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US deploys B-52 bombers to Qatar for fight against IS ARABIA

US deploys B-52 bombers to Qatar for fight against IS

The US Air Force deployed B-52 bombers at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar on Saturday to join the fight against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, the first time they have been based in the Middle East since the end of the Gulf War in 1991.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Syrians return home to Palmyra after IS ousted ASIA

Syrians return home to Palmyra after IS ousted

Hundreds of displaced Syrian residents of Palmyra returned home Saturday to inspect their houses for the first time since the Russian-backed army captured it from the Islamic State group two weeks ago.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
IS agrees to free abducted Syrian cement workers ASIA

IS agrees to free abducted Syrian cement workers

Syrian mediators reached an agreement Friday for the release of some 300 cement workers kidnapped by the Islamic State group, a monitor said, but it was unclear exactly how many were freed.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
IS spreading like cancer, Ebola: UN ASIA

IS spreading like cancer, Ebola: UN

The Syrian conflict has set the stage globally for the Islamic State group to spread like cancer or Ebola, the UN chief and the top UN Syria envoy said Friday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Paris attacks suspect Abrini arrested - Belgian broadcaster INTERNATIONAL

Paris attacks suspect Abrini arrested - Belgian broadcaster

Mohamed Abrini, wanted over November's Islamic State attacks in Paris, has been arrested in Brussels, Belgian public broadcaster VRT said on Friday, adding that he was probably involved in last month's Brussels bombings.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Danish police arrest four alleged IS fighters, seize weapons INTERNATIONAL

Danish police arrest four alleged IS fighters, seize weapons

Copenhagen police said on Thursday they had detained four people on suspicion of joining the Islamic State group in Syria and seized weapons and ammunition in a search linked to the arrests.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
250 Syrians missing after IS attack east of Damascus ASIA

250 Syrians missing after IS attack east of Damascus

Around 250 Syrian civilians are feared kidnapped after an attack by the Islamic State jihadist group on a cement factory east of Damascus, residents told AFP on Thursday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Canadian teen who robbed store for airfare to Syria sentenced INTERNATIONAL

Canadian teen who robbed store for airfare to Syria sentenced

A Canadian boy who robbed a convenience store for money for a plane ticket to Syria was sentenced Wednesday to two years detention plus 12 months’ probation for terrorism offenses.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Islamic State's oil revenues 'slashed' by air strikes: French experts ASIA

Islamic State's oil revenues 'slashed' by air strikes: French experts

Air strikes targeting oil facilities controlled by the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq have greatly eroded the jihadists' production capabilities and almost halted exports, French industry experts have told a parliamentary committee.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Brussels attacks a 'failure' but Belgium not a 'failed state': PM INTERNATIONAL

Brussels attacks a 'failure' but Belgium not a 'failed state': PM

The March 22 Islamic State attacks in Brussels represented a security "failure", Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel admitted, but he rejected the notion his country was a "failed state".

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Saudi security officer shot dead in attack claimed by Islamic State ASIA

Saudi security officer shot dead in attack claimed by Islamic State

Assailants shot dead a senior Saudi security officer west of the capital Riyadh on Tuesday, the interior ministry said in a statement carried by state media, and the attack was claimed by the militant Islamic State.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
45 kilos of ammo found in Dutch flat linked to French attack plot INTERNATIONAL

45 kilos of ammo found in Dutch flat linked to French attack plot

Around 45 kilograms of ammunition were found in an apartment in the Dutch city of Rotterdam that has been linked to a foiled terror attack on France, prosecutors said Monday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016