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Singapore charges six Bangladeshis with terror financing INTERNATIONAL

Singapore charges six Bangladeshis with terror financing

Singapore on Friday charged six Bangladeshi guest workers with raising funds for an alleged plot to launch terrorist attacks in their homeland.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
IS hit by 150 US-led air strikes near Syria's Raqa ASIA

IS hit by 150 US-led air strikes near Syria's Raqa

A US-led coalition has carried out at least 150 air strikes on the Islamic State group to back an offensive near the jihadists' northern Syria stronghold, a monitor said Friday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Belgian police arrest four; find 'traces' of terror attack plot INTERNATIONAL

Belgian police arrest four; find 'traces' of terror attack plot

Police found "traces" of a plot to launch a new attack in Belgium when they arrested four people suspected of recruiting jihadists for Syria and Libya, prosecutors said Wednesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Islamic State claims fatal stabbing of Bangladeshi businessman INTERNATIONAL

Islamic State claims fatal stabbing of Bangladeshi businessman

Islamic State claimed responsibility for stabbing an elderly Hindu businessman to death in Bangladesh, monitoring service SITE said on Wednesday, in what would be the second killing by the militant group in the country in less than a week.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Leaked IS documents to be used in French jihadist trial INTERNATIONAL

Leaked IS documents to be used in French jihadist trial

French prosecutors will use leaked Islamic State documents to help identify seven suspected jihadists going on trial next week, including the brother of a Paris attacker, sources close to the investigation said Wednesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iraqi forces keep up shelling of Falluja ASIA

Iraqi forces keep up shelling of Falluja

Iraqi forces shelled Islamic State targets in Falluja on Tuesday, the second day of an assault to retake the militant stronghold just west of Baghdad, as international concern mounted for the security of civilians.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Turkish Airlines plane in Istanbul evacuated after bomb hoax ASIA

Turkish Airlines plane in Istanbul evacuated after bomb hoax

A Turkish Airlines aircraft at Istanbul's main airport was evacuated and searched after a note threatening a bomb attack was found on board on Monday, although it later turned out to be a hoax.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Blasts kill more than 100 in Syrian coastal heartland ASIA

Blasts kill more than 100 in Syrian coastal heartland

Bomb blasts killed more than 100 people in the Syrian coastal cities of Jableh and Tartous on Monday, monitors said, in a government-controlled area that host Russian forces.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iraqi forces prepare offensive on IS-held Falluja ASIA

Iraqi forces prepare offensive on IS-held Falluja

Iraq's military said on Sunday it was preparing to launch an offensive to retake the Islamic State stronghold of Falluja and told residents to get ready to leave before fighting started.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Four killed, 90 injured in Baghdad Green Zone riots ASIA

Four killed, 90 injured in Baghdad Green Zone riots

At least four people were killed and 90 injured among anti-corruption protesters who stormed Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, hospital sources said on Saturday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Bombings kill 68 on sixth day of blood-soaked week in Baghdad ASIA

Bombings kill 68 on sixth day of blood-soaked week in Baghdad

A series of bomb attacks mainly targeting Shia areas of Baghdad claimed 68 people on Tuesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Two bombings in Baghdad kill 44, wound more than 90 ASIA

Two bombings in Baghdad kill 44, wound more than 90

Two bombings hit Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 44 people and wounding more than 90, police and medical sources said, following the bloodiest week of attacks inside the capital so far this year.

4:45 AM November 25 2016