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Iraq requests more US troops ahead of Mosul battle ASIA

Iraq requests more US troops ahead of Mosul battle

Iraq has asked Washington to deploy additional trainers and advisers as its forces prepare for the battle to retake Mosul from the Islamic State group, the premier's office said Wednesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
German police arrest Syrian teen on suspicion of IS links ASIA

German police arrest Syrian teen on suspicion of IS links

German police arrested a 16-year-old Syrian at a refugee hostel near Cologne on suspicion of having contact with a supporter of Islamic State abroad and expressing his willingness to carry out a bomb attack, authorities said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iraqi forces close in on town south of Mosul ASIA

Iraqi forces close in on town south of Mosul

Iraq's military closed in on Wednesday on the centre of Shirqat, a northern town held by Islamic State seen as a stepping stone in the campaign to recapture the jihadists' stronghold of Mosul.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Saudis say 17 held after 'IS plot' foiled ASIA

Saudis say 17 held after 'IS plot' foiled

Saudi Arabia said on Monday it has smashed three cells linked to the Islamic State group which planned to attack military facilities and other targets and has also detained 17 suspects.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Air strike hits IS targets in Syria: Turkish military ASIA

Air strike hits IS targets in Syria: Turkish military

Turkish air planes hit Islamic State targets in northern Syria, the Turkish military said in a statement on Monday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Three Pakistani soldiers killed in Peshawar INTERNATIONAL

Three Pakistani soldiers killed in Peshawar

Three Pakistani soldiers were killed in an ambush in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Sunday, militants said, in an attack for which both Islamic State and a Pakistani Taliban faction claimed responsibility.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
IS shoots down Syrian warplane- Amaq, monitor ASIA

IS shoots down Syrian warplane- Amaq, monitor

Islamic State shot down a Syrian military plane in the eastern Syrian city of Deir al-Zor, the Islamic State-affiliated news agency Amaq said on Sunday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Pakistan arrests four Islamic State plotters INTERNATIONAL

Pakistan arrests four Islamic State plotters

Pakistani authorities said they had arrested four Islamic State militants plotting attacks in the city of Lahore, just weeks after the military declared it had halted the Middle East-based movement's expansion into the country.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Turkey detains four over suspected plot against UK, German missions ASIA

Turkey detains four over suspected plot against UK, German missions

Turkish authorities detained four people in an investigation into a potential threat against British and German diplomatic missions but found no links between the suspects and any terrorist groups, the state-run Anadolu Agency said on Friday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Libya oil exports to resume 'immediately' ECONOMY

Libya oil exports to resume 'immediately'

Libya's oil company on Thursday announced an "immediate" resumption of oil exports from two of the key ports captured this week by forces opposed to the country's UN-backed unity government.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Germany arrests three Syrians suspected of IS involvement INTERNATIONAL

Germany arrests three Syrians suspected of IS involvement

German police have arrested three Syrian nationals suspected of being sent to Germany by the militant group Islamic State, prosecutors said on Tuesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Sydney man charged with terrorism after stabbing INTERNATIONAL

Sydney man charged with terrorism after stabbing

A Sydney man was charged on Sunday with committing a terrorist attack and attempted murder that police said seemed to have been inspired by Islamic State, after he repeatedly stabbed a stranger on the street.

4:45 AM November 25 2016