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US-led coalition discussed possible Syria ground incursion ASIA

US-led coalition discussed possible Syria ground incursion

Defence ministers from the US-led coalition against Islamic State discussed the possibility of a Syrian ground incursion two weeks ago in Brussels, but have not made a decision, an aide to Saudi Arabia's defence minister told Reuters on Monday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Air strike targets suspected Islamic State convoy in Libya ASIA

Air strike targets suspected Islamic State convoy in Libya

Aircraft attacked a convoy carrying suspected Islamic State militants near the northwestern Libyan town of Bani Walid early on Sunday, an official said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Syria army retakes key town on road to Aleppo from IS ASIA

Syria army retakes key town on road to Aleppo from IS

The Syrian army retook a strategic town from the Islamic State group on Thursday, paving the way for the reopening of its sole supply route to main northern city Aleppo.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Saudi Arabia urges its citizens to leave Lebanon ASIA

Saudi Arabia urges its citizens to leave Lebanon

Saudi Arabia Tuesday urged its citizens in Lebanon to leave, days after Riyadh halted a $3-billion programme funding military supplies to Beirut in response to "hostile" positions linked to Hezbollah.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Singapore deports Indonesians accused of heading to join IS INTERNATIONAL

Singapore deports Indonesians accused of heading to join IS

Singapore has deported four suspected Indonesian extremists allegedly heading to Syria to fight with the Islamic State (IS) group, authorities said Tuesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Three Turkish journalists freed by Kurdish kidnappers ASIA

Three Turkish journalists freed by Kurdish kidnappers

Three journalists from Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency were freed after being kidnapped by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in the mainly Kurdish southeast, the news agency said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Suspected Islamic State militants kill Hindu priest in Bangladesh INTERNATIONAL

Suspected Islamic State militants kill Hindu priest in Bangladesh

Suspected Islamist militants stabbed and killed a Hindu priest at a temple in Bangladesh on Sunday, and shot and injured a devotee who went to his aid, police said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Three police killed in Pakistan attack, Islamic State suspected INTERNATIONAL

Three police killed in Pakistan attack, Islamic State suspected

Three police officers were killed by unknown assailants in the Pakistani city of Faisalabad on Friday, police said on Saturday, in an incident that is being investigated as a possible attack by Islamic State.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Two Serbs abducted in Libya killed in US raids on Islamic State ASIA

Two Serbs abducted in Libya killed in US raids on Islamic State

Two Serbian embassy staff members abducted in Libya in November are believed to have been killed on Friday in US air strikes on a suspected Islamic State training camp ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Russia fails in UN bid to rein in Turkey over Syria ASIA

Russia fails in UN bid to rein in Turkey over Syria

Western powers Friday rejected a Russian bid at the United Nations to halt Turkey's military actions in Syria, as France warned of a dangerous escalation in the nearly five-year conflict.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
US air strike hits IS camp in Libya, dozens dead ASIA

US air strike hits IS camp in Libya, dozens dead

A US air strike on a jihadist training camp in Libya killed dozens of people Friday, probably including a senior Islamic State group operative behind attacks in Tunisia, officials said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iraq tribesmen clash with jihadists inside IS-held Fallujah ASIA

Iraq tribesmen clash with jihadists inside IS-held Fallujah

Deadly clashes erupted between Iraqi tribesmen and the Islamic State group inside jihadist bastion Fallujah on Friday, a sign their longstanding hold on the city west of Baghdad is weakening.

4:45 AM November 25 2016