihadi Jack'
Canada says it is disappointed the United Kingdom has decided to "off-load their responsibilities" after the British Home Office revoked the citizenship of a dual citizen of the two countries imprisoned in Syria. Canadian Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale confirmed Sunday in a statement that ...
Islamic State vows to step up fight against Syria Kurds, U.S.-led coalition
The Islamic State group vowed to intensify its fight against the U.S.-led coalition and Kurds in eastern Syria, in a video posted Sunday on its Telegram channel. "The fire of the battle between us and them has been reignited and will intensify," the jihadi group ...
A Turkish attack on Kurdish-led forces in northeast Syria would spark a "big war" if U.S. efforts fail to block Ankara's plans, a top Kurdish official told Reuters on Wednesday. Badran Jia Kurd also said most forces would have to deploy to the border with ...
Islamic State 'resurging' in Syria and Iraq as U.S. pulls troops, watchdog warns
The Islamic State (IS) jihadi group was "resurging" in Syria while the United States withdrew troops, and has solidified its insurgent capabilities in neighboring Iraq, a Defense Department watchdog said Tuesday. The jihadis — who suffered major territorial losses at the hands of Iraqi and ...
Saudi-led Sanaa airport closure 'death sentence' for thousands, aid groups warn
The Saudi-led coalition's closure of the airport in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, has prevented thousands of sick civilians from traveling abroad for urgent medical treatment, two international aid groups said in a joint statement. According to the Norwegian Refugee Council and CARE, the Sanaa airport's three-year ...
Car bomb collides with vehicles in Cairo, killing at least 20 in act deemed 'terrorist incident'
A car packed with explosives being driven to carry out an attack collided with other vehicles and exploded in central Cairo, killing at least 20 people, the Interior Ministry said Monday, the deadliest attack in the Egyptian capital in over two years. The blast went ...
Five years on, Yazidis still live with Islamic State massacre and enslavement
Five years after their lives were torn apart by Islamic State militants, the Yazidis of Iraq are still unable to return home or locate hundreds of their women and children kidnapped and enslaved by the extremists. While the militants have since been defeated, Iraqi politicians ...
The Australian government introduced legislation to Parliament on Thursday that would give authorities more power to keep extremists behind bars after they have served prison sentences if they are still considered dangerous. The move is a response to a 2017 siege in which a gunman ...
