Fate of Isis leader remains unclear after US airstrike in Iraq
Officials in Baghdad and Washington remained unclear on Sunday about the fate of the Islamic State (Isis) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi after a key aide was killed in a US air strike near Mosul. A senior Iraqi official confirmed to the Guardian that the aide, Abdur Rahman al-Athaee, also known as Abu... read more »
As it happened: Modi nominates Akhilesh, 8 others for Clean India drive
Honoured to be nominated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for Swachhta Abhiyaan, will take up the endeavour as soon as I’m in Uttar Pradesh after ODI series, Suresh Raina tweets Social groups have assured me that in one month all the Ganga ghats will be cleaned, Mr. Modi said. In one month... read more »
Gaza Explosions Hit Senior Fatah Members’ Homes
TEL AVIV—Unidentified militants in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip bombed the homes of top officials of the Fatah movement on Friday, rekindling political tensions between the Palestinians’ two most powerful political factions. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the 14 nearly... read more »
Typhoon Haiyan: Million Still Homeless A Year On
A million people made homeless by Typhoon Haiyan are still living in tents and makeshift huts a year after 170mph winds devastated parts of the Philippines. Oxfam says they are “dangerously exposed” as the typhoon season begins again. More than 7,300 died or went missing when Haiyan... read more »
Australian Muslims Wary of Antiterror Initiatives
Australia—After Australian police last week said that they foiled an imminent Islamic State-linked plot to behead members of the public in central Sydney, Prime Minister Tony Abbott... read more »
Clashing Goals in Syria Strikes Put U.S. in Fix
BEIRUT, Lebanon — President Obama said the American-led airstrikes in Syria were intended to punish the terror organizations that threatened the United States — but would do nothing to... read more »
FBI identifies militant beheading videos of the Islamic State
WASHINGTON – The masked militant Islamic state seen in the videos of the beheading of two Americans has been identified, said the FBI director, James Comey, on Thursday, but without... read more »
Concern in Europe: “Al-Qaeda wants to show it is relevant”
Organization of the Islamic State (Daas) to carry out attacks in the subway of New York and Paris, chief of staff warned the EU counter-terrorism organization’s desire to increase in... read more »
The first part of the Ukrainian project “The Wall” wi...
The first phase of construction of the “wall” between Russia and Ukraine have finished by October. 16 of 65propusknyh points on the Russian-Ukrainian border is no longer working. The... read more »
