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Iraq says foiled IS attack on Ramadi ASIA

Iraq says foiled IS attack on Ramadi

Iraqi officials said Saturday that the security forces foiled an attack by jihadists of the Islamic State group on the city of Ramadi, capital of the western province of Anbar.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
UN says IS killed 232 people near Mosul this week ASIA

UN says IS killed 232 people near Mosul this week

Islamic State group fighters slaughtered at least 232 people in and around Mosul this week as Iraqi troops advanced on the city, the UN rights office said Friday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Yazidi survivors of IS torture win EU's Sakharov prize INTERNATIONAL

Yazidi survivors of IS torture win EU's Sakharov prize

Two Yazidi women who survived a nightmare ordeal of kidnapping, rape and slavery at the hands of Islamic State jihadists won the European Parliament's prestigious Sakharov human rights prize on Thursday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
US general says 800-900 IS fighters killed in Mosul ASIA

US general says 800-900 IS fighters killed in Mosul

US general told AFP on Thursday that between 800 and 900 Islamic State group fighters have been killed since the Iraqi-led operation to recapture Mosul from the jihadists began.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Militants worked with IS to attack Pak police college INTERNATIONAL

Militants worked with IS to attack Pak police college

A faction of Pakistani Sunni militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) cooperated with Islamic State this week in an attack on a police college that killed 59 people, the group's spokesman told Reuters on Wednesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
IS militants kill 30 in central Afghanistan INTERNATIONAL

IS militants kill 30 in central Afghanistan

Militants linked to Islamic State jihadists killed around 30 civilians, including children, in central Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday, raising concerns about the group's expanding presence beyond its eastern strongholds.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Hollande urges vigilance over Iraq returning jihadists INTERNATIONAL

Hollande urges vigilance over Iraq returning jihadists

French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday urged the US-led coalition backing the offensive against Islamic State jihadists in Mosul to prepare for the aftermath of the city's fall, including returning fighters.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Islamic State takes control of half Iraqi town ASIA

Islamic State takes control of half Iraqi town

Islamic State fighters expanded the area under their control in a remote western Iraqi town near the borders with Syria and Jordan from a third to about half, security sources said on Tuesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Attack in Iraq's Kirkuk over, 74 IS militants killed ASIA

Attack in Iraq's Kirkuk over, 74 IS militants killed

Iraqi security forces on Monday ended an attack by the Islamic State group in Kirkuk city, killing at least 74 jihadists in three days of clashes, the provincial governor said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iraq denies Turkey taking part in Mosul operation ARABIA

Iraq denies Turkey taking part in Mosul operation

Iraq's joint operations command on Monday denied Turkey was participating in military operations to retake the northern city of Mosul from the Islamic State group.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iraq forces press Mosul assault, hunt Kirkuk attackers ASIA

Iraq forces press Mosul assault, hunt Kirkuk attackers

Iraqi forces battled Sunday through booby-traps, sniper fire and suicide car bombs to tighten the noose around Mosul, while also hunting Islamic State group jihadists behind attacks elsewhere in the country.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Libya forces free 13 foreigners from IS ASIA

Libya forces free 13 foreigners from IS

Forces loyal to Libya's unity government on Saturday freed 13 foreigners held by the Islamic State group in its former coastal bastion of Sirte, the forces said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016