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Renzi under fire over 'special forces in Libya' ASIA

Renzi under fire over 'special forces in Libya'

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi came under fire on Thursday for reportedly sending special forces to help the fight against the Islamic State group in Libya without proper clearance from parliament.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
45,000 IS fighters killed in past two years: US general ASIA

45,000 IS fighters killed in past two years: US general

About 45,000 jihadists have been killed in Iraq and Syria since the US-led operation to defeat the Islamic State group began two years ago, a top general said on Wednesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Germany arrests Syrian refugee suspected of planning attack INTERNATIONAL

Germany arrests Syrian refugee suspected of planning attack

German police have arrested a 24-year-old Syrian refugee after receiving a tip-off that he was planning a possible Islamist-motivated attack, state officials in North-Rhine Westphalia said on Tuesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Islamic State claims responsibility for machete attack in Belgium INTERNATIONAL

Islamic State claims responsibility for machete attack in Belgium

Islamic State claimed responsibility on Sunday for an attack by a machete-wielding man in Belgium that left two female police officers seriously injured, the group's Amaq news agency said on Twitter.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Islamic State "almost completely" ousted from Syrian city of Manbij ASIA

Islamic State "almost completely" ousted from Syrian city of Manbij

US-backed forces trying to oust Islamic State militants from the Syrian city of Manbij took "almost complete control" of the city on Saturday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Indonesia foils militant plot to attack Singapore INTERNATIONAL

Indonesia foils militant plot to attack Singapore

Indonesian police on Friday arrested six suspected militants over a plot to launch a rocket attack on an up-market Singapore waterfront district, officials said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
German rapper who joined IS not killed in Syria: Pentagon INTERNATIONAL

German rapper who joined IS not killed in Syria: Pentagon

A German rapper who became an Islamic State jihadist apparently survived an October air strike in Syria that the US military previously claimed had killed him, the Pentagon has acknowledged.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Danish Muslim group offers to bury French priest killer INTERNATIONAL

Danish Muslim group offers to bury French priest killer

A Danish Muslim group has offered to bury one of the jihadists who murdered a French priest, after Muslim leaders in France refused to do so, a newspaper said Wednesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Washington D.C. police officer charged with helping Islamic State INTERNATIONAL

Washington D.C. police officer charged with helping Islamic State

A Metro transit police officer in Washington, D.C. was arrested on Wednesday morning on charges he attempted to provide material support to Islamic State, according to the US Justice Department.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Islamic State names new leader of Nigeria's Boko Haram INTERNATIONAL

Islamic State names new leader of Nigeria's Boko Haram

Islamic State has named a new leader of Boko Haram, the Nigerian militant group which last year swore allegiance to it. Abu Musab al-Barnawi was named Islamic State's governor for West Africa in a two-page interview in its weekly magazine, al-Naba, which was circulated late on Tuesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Pakistani terror suspect captained Italy cricket team INTERNATIONAL

Pakistani terror suspect captained Italy cricket team

A Pakistani man expelled from Italy for allegedly plotting an attack in the name of the Islamic State (IS) group used to captain the Italian youth cricket team, media reports said on Wednesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Libyan forces advance in IS bastion as US keeps up air strikes ASIA

Libyan forces advance in IS bastion as US keeps up air strikes

Libyan forces said Tuesday they were advancing inside the jihadist bastion of Sirte, as Washington conducted a second straight day of air strikes on Islamic State group positions in the city.

4:45 AM November 25 2016