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JAKARTA, Jan 17, (RTRS): Last week’s attack on Jakarta showed for the first time that Islamic State violence has arrived in Indonesia, but security experts …
Read More »Jakarta attack shows jostle to lead IS – Death toll in Indonesia rises to 8
International
Extremists slay 23 – Burkina Faso mourns
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso, Jan 16, (AP): The overnight seizure of a luxury hotel in Burkina Faso’s capital by al-Qaeda-linked extremists ended Saturday when Burkina Faso …
Read More »V. K. Singh to look after Gulf Indians as ministries merge
NEW DELHI, Jan 16: Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh will now on look after all issues related to expatriate Indians in the …
Read More »US and Tehran swap ‘detainees’ ahead of N-implementation day
VIENNA/DUBAI, Jan 16, (RTRS): Iran freed five Americans including a Washington Post reporter on Saturday as the two countries staged a series of goodwill gestures …
Read More »IS attack on Deir Ezzor kills 75 Syrian soldiers – 600 British jihadists stopped from entering Syria
BEIRUT, Jan 16, (Agencies): At least 75 Syrian soldiers and pro-regime militiamen were killed Saturday in a multi-front attack by the Islamic State group on …
Read More »Losses spark more IS attacks
WASHINGTON, Jan 15, (Agencies): Islamic State jihadists will likely increase the tempo of attacks around the world as they come under increased pressure in Iraq …
Read More »Chibok girls’ parents meet Nigerian president – Over 700 missing after army clashes: shiite group
ABUJA, Jan 15, (AFP): Hundreds of parents and sympathisers of more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram Islamists in northeast Nigeria on Thursday met …
Read More »German police watching more than 400 militants
BERLIN, Jan 15, (Agencies): The number of Islamist militant fi ghters returning to Germany from Syria and Iraq is on the rise and more than …
Read More »Probe sought in Saudi death of American judged suicide
CONCORD, NH, Jan 15, (AP): A year after an American contractor was found dead in Saudi Arabia, his family doesn’t buy a police account indicating …
Read More »Starving Syrian teen died in front of our eyes: UN agency – Deliberate starvation of civilians a war crime: Ban
BEIRUT, Jan 15, (Agencies): The UN children’s agency said Friday that it witnessed the death of a teenager who died of starvation “in front of …
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