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World powers in crunch talks on IS in Libya INTERNATIONAL

World powers in crunch talks on IS in Libya

Major powers including the US discussed in Vienna on Monday the growing threat posed by the Islamic State group in conflict-wracked Libya, just across the Mediterranean from Europe.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
IS bomb attacks on Iraqi factory kill 11 people ASIA

IS bomb attacks on Iraqi factory kill 11 people

Bomb attacks claimed by Islamic State against a state-run cooking gas factory in Baghdad's northern outskirts on Sunday killed at least 11 people, including policemen, and wounded 21 others, police sources said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Bombs kill 37 Yemen police in former Qaeda bastion ASIA

Bombs kill 37 Yemen police in former Qaeda bastion

A suicide bombing claimed by the Islamic State group and a second attack killed 37 police on Sunday in the Yemeni port of Mukalla where a year of Al Qaeda rule was ended just last month, medics said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iraqi leader says political crisis helps Islamic State attack ASIA

Iraqi leader says political crisis helps Islamic State attack

A political crisis in Iraq is hampering the fight against Islamic State, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Saturday after some of the bloodiest attacks on Baghdad this year.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
IS kills four Libyan soldiers in new foray from stronghold ASIA

IS kills four Libyan soldiers in new foray from stronghold

Islamic State group jihadists, including two suicide bombers, killed four Libyan soldiers and wounded 24 in their latest foray into territory controlled by the UN-backed government, the army said on Thursday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Saudi woman sentenced to 6 years' jail for IS support ASIA

Saudi woman sentenced to 6 years' jail for IS support

A Saudi woman has been sentenced to six years in prison for "acts of sedition" including pledging allegiance to the Islamic State jihadist group, newspapers reported on Thursday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Jihadist suicide attack kills 13 troops near Yemen's Mukalla ASIA

Jihadist suicide attack kills 13 troops near Yemen's Mukalla

Militants, including suicide bombers, killed at least 13 Yemeni troops outside the southeastern port city of Mukalla on Thursday, the army said, in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
94 dead in triple Baghdad car bombings claimed by IS ASIA

94 dead in triple Baghdad car bombings claimed by IS

Three car bombs in Baghdad, including a huge blast at a market in a Shia area, killed at least 94 people on Wednesday, the bloodiest day in the Iraqi capital this year.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
One killed, three wounded in ‘Islamist' attack in Germany INTERNATIONAL

One killed, three wounded in ‘Islamist' attack in Germany

A man attacked passengers with a knife at a train station in the Munich area in southern Germany early on Tuesday, leaving four people with life-threatening injuries, Bavarian radio reported.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Saudi police shoot dead suspected jihadist ASIA

Saudi police shoot dead suspected jihadist

Saudi security forces on Monday shot dead a suspected jihadist in the western province of Taif a day after a policeman was killed in a shootout, the interior ministry said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
UAE jails self-proclaimed local IS leader for life: report ASIA

UAE jails self-proclaimed local IS leader for life: report

An Emirati court on Monday ordered a self-proclaimed local leader of the Islamic State group jailed for life for plotting a series of attacks, media reported.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Turkish shelling kills 55 Islamic State militants in Syria ASIA

Turkish shelling kills 55 Islamic State militants in Syria

Turkish shelling killed 55 Islamic State insurgents in northern Syria on Saturday evening, military sources said, in retaliation for weeks of rocket attacks on a Turkish border town.

4:45 AM November 25 2016