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Germany offers France recon jets, frigate for fight against IS
Germany on Thursday offered France Tornado reconnaissance jets, a naval frigate, aerial refuelling and satellite images to back the fight against the Islamic State...
Germany pledges to stand with France in fight against IS
Germany pledged Wednesday to stand beside France in its fight against Islamic State militants, as French President Francois Hollande prepared to visit Moscow as...
Bangladesh detains two political activists for IS propaganda
Police have detained two members of Bangladesh's biggest religion-based party on suspicion they were involved in Islamic State propaganda, including one who called himself...
Turkey announces ‘plans’ for joint US operation against IS
Turkey's foreign minister on Wednesday said Ankara "has plans" for a joint operation with the United States (US) to end the presence of self-styled...
Syria no breeding ground for IS: Assad
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Wednesday his country was not a breeding ground for the self-styled Islamic State (IS) group, blaming the creation of...
Xi strongly condemns IS for Chinese hostage death
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday strongly condemned the Islamic State (IS) group for killing a Chinese national and expressed his deep sympathy to...
US warned of Paris attack ‘mastermind’ in May
US intelligence warned in May that the Islamic State (IS) had developed the capability to carry out the kind of attack claimed by the...
With Egypt, Paris attacks, IS shows international reach
By bombing a Russian passenger plane over Egypt and carrying out deadly attacks in Paris, the self-styled Islamic State (IS) group has demonstrated both...
US, France agree on ‘concrete steps’ against IS
The defense ministers of France and the United States agreed on Sunday on “concrete steps” to intensify cooperation against the Islamic State group, the...
Obama vows to ‘redouble’ efforts in fight against IS after Paris...
President Barack Obama pledged Sunday to redouble US efforts to eliminate the self-styled Islamic State group and end the Syrian civil war that has...
3 teams behind Paris attacks, first terrorist identified: France
According to reports late Saturday, French police have identified one of the seven gunmen who killed at least 129 people in the attacks claimed...
Mass grave of ‘Yazidi women executed by IS’ found in Iraq
A mass grave believed to hold the remains of dozens of Yazidi women executed by the Islamic State group was found Saturday in northern...
French president blames Islamic State group for Paris attacks
French President Francois Hollande said on Saturday the deadly attacks in Paris that killed 127 people were "an act of war" organised from abroad...
Islamic State video threatens France a day after Paris bloodshed
Islamic State released an undated video on Saturday threatening to attack France if bombings of its fighters continue, a day after gunmen and bombers...
Condolences pour in as more than 120 killed in Paris terror...
World leaders offered condolences over the the deadliest violence to strike France since World War II; a wave of coordinated attacks left more than 120...
Islamic State in Libya fights to emulate Iraq, Syria success
The attack bore all the traits of Islamic State in Iraq. A small unit of militants, armed with Kalashnikov rifles and suicide belts, hit...
Lebanon mourns 41 killed in bomb attack on Hezbollah bastion
Lebanon was holding a day of mourning Friday for 41 people killed in twin bombings on a busy shopping street in southern Beirut, the...
