LONDON, Jan 5, (AFP): Investigations into the identity of an English-speaking man who featured in an Islamic State (IS) group video are focusing on a …
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The Muslim who saved Jews in Paris – ‘Accidental hero’
PARIS, Jan 5, (AFP): Lassana Bathily was an undocumented migrant from Mali until he became an unlikely hero by saving shoppers’ lives during the jihadist …
Read More »Pakistan urged to act after attack
NEW DELHI, Jan 5, (Agencies): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged his Pakistani counterpart Tuesday to take “firm and immediate action” against those behind an …
Read More »Saudi cuts diplomatic ties with Tehran amid spiralling tension – BAHRAIN, SUDAN FOLLOW SUIT; UAE DOWNGRADES
KUWAIT CITY, Jan 4, (Agencies): The hostile comments by Iranian officials towards the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the mob attacks on Saudi diplomatic facilities …
Read More »IS kills 11 troops in western Iraq
BAGHDAD, Jan 4, (Agencies): Islamic State militants attacked Iraqi troops and allied tribal fighters outside the western town of Haditha on Monday, killing at least …
Read More »42 alleged IS supporters held in Pakistan
A Pakistani minister says counter terrorism officials in the country’s eastern Punjab province have arrested 42 militant suspects with alleged links to the Islamic State …
Read More »Al Habtoor receives HH Sheikh Isa Bin Ali Al-Khalifa
Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor, Chairman, Al Habtoor Group welcomes His Highness Sheikh Isa Bin Ali Al-Khalifa at his Majlis on Al Wasl Road on Monday …
Read More »GCC DENOUNCES ‘BARBARIC’ ATTACK ON SAUDI MISSION – Kuwait sharply condemns storming of Saudi Arabia Embassy in Tehran
KUWAIT CITY, Jan 3, (Agencies): Kuwait sharply condemns attacks by Iranian demonstrators on the Saudi Embassy in Tehran, and the Saudi Consulate in Mashhad, an …
Read More »Jihadists kill 12 in raid on Iraq police trainees – Arab-Kurd fighters kill 16 DAESH near Raqa
TIKRIT, Iraq, Jan 3, (Agencies): Suicide attackers from the Islamic State group killed at least 12 Iraqi forces Sunday in a brazen attack on police …
Read More »IS threatens UK in new execution video – Five ‘spies’ killed
BEIRUT, Jan 3, (AFP): The Islamic State group threatened Britain in an Internet video Sunday showing the killing of five “spies” it said worked with …
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